TRi Facts, Africa Check’s training unit has invited mid-career journalists to apply for a two-day Election fact-checking and verifications training workshop in Nigeria.
The training is aimed at having fact-checking champions to help build in-house fact-checking capacity within media organisations to improve the quality of election reporting and fostering a wider culture of fact-checking.
Scheduled for November, the sessions will hold in Sokoto, Kano, Jos and Yola.
Ten journalists in each city who apply before September 24 will be selected for the training.
According to a press statement, the workshop takes standard fact-checking methodology, demonstrated using political and election-specific examples, and integrates it with best-practice lessons on political and election reporting, from interview techniques through to ethics and safety, and includes animated discussions around accuracy, responsibility, and bias in political coverage.
Participants will get a small stipend, all expenses including lodging, internal travel and meals related to participation in the training programme.
This funding does not cover salaries or per diems and there is no payment for submission of fact-checking reports.
On completion of the programmes, TRi Facts will provide a certificate of completion.
Participants can also have their fact-checking reports distributed via Africa Check’s channels should they meet certain standards.
For queries and to register contact Aniesha Bulbulia on email: aniesha@africacheck.org
