ARIJ’s AFCN launches “Masar” Project with support from Meta October 3, 2024 The Arab Fact-Checkers Network (AFCN), a network led by the Arab Reporters for Investigative Journalism (ARIJ), proudly announces the launch of Masar (Path), a year-long fact-checking project (October 2024 – September 2025) supported by Meta. Masar aims to enhance the fact-checking landscape and…

“AI and Fact-Checking” Discussed at ARIJ’s AFCN Regional Meeting   September 19, 2024 The third regional meeting of the Arab Fact-Checkers Network (AFCN) from ARIJ in 2024 was held on Thursday, September 19 and attended by 21 fact-checkers representing 19 fact-checking organisations/initiatives in addition to 3 freelance fact-checkers from 12 Arab countries. The meeting focused…

“I Doubt, Therefore I Am” Webinar: How the public contributes to fighting misinformation through the AFCN Chatbot?    September 11, 2024 The Arab Fact-Checkers Network (AFCN) from ARIJ conducted a webinar titled “I Doubt, Therefore I Am”. The webinar featured a live demo of the “AFCN Fact-Checking Chatbot,” a tool that helps the public audience…

ARIJ’s AFCN supports fact-checking during Arab elections  Amid the upcoming elections in the Arab world, where Jordan, Algeria, Kurdistan Region and Tunisia are preparing to vote in September and October 2024, the Arab Fact-Checkers Network (AFCN) from ARIJ organised a virtual session and a workshop aimed at supporting the efforts of ِArab fact-checking organisations/initiatives in…

Africa Check & AFCN announce a coalition to fact-check Tunisian & Algerian elections 2024 supported by the Google News Initiative 26 August, 2024 – Today, Africa Check & the Arab Fact-Checkers Network (AFCN) led by ARIJ, announced a new coalition to fact-check news and information about the 2024 Tunisian and Algerian elections between August and…

“AFCN Fact Lab” Project: Spreading fact-checking culture to more than 3,600 trainees in 13 countries! After receiving a 10 days intensive training during the “TOT” lab held at the Dead Sea in February 2024, 18 trainers flew back to their countries to train more than 3,600 journalists & students on the basics of fact-checking, as…

A fact-checker in an independent Arabic newsroom… Pre-publication fact-checking project by AFCN Aiming to enhance the credibility, quality and transparency of Arab media organisations of their content production, the Arab Fact-Checkers Network (AFCN) from ARIJ, designed the “Integrating pre-publication fact-checking within media organisations workflow” project in 2024. The winners of the project’s grants were announced…

How AFCN built the Strategies of 6 Fact-checking Organizations under the “Go Far, Go Together” Project? After seven months of work, the Arab Fact-Checkers Network (AFCN) from ARIJ, concludes its “Go Far, Go Together” project, supported by the International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN), which launched in December 2023 during the ARIJ16 annual forum. The project aimed…

AFCN & Alfanar organized an In-person Training  for Jordanian Students in Media Literacy and Fact-Checking The Arab fact-checkers Network (AFCN) from ARIJ conducted “Media Literacy and the Basics of Fact-Checking” workshop, in cooperation with AlFanar Media organisation, with the aim of enhancing knowledge and skills that help university students in Jordan to enhance critical thinking…

AFCN 2nd Regional Meeting in 2024: Sharing Resources between the Community June 13, 2024 The Arab Fact-checkers Network (AFCN) led by ARIJ continues to find solutions to the challenges facing its community and strengthen various means of cooperation. In its 2nd regional meeting in 2024, entitled “Sharing resources between fact-checking Organisations/Initiatives,” the meeting concluded by…

AFCN on International Fact-Checking Day 2024   The Arab Fact-Checkers Network(AFCN) from ARIJ, participated actively in  the International Fact-Checking Day on various social media platforms under the hashtag “#دقق_بالعربي” from April 1 to 3, 2024.  The campaign is part of AFCN’s strategic objectives to increase awareness about fact-checking and to emphasise its importance. This year,…

AFCN announces in a webinar “Full Fact AI” tools in Arabic April 2, 2024 The Arab Fact-Checkers Network (AFCN) from ARIJ conducted a webinar on 2 April with the participation of +100 attendees via Zoom and +1K views on ARIJ’s Facebook page (Live) on the occasion of the International Fact-Checking Day, to launch Full Fact…

