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Road safety story ideas

By John Baptist Wasswa Part A Let us start simple. Consider some news stories. Go to the Central Police Station in your city or municipality and check out the traffic office and the crime report, focusing on traffic offences. Examine the traffic incident statistics and note down the following:- Road crashes since January 2021; deaths […]

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Tips and story ideas for journalists covering parliamentary elections

By John Baptist Wasswa NB: The responsibility of an MP is to represent constituents in Parliament where laws are made; where the national cake is shared through budget allocations; where MPs are supposed to hold the Executive accountable through scrutiny. However, MPs often campaign using promises of development projects even when they do not have […]

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Telling the story of Covid-19 in Africa: A basket of ideas

Updated on May 13, 2020. This is a running list of story ideas on Covid-19. You are welcome to contribute ideas in the comments section, through ACME’s social pages or by writing to us at info@acme-ug.org. Agriculture and food  What local innovations have emerged from the agricultural community to manage supply chain disruptions? How has […]

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More women giving birth at health centres. There’s more to this story.

Ref: New Vision and Daily Monitor, June 29, 2015 Uganda, like many developing countries, can be defined by its contradictions. While more women are able to safely give birth every year, there is a lack of sufficient health facilities to ensure this safety. The 29 June, 2015 editions of New Vision and Daily Monitor published […]

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