The African Fact-Checking Awards, now in their fourth edition, are the only awards on the continent set up specifically to honour the best, non-partisan fact-checking journalism by working and student journalists on the continent.
WORTH
To honour this year’s awards winners and runners-up, we are offering the following prizes:
- $2,000each for the winner of the best fact-checking report by a journalist
- $1,000each for the two runners-up in Anglophone and Francophone media
- $500each for winner of the best report by a student journalist in Anglophone and Francophone media
ELIGIBILITY
- If you work for an African media house or are studying journalism at a journalism college on the continent, you can submit your report published or broadcast between 1 September 2016 and 31 August 2017 that fact-checks an important claim made in public debate or the media.
DEADLINE: August 31 2017
To apply and for more information visit here
