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Inspiring excellent journalism across Africa

  • About ACME
    • Who we are
    • ACME secretariat
    • ACME board
    • Mission, vision and values
    • Contact us
  • ACME programmes
    • Advocacy
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    • Uganda National Journalism Awards
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March 30, 2022

Media freedom and threats against journalists in East Africa during the Covid-19 pandemic – Report launch

African Centre for Media Excellence (ACME) is pleased to invite you to a virtual event in which we will release …

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March 24, 2022

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 …

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October 6, 2021

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 …

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September 22, 2021

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 …

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September 13, 2021

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 …

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May 3, 2021

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 …

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April 20, 2021

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 …

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September 15, 2020

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 …

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