African Centre for Media Excellence
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Monitor Publications Limited (MPL) recently laid off several employees in what the company said was part of a major staff restructuring exercise. Now 13 of the affected workers have filed …
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This article was first published in New Vision on 18 December, 2020. The Uganda Media Council, the regulator of journalists and the print media in the country, has finally made it back …
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PRESS RELEASE The African Centre for Media Excellence is pleased to announce that it has commenced a national project that will examine the state of the news media in Uganda. …
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In the race for online eyeballs, the cardinal rule is that whoever publishes a story first gains an upper hand. Add to this the nature and operating style of many …
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By David Lumu It had been coming for many years. But the Covid-19 pandemic put a fine point on the impending Armageddon that hovers over the horizon of good old …
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This study, conducted by the African Centre for Media Excellence (ACME), looks at Ugandan newspaper coverage of the Covid-19 pandemic, focusing mainly on five influential publications. The study explores the …
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An editorial cartoon published by the Daily Monitor newspaper has drawn the ire of the Uganda Catholic Lawyers Society. A letter signed by Mr Jude Mbabaali, president of the Society, …
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Three local language newspapers that were staples of news consumption in Uganda have been closed indefinitely. Orumuri, Etop and Rupiny, published by media conglomerate Vision Group, are no more. Ms …
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