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African Centre for Media Excellence

African Centre for Media Excellence

Inspiring excellent journalism across Africa

  • About ACME
    • Who we are
    • ACME secretariat
    • ACME board
    • Mission, vision and values
    • Contact us
  • ACME programmes
    • Advocacy
    • Continuing and mid-career training
    • Media literacy and media relations
    • Media monitoring and research
    • Uganda National Journalism Awards
  • Research and publications
  • Freedom of expression violations
  • Open data
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May 21, 2020

Tips for Investigating Covid-19 in Africa

Rowan Philp, Global Investigative Journalism Network Africa’s investigative journalists are playing a critical role in unpacking the continent’s growing coronavirus …

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May 13, 2020

Telling the story of Covid-19 in Africa: A basket of ideas

Updated on May 13, 2020. This is a running list of story ideas on Covid-19. You are welcome to contribute …

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May 12, 2020

Globally journalists covering Covid-19 face increasing restrictions

More than 70 percent of journalists globally have suffered restrictions, obstruction or intimidation while reporting on Covid-19, a survey conducted …

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April 21, 2020

Coronavirus conspiracy theories are dangerous – here’s how to stop them spreading

Stephan Lewandowsky, University of Bristol and John Cook, George Mason University The number of coronavirus infections and deaths continues to …

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March 26, 2020

Covering COVID-19 and the coronavirus: 5 tips from a Harvard epidemiology professor

By Denise-Marie Ordway, Journalist’s Resource Originally published on March 6, 2020 For several weeks, journalists and researchers worldwide have worked …

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March 26, 2020

Media ethics, safety and mental health: Reporting in the time of COVID-19

This article was first published by the Ethical Journalism Network on March 18, 2020. By Hannah Storm, EJN Director For …

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March 25, 2020

Why Africa’s journalists aren’t doing a good job on COVID-19

George Ogola, University of Central Lancashire The media’s coverage of COVID-19 is being questioned as the disease sweeps across the …

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March 21, 2020

The role of journalists in the midst of COVID-19 – Inform. Explain. Educate.

Dear journalist, The enormity of the COVID-19 crisis should not stop you from holding our political leaders and other forms …

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