Uganda’s Ministry of Education and Sports released the 2022 Primary Leaving Examination (PLE) results today. Can we tell the story differently? Here are a few suggestions. Going behind the numbers Conduct a trend analysis of the PLE results. Ask educationalists and parents about your observations to provide depth and context to the numbers. Take a […]
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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 draft manifestos. Journalists, many who are working in newsrooms crippled by the economic impact of Covid-19, are doing their best to keep on top of […]
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The results of the opinion poll by Research World International (RWI) have predictably provoked debate (and in some cases anger and outrage) not only about the accuracy of the results, but also the timing of their release. The Uganda Governance Pulse survey, which was bankrolled by civil society organisations led by the Great Lakes Institute […]
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Media professionals around the world are investing more time and money for online communications, yet not all activities have the desired effects. This practical guidebook from DW Akademie focuses on social media analytics and offers advice on evaluating and targeting audiences online.
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This month, ACME is publishing a series of articles based on its book, ‘Write Right Tight – Navigating Common Mistakes in News Reporting & Writing’ authored by award-winning journalist Richard M. Kavuma. This first article is based on the second chapter of the book, titled ‘On Writing Well’.
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The last decade had seen some notable improvements in our journalism and today’s journalists are, in many ways, better trained than those before them. However a combination of structural and professional challenges continued to impede the potential of Ugandan or even the region’s media to inform and engage the public on the critical issues of […]
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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 […]
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