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…
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