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

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.

• Table of Content
• About African Centre for Media Excellence (ACME)
• ACME Health and HIV/AIDS Reporting Training
• Aim and Benefits of ACME Health and HIV/AIDS Reporting Training
• Requirements for ACME Health and HIV/AIDS Reporting Training Qualification
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

ACME Health and HIV/AIDS Reporting Training

Application Deadline	08 Dec 2021
Country to study	Uganda
Type	Training
Sponsor	African Centre for Media Excellence (ACME)
Gender	Men and Women

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

December 8, 2021

How to Apply

Interested and qualified? Go to African Centre for Media Excellence (ACME) on docs.google.com 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.