ACME Health and HIV/AIDS Reporting Training for Ugandan Journalists 2022

This course – Entrenching Knowledge-Based Health Journalism in Uganda – seeks to improve the media’s capacity to offer quality coverage of the health sector that informs and empowers ordinary people to demand their rights and hold the powerful to account.

About African Centre for Media Excellence (ACME)

The African Centre for Media Excellence is a Kampala-based independent, non-profit professional organisation that is committed to excellence in journalism and mass communication in Africa. ACME’s main goal is to make the media a more effective platform for the provision of information on public affairs, a tool for monitoring official power, and a forum for vibrant public debate. ACME has a unique approach to continuing training and education. Instead of one-off workshops, which are common in the East African region, ACME employs a long-term approach in which practical training work... read more

ACME Health and HIV/AIDS Reporting Training

Aim and Benefits of ACME Health and HIV/AIDS Reporting Training

Participating journalists will receive a scholarship to attend an intensive 5-day workshop led by ACME’s training team and experts in the fields of healthcare and HIV/AIDS. By the end of the workshop, they will leave with a greater understanding of current debates and issues in Uganda’s healthcare sector, a deeper knowledge of the players and their progress in achieving the country’s health development goals, and tools to produce content that informs and engages audiences.

Requirements for ACME Health and HIV/AIDS Reporting Training Qualification

Reporters, editors and content producers in Uganda who want to develop or improve their skills in health reporting.

Applicants are expected to:

• Have at least two years experience working in the media
• Be ready to participate in all five days of the in-person workshop
• Publish/broadcast at least two stories following the training

Application Deadline

How to Apply

Applicants are required to upload a sample of their work, and a letter of support from the editor.

NB: Those who attended the first cohort of the training should not apply. 

For more details, visit ACME website.