African Centre for Media Excellence
Inspiring excellent journalism across Africa
By Theresa Chorbacher, Kate Musgrave, Rachel Pollack Insights from the World Trends in Freedom of Expression and Media Development: Global Report 2021/2022 In recent years, civil society, researchers, and international …
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Journalists the world over face increasing digital surveillance used to hamper press freedom, promote misinformation or discredit their work. Press freedom, already in decline for 85 per cent of the …
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By Naseem S. Miller, The Journalist’s Resource You may have heard the term “trauma-informed” in the context of health care, education and, more recently, journalism. In general, being trauma-informed means …
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Who can apply: New and mid-career journalists in Kenya and Tanzania Number of courses: Five 10-day short courses Dates: Class 1 – 25 April-6 May; Class 2 – 9-20 May; …
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Herman Wasserman, University of Cape Town The large-scale contamination of the public sphere by rumours, hate speech, dangerous conspiracy theories and orchestrated deception campaigns is causing widespread concern around the …
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Over the last few years, Africa has experienced exponential growth in internet access spurred by mobile internet, which stood at 28% penetration in 2020. However, internet access and affordability are still a major challenge …
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Aditi Malik, College of the Holy Cross and Philip Onguny, Université Saint-Paul / Saint Paul University As Kenya heads towards elections, concerns about the outbreak of electoral violence tend to …
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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 …
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