The questions in Dear ACME Mwalimu come from the hundreds of real messages and emails sent to our training desk every month. No question deserves just one answer, so we are answering them here where everyone can benefit. Names and details have been removed, and permission to publish the questions has been sought. If you […]
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Franz Krüger, University of the Witwatersrand For more than a century, journalism education prepared young people for the role of full-time professionals employed by sizeable news organisations. But the advertising-based business model that sustained journalism is collapsing because of new technology, and jobs of the old kind are becoming scarce. The educational model, too, must […]
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Only seven female journalists scooped prizes in different categories at the Uganda National Journalism Awards on Friday. In total, 34 journalists and writing teams won first-place awards in 19 reporting categories. This year, a total of 241 entries were submitted to the awards. However, women constituted only 16% of participating journalists, a significant decrease from […]
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WHAT? Training in data journalism with specific focus on data generated from Uganda’s oil, gas, and mining sectors. WHEN? Course A: Monday, 29 July—Thursday, 1 August 2019; Course B: Tuesday, 1-4 October 2019. WHERE? African Centre for Media Excellence, Kampala. WHO? Reporters who have already undergone training at ACME on effective coverage of oil, gas, […]
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By Lydia Namubiru Journalists in Uganda, as elsewhere, have always worked with numbers in the news. Typically, though, these tend to be numbers handed down by an agency or researcher who deals with data more regularly than them. Usually, journalists take these numbers and use them as garnish for stories, scattering them here or there […]
Continue readingACME will conduct a beginners course on data journalism this January. 24 slots are available for Ugandan journalists regardless of what media platform they work for. Non-reporting journalists such as sub-editors, producers and others are also encouraged to register for the course by filling in this form. Deadline for application is 12th January.
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