Haggai Matsiko leads a team of five The Independent writers shortlisted for the Uganda National Journalism Awards 2017. The African Centre for Media Excellence (ACME) on Thursday announced a shortlist of 80 journalists whose 95 stories/entries have been evaluated for final accolades by a panel of 16 judges. Investigative journalist Matsiko was nominated as a finalist for …
Read More »The Independent’s Musoke wins Uganda’s best journalist award
The Independent’s Ronald Musoke wins Exceptional Journalism Award It was an unforgettable day for The Independent when Ronald Musoke scooped the Nile Breweries Award for Exceptional Journalism at the Uganda National Journalism Awards organised by African Centre for Media Excellence. Musoke had earlier been presented with the award for …
Read More »ACME launches journalism award scheme
By Joan Akello The African Centre for Media Excellence (ACME), with support from Hivos has launched the Uganda National Journalism Awards scheme. This award aims at inspiring young Journalists to embrace enterprise and investigative journalism; increase the quantity and quality of public affairs reporting and investigative journalism; promote accurate, knowledgeable, …
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