African Centre for Media Excellence
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Image by Khalfan Said/ AP Internet users across Tanzania have reported that some social media sites, including WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, and Twitter, are being restricted as millions of people vote …
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Image by Markus Winkler from Pixabay Location Fellowship dates Application deadline Kampala 9-13 November 2020 Closed Arua 9-13 November 2020 Closed Fort Portal 23-27 November 2020 Closed Jinja 7-11 December …
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PRESS RELEASE The African Centre for Media Excellence is pleased to announce that it has commenced a national project that will examine the state of the news media in Uganda. …
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Photo by Charles Nambasi from Pixabay First, let me commend the Ugandan journalists who have gone to great lengths, sometimes at great risk to their own safety and lives, to …
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By Gilbert Sendugwa As we commemorate the first International Day for Universal Access to Information today, September 28, 2020, I reflect back to 2010 when Africa Freedom of Information Centre …
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Kamyar Razavi, Simon Fraser University One of the most important functions of journalism in a democratic society is to act as a watchdog — to call out abuses of power …
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This is the third part of our series looking at the key issues journalists should pay attention to while covering Uganda’s forthcoming election. In our previous issues, we have tackled …
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Image from Makerere University Twitter account This article has been inspired by a call from a veteran journalist and media trainer, John Baptist Wasswa to a WhatsApp group of former …
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