AFCN trains 22 fact-checking organizations on Full Fact AI tools in Arabic March 27, 2024 The Arab Fact-Checkers Network (AFCN) from ARIJ organised 3 closed digital training sessions, in which more than 100 fact-checkers from 22 fact-checking organisations/initiatives in 9 Arab countries participated, on the use of Full Fact AI tools in Arabic language. After…

AFCN holds its first regional meeting in 2024 41 Fact-checkers from 11 Arab countries have met in the first regional meeting of the Arab Fact-Checkers Network (AFCN) from ARIJ in 2024, on Thursday, March 7th, 2024. The meeting gathered 25 fact-checking initiatives/organisations of the AFCN community to discuss how to improve the quality of fact-checking…

ARIJ’s AFCN Regional Meetings Report 2022-2023 “The Road to Building an Arab Fact-checking Community” When the Arab Fact-Checkers Network (AFCN) from ARIJ began organizing its regional meetings in early 2022, the majority of fact-checking organizations/initiatives in the Arab world did not know each other well enough to share knowledge, trust each other, collaborate or discuss…

AFCN organized its first intensive fact-checking TOT The Arab fact-checkers Network (AFCN) from ARIJ conducted  for the first time in the Arab world, an intensive fact-checking TOT project, as part of AFCN FactLab project supported by GNI. For 10 days between February 5-14, in the Dead Sea – Jordan, 20 fact checkers from 10+ Arab…

AFCN organised in Amman its 4th Regional Meeting in 2023 December 2, 2023 The Arab Fact-Checkers Network (AFCN) led by ARIJ, held on the 2nd of December its fourth and final regional meeting in 2023, in-person in Amman, within the framework of the ARIJ23 annual forum, entitled “Cross-Border Collaboration in a Fragmented World“, from 1…

AFCN organises an “Introduction to AI in Journalism and Fact-checking” workshop November 30, 2023 Within the framework of the ARIJ23 annual forum, entitled “Cross-Border Collaboration in a Fragmented World“, from 1 to 3rd of December 2023, the ARIJ’s AFCN organised an “Introduction to AI in Journalism and Fact-checking” workshop in collaboration with the Norwegian Foundation…

AFCN organises an “Advanced Physical Safety workshop for fact-checkers” November 30, 2023 Within the framework of the ARIJ23 Forum, entitled “Cross-Border Collaboration in a Fragmented World“, from 1st to 3rd of December 2023, the ARIJ’s AFCN organised an “Advanced Physical Safety workshop for fact-checkers” on November 30, led by the specialist trainer and the journalist…

AFCN organises for the first time a “Live Climate Change Fact-checking Lab” November 30, 2023 Within the framework of the ARIJ 16th Forum, entitled “cross-border collaboration in a fragmented world“, from 1st to 3rd of December 2023, the ARIJ’s AFCN organised a “AFCN Climate Change Fact-checking Lab” , which took place between November 29-30, to…

AFCN organises a “Global South Information Disorder Masterclass” November 30, 2023 Within the framework of the 16th Arij Forum, entitled “cross-border collaboration in a fragmented world“, from 1 to 3rd of December 2023, the ARIJ’s AFCN organised a “Global South Information Disorder Masterclass” meeting in collaboration with the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), which took…

AFCN organized a Closed Mental Health Session for Fact-checkers November 5, 2023 As part of its efforts in supporting Arab fact-checkers and ensuring their safety, the Arab Fact-Checkers Network from ARIJ organised a closed mental health support session for fact-checkers with Dr. Ahmad Sherri, a specialist in psychological therapy.  The session objective was to learn…

“How do you benefit from ARIJ’s AFCN services?” Webinar October 25, 2023  On Oct 25, 2023, ARIJ organised a webinar under the title “How do you benefit from Arab Fact-checkers Network services”, with the participation of more than 60 participants via Zoom and 800+ viewers on Facebook in less than one week. This webinar is…

Dalil 6th webinar: How to investigate using Linkedin and Facebook?  The sixthwebinar under Dalil project for 2023, entitled “How to investigate using Linkedin and Facebook?”, was organized on September 25, with the participation of more than 100 attendees via Zoom and +1000 Views via Facebook Live from different Arab countries. Over two hours, the session…

