Community updates

Chronological news digests

2013-07-03

African Union rapporteur leads campaign for East and Horn of Africa states to decriminalise defamation

Tatiana Repkova | www.article19.org/resourc ... |

Burundi, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda

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Arab World, Central Africa, Eastern Africa

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Africa, Africa / Asia

Civil Laws - Defamation - Libel & Slander

2013-06-03

Two Ugandan newspapers, the Red Pepper and the Daily Monitor, reopen after days-long closure by police

Tatiana Repkova | globalvoicesonline.org/20 ... |

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Banned / Suspended Newspapers / Publications / Other Media

2013-05-28

Ugandan science journalists cannot work because of illegal police occupation

Tatiana Repkova | www.wfsj.org/news/news.ph ... |

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Legal Harassment of Media / Journalists
Covering / Reporting Science & Technology

2013-05-20

Uganda government launches widest media crackdown yet: Swarming the offices of the Daily Monitor and Red Pepper

Tatiana Repkova | www.acme-ug.org/news/item ... |

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Freedom of Expression / Information / Press - Access to Information - Press Credentials - Accreditation

2013-01-18

RootIO wants to take radio back to the local level in Uganda and to produce radio programming through mobile devices

Tatiana Repkova | www.niemanlab.org/2013/01 ... |

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TV / Radio / Broadcasting Companies / Networks / Platforms / Activity - Slow TV
Mobile Telephony / VOIP (Skype) & Newspaper Editions / News Campaigns / Smart Phones / Applications
Journalist's Craft / Skills / Techniques / Tools

2012-09-05

William Pike: Radio Africa Group's investment in the Star, now number 3 newspaper in the Kenyan market

Tatiana Repkova | fr.slideshare.net/WAN-IFR ... |

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Strategic / Business Planning - Business Models - Franchising
News Media Markets - Ownership & Investment

2012-08-01

BBC: Country case study - Uganda: Support to media where media freedoms and rights are constrained

Tatiana Repkova | downloads.bbc.co.uk/media ... |

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Freedom of Expression / Information / Press - Access to Information - Press Credentials - Accreditation
Media / Press / Web Laws / Regulations
News Media Markets - Landscape - Numbers of titles - Business & Financial Results
Media Aid Organizations / Donors / Programs / Projects
Readership / Audience - Marketing Research / Surveys - Opinion Polls
Online / Digital / Integrated Readership / Traffic / Audience - Marketing Research / Surveys - Internet Users - End-User Behavior / Experience