The African Fact-Checking Awards 2019 for Journalists in Africa for a Chance to Win $2000

Africa Check is delighted to announce the sixth African Fact-Checking Awards, that each year honor journalism by Africa-based media in the emerging field of fact-checking. This competition is open to journalists who published or broadcasted a report, exposing as misleading or wrong a claim on an important topic made by a public figure or institution in Africa. This year awards are exceptional, as the organizers added exciting new categories:

1. Fact-check of the year by a working journalist
2. Fact-check of the year by a student
3. One runner-up in each of the two categories above.

1. The winner of the awards for the best fact-checking report by a working journalist will get a prize of $2,000, while the runner-up will be awarded $1,000.
2. The winner of the award for the best fact-checking report by a student journalist will get a prize of $1,000, and the runner-up $500.

To be eligible, entries for this competition must be according to the following conditions:

1. Be the original work of the individual or team identified in the entry form as the author.
2. Have been published or broadcast for the first time by a media house based in Africa between 1 September 2018 and 30 June 2019.
3. Entries can have been published or broadcasted in any language but must be presented in either English or French. If they are not originally done in English or French, a translation into English or French must be provided.
4. The entrant confirms that they are the authors of the work and that in the case of any dispute about this, this is entirely the entrant's responsibility.
5. At the shortlisting stage, a representative of the jury may seek clarification on some points
6. Entrants must agree to do media interviews and/or reports about the awards if they win
7. The 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.
8. For the student category, the candidate must have attended a journalism school in Africa at some period between 1 September 2018 and 30 June 2019.

The entries will be judged on the following four criteria:

• The significance of a wider society of the claim investigated
• How the claim was tested against the available evidence
• How well the piece presented the evidence for and against the claim
• The impact that the publication had on public debate on the topic.

About Africa Check:

Africa Check is a non-partisan organization that exists to promote accuracy and honesty in public debate and the media in Africa. To do this effectively, it is important that to stick to the best practices in fact-checking, recognized by leading non-partisan fact-checking organizations around the world, and that Africa Check adheres to the fundamental operating principles of commitment to impartiality, transparency, and accuracy. s Africa Check is a listed non-profit organization, registered in South Africa as a non-profit Trust, and in the UKin the form of a Community Interest Company or CIC.

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