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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
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April 7, 2022

Lessons from the Global South on how to counter harmful information

Herman Wasserman, University of Cape Town The large-scale contamination of the public sphere by rumours, hate speech, dangerous conspiracy theories …

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August 26, 2021

50 Ugandan journalists trained on fact-checking 

Over 50 journalists from radio, TV, print and online media in Uganda have completed a course on fact-checking.  The virtual …

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August 5, 2021

Short course on fact-checking for journalists

Dates: 18-20 August, 2021 Slots available: 25 Application deadline: 11 August, 2021 About the course African Centre for Media Excellence, …

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April 14, 2020

Journalists are recognizing they’re writing a rough draft of history — and can’t say definitively “that’s the way it is

Kevin M. Lerner, Marist College On April 4, a Los Angeles Times story about the varying effects of the novel …

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