This story by Pernille Baerendtsen and Amanda Lichtenstein originally appeared on Global Voices on 14 August, 2020. When a major earthquake of 6.0 on the Richter scale shook coastal East Africa at around 8:15 on August 12, Tanzanians quickly took to Twitter to report on the unusual natural event that momentarily swayed chandeliers, shattered windows and […]
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This letter was first published by the Med. ACME is one of the 193 partner organisations that signed the letter. May 5, 2020 Secretary-General António Guterres United Nations Room NL-3019 New York, NY 10017 Sent via email Dear Mr. Secretary-General, On behalf of the #FreeThePress campaign, made up of 193 press freedom and human rights […]
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On World Press Freedom Day, Uganda media professionals converged on Twitter to reflect on professionalism and independence of media in the country. In a tweet chat held on Saturday May 2, 2020, leading editors, media development professionals and thinkers discussed the theme of the day: “Journalism without fear or favour”. “It speaks to the principle […]
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News release 21 April 2020 Kampala African Centre for Media Excellence (ACME) is gravely concerned by reports doing the rounds on social media and other platforms about the arrest and detention of NBS Television anchor and programme host Samson Kasumba. Mr Kasumba’s colleagues and other journalists have quoted the police as saying he is being […]
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Kampala, 21 April 2020 The Uganda Editors’ Guild has noted with concern reports of the arrest of Samson Kasumba, a news anchor at NBS Television. We are also aware of comments by the police spokesperson that Mr Kasumba is being held in connection with allegations unrelated to his work as a journalist. The Uganda Editors’ […]
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On 8 April 2020, Dr Peter Mwesige, ACME’s executive director, spoke with NTV’s Josephine Karungi on journalists’ safety while covering Uganda’s enforcement of measures to fight COVID-19 and related issues. The interview came in the wake of ACME’s issuance of a statement condemning the assault on several journalists by security services since Uganda declared a […]
Continue readingFor Immediate Release 6 April 2020 Kampala African Centre for Media Excellence (ACME) welcomes the government’s directive to Resident District Commissioners (RDCs) to institute measures that will allow up-country journalists to move around and do their work during the COVID-19 lockdown. According to ICT and National Guidance Minister Judith Nabakooba, the journalists will have to […]
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George Ogola, University of Central Lancashire Kenya’s political leaders have always had a vested political interest in the control of the country’s media. But no president has had a more terrifying presence in Kenyan newsrooms than Daniel arap Moi, Kenya’s president from 1978 to 2002. The Sunday broadcast news in the 1980s and 1990s was […]
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