ARIJ Fact-Checking diploma under Dalil project in 2023 The Arab fact-checkers Network (AFCN) from ARIJ concluded on Wednesday, September 14, the fact-checking Diploma programme that launched in March 2023. The diplome  targeted 38 fact-checkers from 7 Arab countries under Dalil project; in order to improve the Arab network community members and develop their capabilities in…

  Competitive Call from ARIJ’s AFCN and FPU September 28, 2023 Free Press Unlimited (FPU), in collaboration with Arab Fact-Checkers Network (AFCN) from Arab Reporters for Investigative Journalism (ARIJ), is implementing a programme called “Core Support for Independent Media in the Southern Neighborhood” funded by the European Union from 2021 to 2026. The main objective…

ARIJ’s AFCN Fact Lab: A new fact-checking project supported by GNI  September 28, 2023 In commemoration of the International Day for Universal Access to Information, ARIJ‘s Arab Fact-Checkers Network (AFCN) proudly announces its partnership with Google News Initiative, to launch the “AFCN FactLab” project starting Sep 2023 and implement it on the ground in 10+…

Fact-checking challenges & opportunities in Africa: A New AFCN Webinar On Monday, 4th of September 2023, ARIJ’s AFCN discussed the opportunities and challenges that African fact-checkers are facing, in a webinar that was attended by 70+ participants via Zoom and +230 Views via Facebook Live from different Arab countries. Deputy Editor-in-Chief at Africa Check, Cayley…

TikTok Meeting with AFCN Community The Arab Fact-Checkers Network (AFCN) led by ARIJ, held a meeting which gathered representatives from TikTok with AFCN community on August 22, 2023, this meeting organized by AFCN in order to keep the discussion open between Arab fact-checking organizations and major tech companies, in the aim of unifying efforts in…

How to build your fact-checking career? A new webinar entitled “How to build your fact-checking career?”, with the participation of more than 90 attendees via Zoom and +400 Views via Facebook Live from different Arab countries. In this webinar, the Deputy Director of the International Fact-checking Network (IFCN), Ferdi Ozsoy, gave an introduction to the…

Google Meeting with AFCN Community The Arab Fact-Checkers Network (AFCN) led by ARIJ, held a meeting which gathered representatives from Google with AFCN community members on Thursday 27th of July 2023. This comes as a part of “Dalil” project which is supported by the European Union, in partnership with “Siren” in Lebanon and “JOSA” in…

Fact-checking Social Media Content: Dalil’s 3rd webinar  The Arab Fact-Checkers Network (AFCN) led by ARIJ, organised its third webinar on Monday 10th of July under “Dalil” project, which is supported by the European Union, in partnership with “Siren” in Lebanon and “JOSA” in Jordan. The trainer in the webinar was Samya Ayish, ARIJ communication manager,…

Dalil 2nd webinar: Art of interviewing for fact-checkers and journalists The “Arab Fact-Checkers Network” (AFCN) led by ARIJ, organised on July 3, its second webinar under the Dalil project supported by the EU and in partnership with “Siren” and “Josa”, entitled “The art of interviewing for fact-checkers and journalists”, with the participation of more than…

AFCN Organises its First Dalil Webinar in 2023 The Arab Fact-Checkers Network (AFCN) led by ARIJ, organised its first “Dalil” webinar on Monday 12th of June,which is supported by the European Union, in partnership with “Siren” in Lebanon and “JOSA” in Jordan. In this webinar, The OSINT specialist and the digital media trainer “Eoghan Sweeney“,…

AFCN Conducted Physical Safety Clinics for Fact-checkers The “Arab Fact-Checkers Network” led by ARIJ, organised during May 2023, 9 physical safety one-to-one clinics for fact-checkers under the AFCN’s project “Dalil”, which is supported by the European Union, in partnership with “Siren” in Lebanon and “JOSA” in Jordan. The Physical safety clinics were conducted by trainer…

