Code for Africa (CfA) is offering intensive fact-checking fellowships for journalists, newsroom managers and civil society (CSO) researchers in Ethiopia. Successful applicants will learn fact-checking techniques through hands-on mentorship and project-based learning.
The fellowships are offered in partnership with DW Akademie (DWA) and financed by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).
WORTH
- The fellows will be mentored by a team of international experts, supported by Ethiopian-based fact-checking professionals.
Fellows will learn the following practical skills:
- Fact-checking basics: Understanding fact-checking methodology & taxonomy, and fact-checking techniques using a range of specialised tools.
- Audience engagement: Understanding how to create unique topics/themes for specific audiences, and how to build audience engagement and feedback systems.
- Production systems: Understanding how to design editorial/research workflow processes, tooling and staffing strategies, for streamlined integration into the host organisation’s wider production processes.
- Policy frameworks: Understanding how to apply international ethical and professional guidelines for quality assurance and industry accreditation, with special emphasis on applying the International Fact-Checking Network’s (IFCN) Code of Principles.
ELIGIBILITY
- The fellowships are open to both freelancers and full-time employees in media or watchdog CSOs in Ethiopia.
DEADLINE: July 18, 2021.
To apply and for more information visit here
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