African Centre for Media Excellence (ACME) is pleased to invite you to a virtual event in which we will release …
Responding to threats to press freedom and the media in a time of crisis in Burundi
The outbreak of COVID-19 in the world in late 2019 has led to a dramatic loss of human lives across …
Civic Space Index: Clawback clauses and impunity stifling freedoms
The Uganda: Civic Space Index, 2021 provides a snapshot of the state of civic space in Uganda, especially in as …
Careful! Undue attacks can undermine public trust in independent media
A few weeks ago somebody posted on social media a screenshot of Nation Media Group Uganda’s Managing Editor Tabu Butagira …
Thirty years after Windhoek, what has really changed?
By Daniel Kalinaki in the Eastern Africa Journalism Review When 60 African journalists met in Windhoek in May 1991, they …
Editorial – The value of information as a public good and the role of journalism cannot be taken for granted
This joint editorial, prepared by the newly-launched Uganda Media Sector Working Group, was published by several news media in commemoration …
Covid-19 exposed the vulnerability of African journalists, new study finds
The coronavirus pandemic has demonstrated that the role of African journalists in nurturing democracy through fact-based and pluralistic debate is …
Speech by Nicole Bjerler- Head of DGF at Uganda National Journalism Awards 2020
Photo by Katumba Badru Full text of the speech by Nicole Bjerler, Head of the Democratic Governance Facility- Uganda, at …