Deadline: 31 August, 2020

Africa Check, in partnership with Facebook, has announced a call for submission of applications for a one-year Health Fellowship.

The main goal of the fellowship is to expand the capacity of Africa Check, which is a non-profit organisation that promotes accuracy in public debate and the media in Africa, to combat health misinformation.

The journalism outfit, based in the Journalism Department of the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, seeks to raise the quality of information available to society across the continent.

Benefits

• Fellowship is fully funded
• The fellow will have access to training modules from third-party experts as well as from the team at CrowdTangle, and Facebook’s social analytics tool

Eligibility

• A bachelor’s degree
• Five years of experience in fact-related fields such as media, research and academia
• Specialist subject knowledge in health
• Well-honed nonsense detector
• Passion for news, and in particular, health news
• Ability to act impartially
• Attention to detail
• Ability to explain complex issues in simple language
• Strong numeracy, analytical and research skills
• Resilient self-starter who takes ownership of projects while working collaboratively in a team environment
• Fluency in an African language/French (advantageous)
• Experience in working across diverse geographical areas and cultures (advantageous)

To apply and for more information, click here.