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Media analysis / News

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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Decuplets in South Africa
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False story about decuplets was a low point for journalism: how to fix the damage

July 6, 2021 - by Guest Writer - Leave a Comment

Franz Krüger, University of the Witwatersrand It is difficult to imagine a bigger journalistic disaster than the recent decuplets story by Pretoria News, based in South Africa’s capital city. But …

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Punitive laws are failing to curb misinformation in Africa. Time for a rethink

June 28, 2021June 28, 2021 - by Guest Writer - Leave a Comment

Peter Cunliffe-Jones, University of Westminster; Alan Finlay, University of the Witwatersrand, and Anya Schiffrin Misinformation, best understood as false or misleading information whether or not it was intended to mislead, …

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As press freedom continues to struggle in Kenya, alternatives keep hope alive

May 3, 2021May 3, 2021 - by Guest Writer - Leave a Comment

Wambui Wamunyu, Daystar University As we mark World Press Freedom Day 2021, let us remember that 2020 was terrible for the press in many parts of the world. Two ranking …

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Media analysis

How coronavirus has changed the world of sports reporting – and made the job harder

April 6, 2021April 19, 2021 - by Guest Writer - Leave a Comment

Tim Abraham, Liverpool John Moores University Beaten in India, in Test and One Day International cricket, the usual tour postmortem for England’s cricketers has got under way, though with a …

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Future of journalism: study explains why some news stories get more clicks from social media than others

March 25, 2021March 26, 2021 - by ACME team - Leave a Comment

Image by Edar from Pixabay Juliana Sutanto, Lancaster University Few industries have suffered more disruption from the internet than the news media. Over two decades or more, journalism has been …

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Behind a lot of flashy headlines may lie questionable scientific claims – what should people be aware of when reading the news?

March 12, 2021 - by Guest Writer - Leave a Comment

Saeed Pahlevansharif, Taylor’s University; Hassam Waheed, Taylor’s University; Kelly-Ann Allen, Monash University; Navaz Naghavi, Taylor’s University, and Nicholas Gamble, Monash University Traditional and social media play an important role in …

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