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African Centre for Media Excellence

Inspiring excellent journalism across Africa

  • About ACME
    • Who we are
    • ACME secretariat
    • ACME board
    • Mission, vision and values
    • Contact us
  • ACME programmes
    • Advocacy
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    • Media literacy and media relations
    • Media monitoring and research
    • Uganda National Journalism Awards
  • Research and publications
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September 7, 2023

Key resources and story ideas for journalists covering food and nutrition

Countries across Sub-Saharan Africa are grappling with an array of challenges related to hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition. The region …

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August 23, 2023

Unpacking housing affordability, accessibility and livelihoods in Uganda

Uganda’s urban centres face a grave and often ignored crisis: a scarcity of affordable housing, coupled with subpar living conditions …

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July 10, 2023

Breathing new life into population reporting

Covering population issues is no easy feat. Population topics are broad, complex and intricate. With World Population Day just around …

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July 3, 2023

Tips and story ideas for journalists on tracking budget outcomes

Journalists have a crucial role to shed light on the intricacies of the budgetary process and its impact on the …

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March 1, 2023

Before you write about a minor, consider their well-being

A digital news platform recently posted a video clip on social media that showed a child reportedly being stripped of …

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January 24, 2023

Should journalists go slow on using the word allegedly?

By Margaret Vuchiri-Alumai The use of the words alleged and allegedly is so ubiquitous in news reports, particularly in stories …

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August 17, 2022

A glance into the mind of a reporter/editor

By Robert Madoi  On July 31st 2018, Uganda woke to an unusual story on pages three of the leading dailies—Daily …

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November 4, 2021

Flooding in Kampala, a basket of story ideas

Downpours and floods in the Greater Kampala Metropolitan area are always a reminder of the many unreported and under-reported stories …

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