Entries for the 2021 African Fact-Checking Awards, the longest-running awards programme that honours fact-checking journalism by the media in Africa, are now open. Journalists and journalism students across the continent can enter the awards, now in their eighth year.

To qualify, the entry must be an original piece of fact-checking journalism first published or broadcast on any date from 23 August 2020 to 31 July 2021, by a media- or independent fact-checking organisation based in Africa. The work may be published in print or online, broadcast on the radio or television or published in a blog.

In the student category, the entry must be an original piece of fact-checking journalism first published or broadcast in a blog, student publication or by a media- or independent fact-checking organization based in Africa. Entries should expose a claim on an important topic that originated in or is relevant to Africa as misleading or wrong.

Categories

African Fact-Checking Awards has the following categories

• Fact-Check of the Year by a Working Journalist
• Fact-Check of the Year by a Student Journalist
• One runner-up in each of the two categories above

Awards

• The winner of the working journalist category will get a prize of US$3,000, while the runner-up will be awarded $1,500.
• The winner of the student journalist category will get a prize of $2,000, and the runner-up $1,000.

Eligibility

• Open to journalists and journalism students in Africa.
• To qualify, the must be an original piece of fact-checking journalism first published or broadcast on any date from August 23, 2020, to July 31, 2021, by a media or independent fact-checking organization based in Africa.
• The work may be published in print or online, broadcast on the radio or television or published in a blog.
• In the student category, the entry must be an original piece of fact-checking journalism first published or broadcast in a blog, student publication or by a media or independent fact-checking organization based in Africa.
• Entries should expose a claim on an important topic that originated in or is relevant to Africa as misleading or wrong.

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