African Centre for Media Excellence
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This study describes Ugandan news media coverage of the Covid-19 pandemic and other public affairs topics, focusing mainly on five key publications and three television stations. The study explores the …
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This media freedom advocacy strategy is informed by a research conducted using qualitative and quantitative research methods of interviews and a survey to establish threats to media and freedom of …
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Tim Abraham, Liverpool John Moores University Beaten in India, in Test and One Day International cricket, the usual tour postmortem for England’s cricketers has got under way, though with a …
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By Joachim Buwembo Anything can happen anytime We started off 2020 with lots of optimism. In a sports-loving country Uganda, we looked forward to a respectable gold harvest at the …
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Theodora Dame Adjin-Tettey, Rhodes University COVID-19 has distressed societies to the core. Among the fault lines it has exposed is the fact that gender bias remains rampant in news coverage. …
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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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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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