“Pre-publication fact-checking in media organisations: challenges & opportunities” meeting at ARIJ24 forum

Events, الانشطة

“Pre-publication fact-checking in media organisations: challenges & opportunities” meeting at ARIJ24 forum December 8, 2024 Within the framework of the ARIJ24 forum in 2024, entitled “Journalism Unbound” held from December 6 to 8, 2024, ARIJ’s AFCN organised a meeting titled “Pre-publication fact-checking in media organisations: challenges and opportunities”, as part of “SA7” project supported by…

“Advanced Training Skills”: AFCNFactLab Workshop during ARIJ Forum 2024

Events, الانشطة

“Advanced Training Skills”: AFCNFactLab Workshop during ARIJ Forum 2024 December 8, 2024 As part of ARIJ 17th forum, which brought together more than 700 journalists, fact-checkers and supporters of independent media from all over the world from December 6 to 8, 2024 in Jordan, the Arab Fact-Checkers Network (AFCN) organized the “Advanced Training Skills” workshop…

“Collaboration to Counter Mis/Disinformation During War on Gaza and South Lebanon”: ARIJ’s AFCN Award Winner 2024

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“Collaboration to Counter Mis/Disinformation During War on Gaza and South Lebanon”: ARIJ’s AFCN Award Winner 2024 8/12/2024, Jordan The Arab Fact-Checkers Network (AFCN) led by ARIJ announced, during the closing ceremony of ARIJ16 forum on December 4th, 2023, its fact-checking award, which is the first of its kind in the Arab world. In its first…

Partners & Donors In-Person Meeting with AFCN Community: Last Regional Meeting in 2024 at #ARIJ24

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Partners & Donors In-Person Meeting with AFCN Community: Last Regional Meeting in 2024 at #ARIJ24 December 7, 2024 The Arab Fact-Checkers Network (AFCN) community led by ARIJ, met in its 12th regional meeting during ARIJ’s annual forum. The AFCN has been organizing regional meetings since 2022, during which key issues contributing to the growth and…

Studying information disorder in the Arab world: Drivers and fact-checking response

Research

Studying information disorder in the Arab world: Drivers and fact-checking response ‘By ARIJ’s AFCN’ The ARIJ’s AFCN’s inaugural year participating in the IDRC study (2023-2025) focused on identifying the primary drivers of information disorder in the Arab region. Given the complexity of this task, the research team adopted a qualitative approach, emphasizing interviews to gain…

Elections Fact-checking

Fact-checking Tunisian and Algerian Elections: What Has the Coalition Achieved?

Events, الانشطة

Fact-checking Tunisian and Algerian Elections: What Has the Coalition Achieved? The Arab Fact-Checkers Network (AFCN), led by ARIJ, and Africa Check with the support of the Google News Initiative (GNI), launched a Coalition for Fact-Checking the Tunisian and Algerian Elections 2024 with the participation of four fact-checking organisations: Tunifact, Tafnied, Algeria Check and BNCheck. The…

Regional Meeting

“AI and Fact-Checking” Discussed at ARIJ’s AFCN Regional Meeting

Events, الانشطة

“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 20 fact-checkers representing 18 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?

Events, الانشطة

“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…