The African Centre for Media Excellence (ACME) has partnered with the Northern Uganda Media Club (NUMEC) to equip a new generation of journalists with the skills to hold those in power accountable. This initiative is part of the Media Support for Public Accountability and Civic Engagement (M-SPACE) project, a multi-donor initiative funded by the Danish, […]
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The African Centre for Media Excellence (ACME) is updating its safeguarding policy to strengthen protections for journalists, staff, and the people affected by its programmes. As part of this process, the organisation recently hosted a workshop in Kampala with members of the Media Support for Public Accountability and Civic Engagement in Uganda (M-SPACE) consortium, which […]
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KAMPALA, Thursday 4 July 2024: The African Center for Media Excellence (ACME) and a consortium including Uganda Editors’ Guild, Uganda Radio Network and Uganda Media Women Association have today signed a grant agreement with the Royal Danish Embassy to support media development work in Uganda. Dr George Lugalambi, the Executive Director of ACME and HE […]
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Herman Wasserman, University of Cape Town; Audrey Gadzekpo, University of Ghana, and Chris Paterson, University of Leeds An enormous and increasing portion of the foreign development aid coming into Africa annually is for media development. Foreign aid funds diverse projects, ranging from investigative journalism in Nigeria, to stories on Chinese building projects in Kenya, or […]
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A new report by the Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) says the increase in the value of media to societies around the world has led to more and better quality education at top universities. The report, ‘Global journalism education: A missed opportunity for media development?’, indicates that while this growth may be attributed in […]
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