admin | May 26, 2023
Print, broadcast, and online journalists whose works held public figures accountable can compete for cash prizes from Africa Check.
Works must be original pieces of fact-checking journalism first published or broadcast between July 1, 2022 and June 30, 2023 by a media house based in Africa. Entries may have been published or broadcast in French or English.
The categories are:
- fact-check of the year by a working journalist,
- fact-check of the year by a professional fact-checker, and
- fact-check of the year by a student.
The working journalist and fact-checkers will receive $3,000 US, while the runners-up will be awarded $1,500 US. The student journalist winner will receive $2,000 US and the runner-up $1,000 US.
The deadline to apply is June 30.
For more information, go to: https://africacheck.org/what-we-do/african-fact-checking-awards