Deadline: 22 July, 2020.
Entries are now open for the seventh annual African Fact-Checking Awards, the only awards that honour journalists by Africa-based media in the expanding field of fact-checking.
As a result of the growing interest in fact-checking on the continent, Africa Check is expecting an increase in the quantity and quality of entries in 2020.
This year’s categories include Fact-Check of the Year by a Working Journalist, and Fact-Check of the Year by a Student Journalist.
Benefits
- Winner of the award for best fact-checking report by a working journalist will get a prize of $3,000, while the runner-up will be awarded $1,500
- Winner of the award for best fact-checking report by a student journalist will get a prize of $2,000, and the runner-up will get $1,000
Eligibility
- Entry must be an original piece of fact-checking journalism first published or broadcast on any date from 1 August, 2019, to 22 July, 2020, by a media or independent fact-checking organisation based in Africa
- Work may be published in print or online, broadcast on the radio or television, or published in a blog
- Reports published by Africa Check are not eligible for the competition
- Applicant must be younger than 35 years
- Candidate must have attended a journalism school in Africa at some period between 1 August, 2019, and 22 July, 2020
To enter and for more information, click here.
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