African Fact-Checking Awards (prize of US$3,000; runners-up will receive $1,500)

African Fact-Checking Awards (prize of US$3,000; runners-up will receive $1,500)

DEADLINE: 30 June 2023

African Fact-Checking Awards (prize of US$3,000; runners-up will receive $1,500)

The African Fact-Checking Awards, the longest-running awards programme honouring fact-checking journalism by the media in Africa, are in their tenth year. 

Entries for the 2023 awards are now open to journalists, journalism students, and professional fact-checkers – across the continent. 

In 2022, the African Fact-Checking Awards received 190 entries from 24 African countries. Even more applications are expected this year.

To qualify, entries must have been first published or broadcast in the period from 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2023. The fact-check should conclude that a claim about an important topic, originating in or relevant to Africa, is either misleading or wrong. 

The awards have three categories, with honours going to a winner and a runner-up.

The categories are:

• Fact-Check of the Year by a Working Journalist 
• Fact-Check of the Year by a Professional Fact-Checker
• Fact-Check of the Year by a Student Journalist

The winners of the working journalist and professional fact-checker categories will each get a prize of US$3,000. The runners-up will receive $1,500. The winner of the student journalist category will be awarded $2,000, and the runner-up $1,000. 

Entries close at midnight GMT on 30 June 2023. 

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