African Centre for Media Excellence
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The detention of Ugandan journalist Solomon Serwanjja and his BBC colleagues by police has stoked debate about the role and ethics of investigative journalism. Serwanjja and journalists from the BBC …
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This report contains findings from research on newspaper coverage of health in Uganda between July 2015 and June 2017 conducted by African Centre for Media Excellence (ACME) in the last …
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The African Centre for Media Excellence (ACME) conducted a series of studies on press coverage of public affairs in Uganda to provide systematic evidence to inform evaluations and judgements of the media’s performance.
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This article was first published by The Conversation. By George W. Gathigi, Lecturer, University of Nairobi The media has been a critical part of the Kenyan election process. But did they …
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On Friday, 17 March 2017, Assistant Inspector General of Police Andrew Felix Kaweesi, who was the force’s spokesperson, was shot dead in the city suburb of Kulambiro, where he lived. …
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Stories about criminal justice, police, politics and democratic processes received the lion’s share of public affairs coverage in Uganda’s print media from July 2015 to June 2016, a study by …
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On March 31st, the Supreme Court of Uganda dismissed an election petition filed by presidential candidate Amama Mbabazi challenging the re-election of President Yoweri Museveni in February 2016. Mr Mbabazi sighted …
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The African Centre for Media Excellence (ACME) today released the findings of its final report under the project, “Monitoring Media Coverage of the 2016 General Elections in Uganda.” The project, …
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