Journalism Fact‑Checkers Fellowship

The fellowship is named after Professor Kwame Karikari, founder of the Media Foundation for West Africa. It is designed to institutionalize fact‑checking in newsrooms and build knowledge around information disorder in Africa. Fellows either:

• Journalist Track: Incorporate fact‑checking into reporting.
• Research Track: Conduct original academic research on disinformation.

Benefits

• Monthly stipend covering costs of investigation or research
• Mentorship and editorial support from DUBAWA/IDAC
• Publication of outputs (fact‑checks or research papers)
• Contribution to regional knowledge on disinformation and media accountability

• Must be a journalist or researcher based in Anglophone West Africa
• Journalists: must commit to integrating fact‑checking into reporting
• Researchers: must propose original study on disinformation/information disorder
• Fellowship lasts 6 months (journalist or researcher track)
• Outputs must be published via DUBAWA/IDAC platforms
• In college or university
• Graduate student
• In a postgraduate program