African Centre for Media Excellence
Inspiring excellent journalism across Africa
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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Photo by Katumba Badru Full text of the speech by Nicole Bjerler, Head of the Democratic Governance Facility- Uganda, at the 2020 Uganda National Journalism Awards 2020. Ladies and Gentlemen, …
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Thomas J. Hrach, University of Memphis With COVID-19, a news story that may be 100% accurate can still unintentionally mislead readers about the greatest threats of the pandemic. The unintended …
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Journalists covering an event at the Ministry of ICT on June 06, 2020. Photo by Kelvin Atuhaire Two Kampala-based journalists have tested positive for Covid-19, according to the Ministry of …
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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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By John Baptist Wasswa In terms of news values, drama, impact or consequence, and human interest have never occupied the print media in Uganda in such profound ways as during …
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Herman Wasserman, University of Cape Town The prevalence of disinformation about the coronavirus pandemic has prompted Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) to warn that: …
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Rowan Philp, Global Investigative Journalism Network Africa’s investigative journalists are playing a critical role in unpacking the continent’s growing coronavirus pandemic, and holding responding governments to account. Investigative stories have …
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