AFCN Organises Psychosocial Clinics for Fact-checkers March, 2023 As part of its efforts in supporting fact-checkers and providing protection for them, the Arab Fact-checkers Network(AFCN) led by ARIJ, organised during March 2023, 14 psychosocial clinics for 14 fact-checkers from the seven countries targeted under “Dalil’’ project. This project is funded by the European Union, implemented…

AFCN Organised a Roundtable Discussion about Fact-Checking in Jordan February 27, 2023 The Arab Fact-checkers Network (AFCN) from ARIJ, hosted on a roundtable funded by the European Union – Jordan, on Monday 27 February 2023, 50+ guests from fact-checking organisations/initiatives, freelance fact-checkers, civil society organisations, media organisations, independent journalists, academics and tech startups, at the…

Fact-Checking efforts in times of crisis: Turkey-Syria earthquake as a case study February 23, 2023 With the participation of more than 100 participants via Zoom and 1,200 viewers on Facebook live, the Arab Fact-Checkers Network AFCN led by Arij, hosted fact-checkers from three countries on 23 February: Ahmed Primo, Founder of Verify– Syria Platform, Can…

AFCN organises a fact-checking workshop in collaboration with SKUP December 1, 2022 Within the framework of the 15th Arij Forum, entitled “Defending Independent Media”, from 2 to 4 December 2022, the Arab Fact-checkers Network (AFCN) organised a “Fact Checking: Methodologies and Tools” workshop in collaboration with the Norwegian Organization for Investigative Journalism (SKUP) which took…

AFCN Gathers Fact-Checkers In-person for the First Time to Discuss their Challenges December 3, 2022 The Arab Fact-Checkers Network led by ARIJ, held its fourth regional meeting within the “SA7” project –  “Qarib” program, implemented by the French Media Development Agency (CFI), with the support of the French Development Agency (AFD). 42 fact-checkers met in-person…

AFCN Organises Workshop “Fact-Checking : New Ways” under “Dalil” Project 1 December 2022 “Fact-Checking: New Ways” a pre-forum workshop was conducted on the 30th and 1st of December 2022, among the series of workshops that preceded ARIJ fifteenth annual forum under the title “Defending Independent Media”.  This workshop which 23 fact-checkers from 7 Arab countries…

Dalil 6th Webinar : How Fact-Checkers can protect themselves legally? November 2, 2022 The Arab Fact-Checkers Network (AFCN) led by ARIJ organised the sixth webinar within Dalil project under the title “How Fact-Checkers can protect themselves legally in the MENA region?”, which is supported by the European Union, and in cooperation with “SIREN” in Lebanon…

  AFCN concludes a  Creative Writing and Storytelling workshop October 28, 2022 The Arab Fact-Checkers Network (AFCN) led by ARIJ organised “Creative Writing and Storytelling” Workshop, as part of the Dalil project, which is implemented with the support of the European Union, and in cooperation with “SIREN” in Lebanon and “JOSA” in Jordan.  Spanning 4…

AFCN Organises Legal Safety Clinics for Fact-Checkers  October 27, 2022 The Arab Fact-Checkers Network (AFCN) from ARIJ organised, during September and October 2022, 21 one-to-one legal safety clinics for fact-checkers with 7 lawyers specialised in media and press issues from 7 Arab countries: Lebanon, Jordan, Palestine, Iraq, Tunisia, Morocco and Yemen. The participants, independents and…

Dalil 5th Webinar : How to Automate Fact-Checking? October 5, 2022 The Arab Fact-Checkers Network (AFCN) led by ARIJ organised the fifth webinar within Dalil project under the title “How to Automate Fact-Checking?”, which is supported by the European Union, and in cooperation with “SIREN” in Lebanon and “JOSA” in Jordan.  The Full Fact team…

AFCN Concludes Data Journalism Sessions in Partnership with GNI  22 September, 2022 In partnership with the Google News Initiative, the Arab Fact-Checkers Network (AFCN) led by ARIJ concluded the series of sessions under the title “Data Journalism and Data Visualization”, where the fourth and fifth sessions, which attended by 13 participants, were organised on 21st…

Within Dalil project: AFCN concludes a workshop on SEO September 15, 2022 The Arab Fact-Checkers Network (AFCN) led by ARIJ organised an advanced workshop under the title “Search Engine Optimization and Optimization of Social Media”, as part of the Dalil project, which is implemented with the support of the European Union, and in cooperation with…

