Deadline: April 20, 2023.

The Africa Fact-checking Fellowship – #AFFCameroon is designed to track and map viral trends on social media related to current challenges of ‘fake news’ in Cameroon. Through its different cohorts, #AFFCameroon aims to enhance the skills of experienced professionals to effectively contribute to peace building and social cohesion through combating disinformation and hate speech.It intends to promote fact-checking, data journalism and digital rights towards journalists, bloggers and content creators in Africa. The program is based on a blended learning model using webinars, practical lessons, peer-to-peer learning and on-the-ground practical work. Fellows will have access to a rich set of online tools and resources as well as a network of experts and professionals from around the world.

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

Application open to:

• Journalists
• Content creators
• Digital rights activists
• Bloggers
• Opinion and community leaders
• Between 20 and 40 years old
• Cameroon
• Be fully available, understand English and French, computer literate, and active on social media.

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