Polls provide a snapshot of opinion; remember that
The results of the opinion poll by Research World International (RWI) have predictably provoked debate (and in some cases anger and outrage) not only about the accuracy of the results, …
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To take their audience to the scene, journalists must pay attention and take notes
By Julius Mucunguzi There are four skill sets that are slowly but surely dying today: listening, taking notes, remembering, and doing simple arithmetic or what our primary school teachers called …
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Police named leading perpetrators of violence against journalists for the seventh year
The Uganda Police Force remains the leading perpetrator of violent crimes against journalists according to the Uganda Press Freedom Index released on Thursday by the Human Rights Network for Journalists- …
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ACME statement – Recent arrests are an attack on right to free expression
NEWS RELEASE 29 July 2020, Kampala African Centre for Media Excellence condemns the spiralling threats to media practitioners and artistes in Uganda. Over the last six days, at least eight people …
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How Burundi’s independent press lost its freedom
Aimé-Jules Bizimana, Université du Québec en Outaouais (UQO) and Oumar Kane, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) The general and presidential elections of May 2020, followed by the death of …
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Radio Simba staff charged with sectarianism over viral video
Security officials raided Radio Simba in Kampala on Friday 24 July, arresting four staff members who allegedly recorded a video accusing the government of tribalism. In a statement shared on …
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Death by Covid-19, a eulogy for journalism as we knew it
By David Lumu It had been coming for many years. But the Covid-19 pandemic put a fine point on the impending Armageddon that hovers over the horizon of good old …
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Coronavirus media coverage must avoid the mistakes of the Aids pandemic in Africa
Ludek Stavinoha, University of East Anglia As COVID-19 becomes the most intensely covered virus in history, there are important lessons to be drawn from the media’s reporting of another global …
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