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August 1 deadline for 2021 African Fact-Checking Awards entries

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Applications have been invited from journalists and journalism students across the continent to submit entries for the 2021 African Fact-Checking Awards The awards are aimed at promoting the practice of fact-checking and making accurate information available to citizens of all countries across Africa. The 2021 categories include: • Fact-Check of the Year by a Working […]

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Eze, Sofiyat win News Digest Press writing contest

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Pen Press Journalists, Promize Eze, popularly known as Chi Chi, a 300-Level student of Education Economics and Lawal Sofiyat, a final year student of Physics at Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto (UDUS) have won the writing contest organized by News Digest Press. Promize Eze who emerged as the winner of the contest and Lawal Soffiyat bagged

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Call for #CREATESAFESPACES storytelling project.

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The Premium Times Centre for Investigative Journalism invites journalists, media professionals, freelancers and researchers, in the media industry to apply to be a part of its #CREATESAFESPACES storytelling project. The project aims to transform storytelling around Gender-based violence in ways that elicit prompt and positive responses from policymakers, security agencies, the judiciary and the larger

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Applications invited for West Africa Climate Change Media Fellowship

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The Premium Times Centre for Investigative Journalism (PTCIJ), through its Natural Resources Programme (NAREP), invites applications for its inaugural climate change media fellowship across west Africa. The fellowship is aimed at shedding light on the importance of climate change issues in West Africa including evidence and solutions to the crises. The training which will last

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13 African journalists selected for Solutions Journalism Network’s programme

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13 African journalists are among the 49 mentees selected for the Solutions Journalism Network (SJN) 2021 mentorship programme. On the list are five journalists from Nigeria, two from Kenya, another two from Zimbabwe and one each from Rwanda, South Africa, Cameroon and Malawi. While announcing the mentees, Julia Hotz, the Communities Manager for the Solutions

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Call for Paradigm Digital Rights and Inclusion Media Fellowship

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Applications for the 4th edition of Paradigm Digital Rights and Inclusion Media Fellowship, DRIMF, for interested media professionals in Nigeria, Cameroon, Kenya, Senegal, Zambia and Zimbabwe is open till June 22, 2021. DRIMF, a programme of the Paradigm Initiative, through academic and practical learnings, seeks to embed media professionals within the digital ecosystem and connect

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Dubawa unveils 26 Fact-Checkers for 2021 Fellowship

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West Africa’s verification and fact-checking platform, Dubawa, has unveiled the twenty-six fellows selected for its 2021 cohort of fact-checkers to combat misinformation in the sub-region. The platform, under the auspices of the Premium Times Centre for Investigative Journalism (PTCIJ), announced the commencement of the yearly fellowship in Abuja on Monday 17th May 2021. Now in

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Ghanaian digital producer, 21 others named Nieman fellows

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A Ghanaian digital media producer and head of the digital strategy for the Tiger Eye Social Foundation, a media nonprofit, Selase Kove-Seyram has been named one of the 2022 Nieman Foundation Fellows for Journalism at Harvard University. Kove-Seyram @selasekove  and 21other fellows from across the globe were selected for the one-year on-campus study at the

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