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UGANDA MEDIA WEEK 2020

Project Summary

The 2020 Media Dialogues lasted a period of 7 days and included open discussions on 'Scientific General Elections – Key issues for journalists' followed with training sessions on: 'Fake news and disinformation in times of elections – Fact Checking and verification' and 'Upholding independent journalism in scientific elections – principles of effective elections reporting' held on Monday 7^th September, 2020, in Gulu district. Over 30 participants attended. ...

Project Activities

Training Journalists on Election Reporting

Handling post-election matters e.g petitions in court as most journalists fear court reporting, Digital safety, and security. Participants gained more knowledge and skills on Investigative journalism in regards to elections reporting

Jornalism

Participants reported that Media owners should be brought on board so as to let them understand the need to protect the independence of journalism.

Dialogues

The organizing team travelled to Arua a day before to set up the venue for the dialogues. These took place in Arua district, Lira and Soroti respectively. However, online discussions continued among the participants throughout the week. The sessions were interactive, and the training was done well. “Using fellow media practitioners to facilitate is good to test experience and share knowledge,” said one of the partcipants. The dialogues reminded them on the role of the media and what they ought to stand for.

Training Journalists on Election Reporting

Handling post-election matters e.g petitions in court as most journalists fear court reporting, Digital safety, and security. Participants gained more knowledge and skills on Investigative journalism in regards to elections reporting

Jornalism

Participants reported that Media owners should be brought on board so as to let them understand the need to protect the independence of journalism.

Dialogues

The organizing team travelled to Arua a day before to set up the venue for the dialogues. These took place in Arua district, Lira and Soroti respectively. However, online discussions continued among the participants throughout the week. The sessions were interactive, and the training was done well. “Using fellow media practitioners to facilitate is good to test experience and share knowledge,” said one of the partcipants. The dialogues reminded them on the role of the media and what they ought to stand for.

Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS)

The Konrad Adenauer Foundation (German: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, KAS) is a German political party foundation associated with but independent of the centre-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU). The foundation's headquarters are located in Sankt Augustin near Bonn, as well as in Berlin.[1] Globally, the KAS has 78 offices and runs programs in over 100 countries.[2] Its current chairman is the former President of the German parliament Deutscher Bundestag, Norbert Lammert. It is a member of the Martens Centre, the official foundation and think tank of the European.

DW-Akademie

DW, is a German public, state-owned[1] international broadcaster funded by the German federal tax budget.[3] The service is available in 32 languages. DW's satellite television service consists of channels in English, German, Spanish, and Arabic.[4] The work of DW is regulated by the Deutsche Welle Act,[note 1][5] meaning that content is intended to be independent of government influence. DW is a member of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU).[6]

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