Media reports on lavish cars and funerals anger Ugandan MPs
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ACME executive director to head effort to revamp Uganda’s national broadcaster
Uganda’s minister for ICT and national guidance has commissioned a team of six experts to revamp the operations of Uganda’s national broadcaster, the Uganda Broadcasting Corporation (UBC TV and Radio). The team will be led by the executive director of the African Centre for Media Excellence, Dr Peter Mwesige. Speaking at a ceremony to unveil the team, […]
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How to get government communication right
This op-ed was first published in the New Vision. It is republished here with permission. By Jim Mugunga Shortly before the election campaigns fever heightened, there was communication to the effect that President Yoweri Museveni had directed every ministry to hire a public relations firm in order to effectively communicate Government programme implementation. In the days that […]
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New report: Media portrayed women negatively in 2016 election coverage
Ugandan newspapers offered more space to male politicians and portrayed women negatively in their coverage of the recent general elections, a new report has revealed. The report, released on Tuesday, 28 June 2016, by Uganda Media Women’s Association (UMWA) at Hotel Africana in Kampala, also state that the print media reinforced various stereotypes against women […]
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Parliamentary journalists urged to dig deeper, go farther in their reporting
Journalists covering the newly-constituted Ugandan Parliament have been urged to go beyond writing stories on the day-to-day happenings in the House and interrogate issues. The appeal was made by speakers at a panel discussion on ‘Rethinking Media Coverage of Parliament’ organised by African Centre for Media Excellence on May 31 in Kampala. The panellists included […]
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South Africa’s public broadcaster stirs debate over images of protesters
The South African public broadcaster SABC has announced that it will no longer air images of destruction during protests in the country, drawing heated discussions on social media. In a statement published on their website, Mr Hlaudi Motsoeneng, the corporation’s chief operating officer said, “It is regrettable that these actions are disrupting many lives and […]
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Journalists and civil society activists in Kampala to mark world press freedom day 2016 with procession and panel discussions
The African Centre for Media Excellence (ACME) and the Uganda Journalists Association (UJA), together with other media partners, announce that journalists and free speech activists in Kampala will this Tuesday, 3 May, mark World Press Freedom Day (WPFD) 2016 with a procession and a public debate on media. The procession through Kampala’s streets will start […]
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In 2015, global press freedom declined to its lowest point in 12 years
Journalists in East and Southern Africa suffered a sharp increase in political pressure and violence, a new report from Freedom House says. The Freedom of the Press 2016 report, released this week, says heightened partnership, polarisation, extralegal intimidation and physical violence against journalists caused a decline in media freedoms in Africa and around the world. […]
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