Dalil 4th Webinar: Creative Writing and Storytelling for Fact-Checkers September 7, 2022 Under the title “Creative Writing and Storytelling for Fact-Checkers”, the Arab Fact-Checkers Network (AFCN) led by ARIJ organised the fourth webinar within Dalil project, which is supported by the European Union, and in cooperation with “SIREN” in Lebanon and “JOSA” in Jordan.  Spanning…

AFCN Organises Psychosocial Safety Clinics for Fact-Checkers 20 August 2022 The Arab Fact-Checkers Network (AFCN) led by ARIJ organized 21 psychosocial safety clinics, during August 2022, for fact-checkers from 7 Arab countries: Lebanon, Jordan, Palestine, Iraq, Tunisia, Morocco and Yemen.  Psychosocial safety clinics were conducted by Dr. Khaled Nasser, a family communication consultant specialising in…

AFCN organises an advanced search techniques webinar August 10, 2022 The Arab Fact-Checkers Network (AFCN) led by ARIJ, organised the third webinar of “Dalil” project under the title “Advanced Search Skills and Techniques for Fact-checkers”, with the support of the European Union, and in cooperation with the two organisations, “SIREN” in Lebanon and “JOSA” in…

AFCN Finalised the Third Fact-Checking Workshop Under Dalil Project July 7, 2022 The “Arab Fact-Checkers Network” (AFCN) led by ARIJ, finalised the third pre and post- publication fact-checking workshop under its project Dalil, supported by the EU, and in partnership with “Siren” and “Josa”. 16 fact-checkers from 8 fact-checking organisations/initiatives from Jordan, Palestine, Iraq, Tunisia,…

Dalil 2nd webinar: how do we fact-check climate information? July 6, 2022 The “Arab Fact-Checkers Network” (AFCN) led by ARIJ, organised on July 6, its second webinar under the Dalil project supported by the EU and in partnership with “Siren” and “Josa”, entitled “fact-checking climate information”. More than 150 Attendees via Zoom and 600 Views…

AFCN organised 2 sessions about data journalism with GNI 22 June 2022 Following the series of trainings that were launched this year in April 2022 in partnership with the Google News Initiative, the Arab Fact-Checkers Network (AFCN) led by ARIJ, organised the second and third sessions titled “Data Journalism and Data Visualisation Workshop” on 21…

AFCN organised physical security clinics for fact-checkers The “Arab Fact-Checkers Network” led by ARIJ, organised in May and June 2022, 4 physical security clinics for fact-checkers in 7 Arab countries: Lebanon, Jordan, Palestine, Iraq, Tunisia, Morocco and Yemen. The clinics are part of AFCN’s project “Dalil”, supported by the European Union, and in partnership with…

  Dalil Project 2nd Workshop: Advanced Fact-Checking Tools & Techniques June 7, 2022 The Arab Fact-Checkers Network (AFCN) led by ARIJ, organised on 6 and 7 June 2022, its second workshop under Dalil project, entitled “Advanced Fact-checking Tools & Techniques”, led by the 2 trainers Craig Silverman and Jane Lytvynenko. Silverman is an award-winning journalist…

AFCN organized a psycho-social safety workshop for fact-checkers June 2, 2022  The Arab Fact-Checkers Network (AFCN) led by ARIJ organised a psycho-social safety workshop for fact-checkers under the Dalil project. The workshop was conducted by the Lebanese consultant Dr. Khaled Nasser, a trauma therapist expert, and was held as an introduction for the following individual…

  “Dalil” 1st webinar: Facing the challenges of fact-checkers in the Arab world 01/06/2022 On June 1st 2022, The Arab Fact-Checkers Network (AFCN) led by ARIJ hold the first webinar under the Dalil project, where 7 representatives of Arab fact-checking organisations/initiatives from the targeted countries were invited to talk about the most prominent challenges they…

  AFCN organised its first fact-checking workshop under Dalil project  May 19, 2022 The Arab Fact-Checkers Network (AFCN) led by ARIJ, conducted the first online workshop of the #Dalil project under the title “Pre- and post publication fact-checking for beginners” from 16th to 19th of May 2022.  18 fact-checkers from 10 fact-checking organisations/initiatives and 7…

