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 emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 presented an unprecedented global challenge that significantly transformed the media industry. Journalists faced a complex crisis characterised by rapidly shifting narratives, government-imposed restrictions, economic disruption, evolving scientific knowledge, and a flood of misinformation. In response, the African Centre for Media Excellence (ACME) conducted two studies in 2020 […]
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For Immediate Release Thursday 13 March 2025 Kampala: Today, the Kawempe North by-election degenerated into seemingly choreographed attacks on journalists covering the polls to replace the late area member of parliament, Muhammad Ssegirinya, who passed in January this year. Hasifah Nanvuma from Nation Media Group, Hassan Wasswa of NBS TV and Francis Ijjo from NTV […]
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One year has passed since Busoga Today, a newspaper serving the Busoga region in Uganda, launched its operations. In a time when print media, particularly at the regional level, faces challenges with resource constraints and evolving audience preferences, Busoga Today has established itself as a new, fresh voice. This Q&A with Busoga Today CEO, Isaac […]
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By Joseph Were Monitor Publications Ltd is again managing director hunting after Tony Glencross announced he was leaving after eight years in the hot seat. Watching the coming and going of bosses at The Monitor is always anticipatory because the position offers an opportunity to provide situational leadership to the independent media industry in Uganda. […]
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African Centre for Media Excellence (ACME) has released the first-ever national journalists’ survey report. This inaugural paints a portrait of a typical Ugandan journalist. The survey suggests that the typical Ugandan journalist is male, below 35 years, has less than 10 years of experience on the job, isn’t specialised in covering one or two beats, […]
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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 a complaint for “unjustified, unfair and unlawful summary termination”. The complaint, filed with the Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) Labour Office in Makindye Division, states […]
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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 to the headlines like its richer cousin, the Uganda Communications Commission. Not to be outdone, UCC has taken to writing to the tech behemoth Google […]
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