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A Portrait of Ugandan journalists in turbulent times

December 22, 2021April 13, 2022 - by Clare Muhindo - Leave a Comment

African Centre for Media Excellence (ACME) has released the first-ever national journalists’ survey report. This inaugural paints a portrait of a typical Ugandan journalist.  The survey suggests that the typical …

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How the COVID pandemic changed digital journalism

November 30, 2021November 30, 2021 - by Guest Writer - Leave a Comment

James Mahon, University of the West of Scotland In the last decade, smartphones and mobile technology have altered newsrooms, transforming newsgathering, live broadcasting and content distribution. Trained on an iPhone …

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From labyrinth, glass ceiling to roller coaster: new research shows female journalists at top level advocate gender equality in newsrooms

October 20, 2021October 20, 2021 - by Guest Writer - Leave a Comment

Ika Krismantari, The Conversation Research and studies around the world have described the career journey of female journalists in two metaphors: glass ceiling and labyrinth. These metaphors suggest women’s career …

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Nobel Peace Prize for journalists serves as reminder that freedom of the press is under threat from strongmen and social media

October 20, 2021 - by Guest Writer - Leave a Comment

Kathy Kiely, University of Missouri-Columbia Thirty-two years ago next month, I was in Germany reporting on the fall of the Berlin Wall, an event then heralded as a triumph of …

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Careful! Undue attacks can undermine public trust in independent media

September 22, 2021 - by Peter G. Mwesige - 1 Comment

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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COVID: media must rise above pitting scientists against each other – dealing with the pandemic requires nuance

August 5, 2021 - by Guest Writer - Leave a Comment

Trish Greenhalgh, University of Oxford and Dominic Wilkinson, University of Oxford At the start of the pandemic, there was a striking sense of shared resolve and solidarity. Facing a public …

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Are we losing professional journalism practice to social media and moonlighting? 

August 4, 2021 - by Guest Writer - Leave a Comment

By Ivan N Baliboola  It is increasingly becoming difficult to find journalists living up to their expectations in Uganda. Professional practice anywhere builds on serving the public using a substantial …

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Court dismisses petition seeking to declare sections of the Uganda Press and Journalists Act inconsistent with the Constitution of Uganda

July 28, 2021 - by ACME team - Leave a Comment

Uganda’s Constitutional Court has dismissed a 2014 petition filed by the Center for Public Interest Law, Human Rights Network of Journalists – Uganda and the East African Media Institute challenging …

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The Drill is a mini-series by the African Centre for Media Excellence about the journey of Uganda’s extractive industries.

Did the Amendment of Public Finance Management Act 2015 Erode Uganda’s Fiscal Discipline in Oil and Gas Sector
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In December 2021, Parliament passed The Public Finance Management (Amendment) Act, a law that governs how public money and resources are mobilised or collected, stored, dispensed and reported on

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