  AFCN organized its first training with Google News Initiative 25 April 2022  The Arab Fact-Checkers Network (AFCN) led by ARIJ, conducted the first training with Google News Initiative (GNI) on 25th April 2022 with almost 50 participants, under the title “Advanced Research and Google Tools”. The journalist and trainer Pamela Kesrouani, GNI’s fellow teacher…

New project “DALIL”  – Toward A More Effective and Innovative Arab Fact-Checkers Network AFCN/ARIJ launches a new initiative that will boost the ability of fact-checkers in the MENA region to counter fake news and limit its impact on communities. The Disinformation Assessment, Listening and Investigation Lab (DALIL), funded by the European Union, will be implemented…

Study by UCT maps fight against information disorder in Global South The Arab Fact-Checkers Network (AFCN) by ARIJ contributed to the study “Meeting the Challenges of Information Disorder in the Global South” covering the Middle East and North Africa, alongside with teams of independent fact-checkers in Latin America, policy makers in Africa and media education…

AFCN concludes the third fact-checking workshop within #SA7 project   17 March 2022 The Arab Fact-Checkers Network (AFCN) led by ARIJ, organised a remote workshop through ARIJ Academy on “Post-publication fact-checking”, between 14th and 17th of March 2022,  under the “Sa7” project. This project is part of the regional program “Qarib”, which is implemented by…

  AFCN concludes a pre-publication fact-checking workshop 25 February 2022 The Arab Fact-Checkers Network (AFCN) led by ARIJ organised a virtual four-day workshop from February 21 to 24, 2022 through ARIJ Academy, on “pre-publication fact-checking”, in the framework of the project “Sa7” which is part of the regional program “Qarib”, implemented by the French Agency…

  Webinar #Sa7 II: How can  Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning help us in fighting mis/dis-information? February 17, 2022 Under the title “How can  Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning help us in fighting mis/dis-information?” the Arab Fact-Checkers Network (AFCN) led by ARIJ, hosted the second webinar of the project “Sa7” on February 17, 2022, with…

  AFCN organised its first regional meeting in 2022 7/2/2022 The Arab Fact-Checkers Network (AFCN) by ARIJ organised its first regional meeting, which included 18 fact-checking organisations/initiatives and some freelance fact-checkers from more than 10 Arabic countries. For the first time they gathered in a closed meeting to discuss the first draft of the network’s…

AFCN Organises its First Fact-checking Workshop in Beirut January 20, 2022   The Arab Fact-Checkers Network (AFCN) led by ARIJ held a four-days workshop in Beirut, on “Pre and Post-publication Fact-Checking” ahead of the Parliamentary Elections, between January 17-20, 2022, within the project “Sa7” which is part of the regional program “Qarib”, implemented by the…

#SA7 project’s 1st webinar: 4 fact-checking organisations discussed the project’s objectives   11 January 2022    The Arab Fact-Checkers Network (AFCN), led by the ARIJ, hosted the first webinar of the Sa7 Project on January 11, 2022, with over 190 participants via Zoom and 1,100 viewers on Facebook, under the title “Sa7 Project: towards building…

AFCN organized a political fact-checking workshop ahead of ARIJ21 forum December 5, 2021   On the sidelines of the #ARIJ21 annual forum, the Arab Fact-Checkers Network (AFCN), held a Political fact-checking physical workshop, lasting for 3 days from 30 November to 2 December 2021, supported by the Norwegian Association for Critical and Investigative Press SKUP. …

  Sa7… ARIJ & AFCN new project supported by CFI December 3, 2021- The Arab Fact-Checkers Network (AFCN) led by ARIJ, launches its new project entitled “Sa7”, with the support of the “Qarib” regional programme implemented by the French Media Development Agency (CFI) and funded by the French Development Agency (AFD), With the aim of…

AFCN hosted a virtual closed roundtable with IFCN ahead of ARIJ21 forum November 10th, 2021   On the sidelines of the #ARIJ21 annual forum, the Arab Fact-Checkers Network (AFCN), held on Wednesday, November 10, a closed virtual round-table with the International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN), which hosted 11 fact-checking institutions and initiatives from 10 Arab countries.…