Deadline- 15 January 2014
African Centre for Media Excellence (ACME) is seeking nominations for Uganda National Journalism Awards. This program is being supported by Hivos. The goal of this program is to recognize and promote excellence in reporting and to inspire quality journalism in the country.
Objectives-
- Inspire high-quality, impactful journalism;
- Increase the quantity and quality of public affairs and investigative journalism;
- Promote accurate, knowledgeable enterprise reporting in all media;
- Increase the diversity of issues and voice in media coverage.
Categories-
- Agricultural news reporting
- Arts and culture journalism
- Business, economic and financial reporting
- Commentary
- Editorial cartooning
- Environmental reporting
- Extractive industries reporting
- Explanatory reporting
- Feature writing
- Health reporting
- Investigative reporting
- Local reporting
- National news reporting
- Multimedia journalism
- Political reporting
- Sports
Eligibility & Criteria-
The awards are open to all journalists, full-time and freelance, working in Uganda based on work published or broadcast between January and December 2013.
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