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

Africa Check is delighted to announce the fifth 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 & runner-up: For a single piece of work.
[2] Fact-checking series of the year & runner-up: For a body of work.
[3] Fact-check of the year by a student & runner-up: a single piece of work done by a journalism student.
[4] Fact of the year: most striking statistic first published or broadcast that year, and its voted for by readers.
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 2017 and 15 August 2018.
[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 also have attended a journalism school in Africa at some period between 1 September 2017 and 15 August 2018.
[7] Any individual or team can put in a maximum of two entries each.
The winners of the awards for the best fact-checking report and best fact-checking series by a working journalist will each receive a prize of $2,000, with two runners-up taking away prizes of $1,000 each. The winner of the award for the best fact-checking report by a student journalist will take away a prize of $1,000 and the runner-up scooping $500. All names of the winners and runners-up will be announced at a ceremony to be held in Johannesburg, South Africa, in October.
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 UK in the form of a Community Interest Company or CIC.