By Liz Corbin, Director of News, EBU, and Vincent Peyrègne, CEO, WAN-IFRA. We all want to understand the world around us. Perhaps we want more clarity about the war in Gaza, or what our government is doing about the healthcare our family relies on. It might be something as simple as changes to a bus […]
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Tegan Zimmerman, Mount Saint Vincent University and Adebola Esther Osegboun, Federal University, Oye Ekiti It has been a little over a decade since 270 female students were kidnapped from a school in Chibok, Nigeria by the extremist armed group Boko Haram. While, many of the girls escaped, were rescued or were released in exchanges, many […]
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It took the generous reaction of a powerful multinational to the dramatic footage of a most powerless woman to remind us of the potency of a good media story. The NTV Uganda story, produced by Mr Ivan Kamana Walunyolo, featured Night Ampurire, a fresh fruit seller. For years, she persistently drove a dilapidated pickup truck, […]
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Lucy Jamieson, University of Cape Town and Heidi Matisonn, University of Cape Town The United States’ most senior public health official, surgeon-general Vivek Murthy, believes social media platforms should come with warning labels. The United Nations’ education, science and culture agency says smartphones should be banned in schools. Chinese regulators are pushing to limit children’s […]
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Maxwell Maseko, University of the Witwatersrand It’s a bumper year for elections on the continent: by the end of 2024, 20 countries ought to have gone to the polls to vote in national elections. A handful of others are also scheduled to conduct local-level elections. As is the case elsewhere in the world, digital technologies […]
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This week, a Ugandan media personality, MC Ollo (real name Stanley Odong), sparked outrage with a tweet mentioning a musician’s daughter. The tweet claimed he visited her dormitory room at a renowned all-girls school. Meant to be humorous, the post backfired spectacularly. It overshadowed MC Ollo’s reason for being at the school (an event) and, […]
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Sharon Coen, University of Salford The start of the new year brings inevitable pressure to start fresh, with new hobbies, exercise regimes and healthy diets. But there is one diet you may not have thought of improving this year: your media and news consumption. It’s not easy to stay informed these days. We have more […]
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This opinion was written by ACME’s training team. Three decades ago, Ugandan airwaves exploded with the promise of a revolution. The Ugandan radio landscape changed dramatically with the introduction of private stations, offering a broader range of programming. Standing at the 30-year mark of private radio in Uganda, we can reflect on the sector’s journey […]
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