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ACME awards reporting grants to 20 journalists for investigative work on public accountability

The African Centre for Media Excellence (ACME) has awarded reporting grants totaling just over UGX 40 million to 20 journalists across Uganda for in-depth investigations into public accountability and transparency. The grants aim to empower reporters to uncover systemic governance challenges, hold institutions accountable, and highlight issues that directly affect citizens’ lives. The grants are […]

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A documentary photographer encounters ACME

Miriam Watsemba first encountered ACME in 2020 when she applied to attend an investigative journalism training workshop that we were conducting in Jinja. From that workshop, she took her chances and applied for a reporting grant administered by ACME. She tied together different strands of part of ACME’s work (training and story grants), which works […]

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How I did it: Gerald Tenywa on reporting on Uganda’s water thirsty cities

How I did it is an ACME series where journalists who have done compelling stories talk about how they executed the job. The interview has been condensed for space and clarity. Listen to the full version on the ACME Talks podcast. Welcome, Gerald, tell us about yourself professionally. My name is Gerald Tenywa, an environment […]

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CLOSED – Reporting on public sector accountability in times of emergencies

Training dates: Course A – 3-7 August; Course B – 7 -11 September Slots available: 15 journalists Application deadline: 26 July (Expired) The African Centre for Media Excellence (ACME), with support of the Delegation of the European Union to Uganda, invites applications from Ugandan journalists for a training course on Reporting Public Sector Accountability in Times […]

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CLOSED – Reporting health grants for Ugandan journalists

African Centre for Media Excellence (ACME) is pleased to invite Ugandan journalists to apply for its reporting grants for in-depth and investigative coverage of health and HIV/AIDS. With funding from the United States Mission in Uganda, ACME has, since 2017, trained more than 70 journalists from across the country under the Knowledge-Based Health Journalism in […]

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New reporting grants for Ugandan media institutions

African Centre for Media Excellence (ACME) with pleasure invites applications for a new institutional grants competition under its Enhanced Media Reporting for Transparency and Accountability programme. The programme funded by the Democratic Governance Facility (DGF), provides up to USHS 4,000,000 to media outlets or newsroom teams across Uganda for investigative journalism projects and development of […]

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Delayed Justice, Part III: Understanding politics behind constitutional decisions

It’s more than two decades since the Constitutional Court was established in Uganda. The court hit the ground running but is now burdened by a backlog of cases. In the last of a three-part series, The Observer’s Sulaiman Kakaire examines the nature of reliefs the court has been granting and how politics has influenced its […]

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Justice Delayed, Part II: Petitioners bemoan delayed justice in Constitutional Court

It’s more than two decades since the Constitutional Court was established in Uganda. The court hit the ground running but is now burdened by a backlog of cases. In the second of a three-part series, The Observer’s Sulaiman Kakaire examines the effect of case backlog on delivery of justice, and the role of politics in […]

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