Hope, Collaboration and Innovation: Inside GlobalFact 13 Vilnius, Lithuania  June 17-19, 2026 More than 300 fact-checkers, journalists, researchers and information integrity experts from across the globe gathered in Vilnius for GlobalFact 13, the world’s leading fact-checking summit. Organized by the International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) in partnership with regional and international organizations, the conference came at…

  AFCN Concludes Training to Enhance the Sustainability of Fact-Checking Organizations   April 9, 2026 The Arab Fact-Checkers Network (AFCN) from ARIJ, concluded a specialized training held over two days, April 8 and 9, 2026, & titled: “Enhancing the Sustainability of Fact-Checking Organizations: From Funding to Reporting and Proposal Writing.” The training had active participation…

  The ARIJ’s AFCN Holds Its First Regional Meeting in 2026   1 April 2026 The Arab Fact-Checkers Network (AFCN) from ARIJ held its first regional meeting for 2026 on Wednesday, April 1st, the 17th meeting in a series of regional meetings held by the network since its founding. The meeting was attended by 21…

ARIJ’s AFCN Concluded a Training for 4 Arab Media Organizations on Pre-Publication Fact-Checking  February 18, 2026 The Arab Fact-Checkers Network (AFCN) from “ARIJ” concluded an intensive interactive digital training workshop titled “Basics of Pre-Publication Fact-Checking inside Newsrooms,” which lasted for three days on February 16, 17, and 18, 2026. The workshop targeted more than 18…

ARIJ’s AFCN Supports Sustainability of 9 Fact-Checking Organizations in 2025 January 4, 2026 The Arab Fact-Checkers Network (AFCN) from ARIJ announced during its annual campaign on April 2, 2025 (International Fact-Checking Day), the launch of the second round of its competitive “SA7” project sub-grant. This comes amid the escalating challenges and political changes sweeping the…

Pre-Publication Fact-Checkers and Media Organizations Meeting at ARIJ25 Forum December 7, 2025 ARIJ’s AFCN convened a closed, in-person meeting titled “Pre-Publication Fact-Checking and Media Organizations: What Is Still Missing?” on the sidelines of the ARIJ25 forum, held in Amman, Jordan, from December 5 to 7, 2025. The meeting brought together fact-checkers with journalists, and editors…

AFCN Conducted “Fact-Checking Harmful Information” training at ARIJ25 Forum December 7, 2025 Within the framework of the ARIJ25 forum in Amman, ARIJ’s AFCN held a specialized workshop titled “Fact-Checking Harmful Information” from December 5-7, 2025, supported by the Norwegian investigative journalism foundation (SKUP). This workshop was developed in response to the findings of the third…

At ARIJ25 Forum: Arab Academics Discuss Integrating ARIJ’s Investigative and Fact-Checking Curricula December 6, 2025 During its 18th annual Forum, held from December 5th to 7th, 2025, in Amman-Jordan, ARIJ, through its Arab Fact-Checkers Network (AFCN), hosted a dedicated meeting  on the second day, that convened Arab university professors to deliberate on how to integrate…

ARIJ’s AFCN held its final 2025 Regional Meeting In-Person in Amman December 5, 2025 The Arab Fact-Checkers Network (AFCN) from ARIJ, held its fourth regional in person meeting for 2025 in Amman, Jordan as part of the 18th ARIJ Annual Forum. The meeting aimed to review AFCN’s milestones over the past five years and define…

ARIJ Concludes the 2nd Edition of its 2025 Fact-Checking Diploma 20 November 2025   ARIJ’s AFCN has concluded the second edition of the ARIJ Fact-Checking Diploma 2025, a program designed to strengthen the capacities of journalists and fact-checkers to produce accurate, ethical, and evidence-based content, and to apply professional fact-checking standards that enhance transparency and…

ARIJ’s AFCN Presents Findings from its Study on Fact-Checking Harmful Claims in the Arab World October 27, 2026 The Arab Fact-Checkers Network (AFCN) from ARIJ held a virtual session titled “Fact-Checking Harmful Claims in the Arab World: Discussing a New Study & Book”, where British researcher Peter Cunliffe-Jones and Tunisian academic Dr. Arwa Kooli presented…

  ARIJ’s AFCN in Brazil Marks the Conclusion of a 3-Year Global South Study on Information Disorder October 14, 2025  The Arab Fact-Checkers Network (AFCN) from ARIJ concluded its participation in the final meeting of the “Information Disorder in the Global South” research consortium, held in São Paulo, Brazil, from October 12 to 14, 2025.…

“In Times of Fear, Collaboration becomes Critical” Maria Ressa said it at GlobalFact11, ARIJ’s AFCN Experienced it during the Gaza War! AFCN manager, Saja Mortada During GlobalFact11 in Sarajevo, Bosnia, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Ressa, reminded fact-checkers experiencing harassment that they are not alone, and that in times of fear, “collaboration becomes critical.” Unfortunately,…

The Significance of Integrating AFCN Fact-Checking Lab into the WPFD Newsroom   Saja Mortada, AFCN Manager The story started from summer 2023. One year ago. It was June 2023, and preparations for the ARIJ annual forum in Amman, Jordan kicked off. That year, a significant focus was placed on the Arab Fact-checkers Network (AFCN) Track,…

AFCN and Full Fact Unite for AI-Powered Fact-Checking in Arabic  April 2, 2024 Written by: ARIJ’s AFCN team Since ARIJ (Arab Reporters For Investigative Journalism), started its Artificial Intelligence (AI) journey in 2021, its focus has always been, and will continue to be, supporting its community of investigative journalists and fact-checkers, facilitating their work, and…

Fact Checking in a Polarized Egyptian Public Opinion Saheeh Masr In the summer of 1967, Egyptians sat by their radios to listen to Ahmed Said, a broadcaster at “Sawt al-Arab” (voice of the Arabs), as he announced in his baritone voice that the “Egyptian army succeeded in defeating the Israeli army and is now teaching…