DUBAWA 2022 Kwame Karikari Fact-checking and Research Fellowship

Eligibility Criteria

• Open to citizens of Nigeria, Ghana, Liberia, Sierra Leone, and The Gambia.
• Applicants must be affiliated with a media organisation, especially from grassroots communities (television, online media, radio, and print).
• Applicants must be able to publish their work with a media institution. Freelance journalists should not apply.
• Applicants must be willing to dedicate time to activities, events and meetings that will arise in the course of the fellowship.
• Applicants from Nigeria must be prepared to work with the DUBAWA team during the 2023 general election.
• Applicants must be residents in the following countries: Nigeria, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Liberia or The Gambia.
• Applicants must possess good writing skills and be fluent in the English language.
• If selected, applicants must provide a managerial buy-in from the newsroom management that authorises the applicant to undergo this fellowship and provide an assurance that fact-checks will be widely circulated or published on their media platforms without interference.
• Female journalists are encouraged to apply. Knowledge and experience in fact-checking are not required.

Offered Benefits

• Fellows will receive hands-on technical training based on current realities and trends in the fact-checking world. This will be followed by one-on-one project mentorship by the fact-checking team from DUBAWA.
• Fellows will also receive additional support to establish fact-checking desks in their newsrooms.

Application Process