African Centre for Media Excellence
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A few weeks ago somebody posted on social media a screenshot of Nation Media Group Uganda’s Managing Editor Tabu Butagira email asking editors to promptly flag stories about President Museveni …
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In the wake of last week’s egregious assault of Ugandan journalists by the military, a number of commentators have taken issue with what they consider a parochial reaction by the …
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This article was first published in New Vision on 18 December, 2020. The Uganda Media Council, the regulator of journalists and the print media in the country, has finally made it back …
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Photo by Charles Nambasi from Pixabay First, let me commend the Ugandan journalists who have gone to great lengths, sometimes at great risk to their own safety and lives, to …
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Image from Makerere University Twitter account This article has been inspired by a call from a veteran journalist and media trainer, John Baptist Wasswa to a WhatsApp group of former …
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The so-called scientific election in which media-based campaigns have replaced (sort of) mass public rallies appears to have given Uganda’s traditional news media a new lease of life. The sales …
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The results of the opinion poll by Research World International (RWI) have predictably provoked debate (and in some cases anger and outrage) not only about the accuracy of the results, …
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A lot has been written about the credible claim that the future of media is digital. Sadly we still appear to be paying more attention to the medium than to …
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