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Media analysis / News

Journalists and journalism educators explain gaps in media coverage of the 2021 general election 

January 21, 2021January 26, 2021 - by ACME team - Leave a Comment

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 …

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Media analysis / News

Reflecting on 2020: Seven lessons for journalists 

December 31, 2020 - by Guest Writer - Leave a Comment

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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News / Story ideas

#UgandaDecides2021: Key voter rights issues journalists must pay attention to 

August 26, 2020August 28, 2020 - by ACME team - Leave a Comment

Uganda’s general election season is well and truly underway. Party nominations for local government, parliamentary and presidential seats are ongoing. Social media is flooded with candidates’ posters, campaign promises and …

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ACME programmes / ACME research / Media Monitoring

Press Coverage of Public Affairs in Uganda, June 2013 – July 2017

November 5, 2018July 5, 2019 - by ACME team - Leave a Comment

The African Centre for Media Excellence (ACME) conducted a series of studies on press coverage of public affairs in Uganda to provide systematic evidence to inform evaluations and judgements of the media’s performance.

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News / Uganda National Journalism Awards

Journalism is about changing lives, not just telling stories – NBS TV’s Solomon Serwanjja

June 15, 2017June 15, 2017 - by Janet Napio - Leave a Comment

Driven. Passionate. Dogged. Intrepid. These are some of the words that judges of the Uganda National Journalism Awards 2017 use to describe Solomon Serwanjja. “In an age of declining funding …

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ACME Blogs

Good journalism doesn’t happen in a vacuum; it needs your support

September 28, 2016September 28, 2016 - by Guest Writer - Leave a Comment

BY BENON HERBERT OLUKA Criticism of the respective decisions by former Daily Monitor managing editor Don Wanyama and investigations editor Chris Obore – among others – to quit journalism for government jobs …

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ACME programmes / News / Uganda National Journalism Awards

Uganda National Journalism Awards 2016 – The journey begins

October 18, 2015December 10, 2015 - by ACME team - Leave a Comment

Every day the public in Uganda looks to the media for news on investment, information about their children’s education, investigations that hold the powerful to account, and solutions to persistent …

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ACME Blogs / News

Ugandan journalism may not be thriving, but it’s still useful

May 3, 2015May 4, 2015 - by Bernard Tabaire - 2 Comments.

By Bernard Tabaire Wrongly spelt words – even of names of sources one has interviewed – atrocious punctuation, and context-free stories are the most irritating things for me about our …

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