With the general election in Uganda just weeks away, the African Centre for Media Excellence (ACME) has rolled out introduced the Presidential Campaign Promises Tracker — a digital platform designed to support rigorous, evidence-based election reporting at this decisive moment. This pilot platform provides journalists, news managers, and content producers with a centralised, reliable source […]
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Elections involve real people, real choices and the decisions that shape their communities. Reporting on them requires covering the strategies, actions and voices that define the process while ensuring information is accurate, fair and ethical. Reliable journalism helps citizens understand the developments that affect their lives and supports informed decision-making. ACME’s updated Guidelines for Media […]
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The African Centre for Media Excellence (ACME) invites applications from Ugandan journalists for a series of intensive short courses on Covering Elections. About the course As Uganda approaches another general election, the role of the media in ensuring informed, inclusive and responsible public debate remains critical. Journalists are central to helping citizens understand the issues at […]
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Reporting on elections presents a unique and demanding challenge for the media. In a political climate often heightened public scrutiny, the integrity of your news organisation becomes the ultimate measure of its value. These tips offer guidance for navigating ethical dilemmas, ensuring your election coverage is not only trustworthy but genuinely serves an informed electorate. […]
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FDC presidential candidate Patrick Amuriat briefly detained by police on the campaign trail. Photo by Badru Katumba. This report by the African Centre for Media Excellence (ACME) focuses on Ugandan newspaper, radio, and television coverage of the 2021 election process. The monitoring was designed to cover all articles related to elections published in five newspapers, […]
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By Daniel K Kalinaki Newsrooms have always had war correspondents. Many are mad, fearless, restless adrenaline junkies. Their idea of a good time is sitting on ammunition boxes on an old military cargo plane and landing at a Congolese airstrip under enemy fire or drinking a warlord under the table while trying to remember the […]
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In many ways, for the journalists and media houses covering the 2021 elections, this has been an election like no other. The Covid-19 pandemic not only posed health threats to journalists, but the government’s response measures also made it impossible for them to have the usual physical interactions with many sources, including candidates. The pandemic […]
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The African Centre for Media Excellence has conducted a series of studies on Uganda’s media coverage of the 2021 General Election. The studies carried out between October and December observed several gaps in media coverage including; bias; disproportionate attention to the incumbent on public media; inaccurate reporting; self-censorship; poor portrayal of women candidates; denial of […]
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