AFCN 2nd Regional Meeting in 2025: Enhancing the Sustainability of Fact-Checking Organizations May 20, 2025 Amidst the rapid transformations witnessed in 2025, from changes in the policies of technology companies and social media platforms towards the field of fact-checking, to the cessation of American fund provided through USAID to Non-govermental organizations globally and its direct…
AI in Fact-Checking: An Intensive Training within “Masar” Program 13 May 2025 Under the theme “AI and Fact-Checking… How Can We Integrate It into Our Daily Work?”, the Arab Fact-Checkers Network (AFCN) from ARIJ, concluded an intensive nine-hour training held from May 11 to 13, 2025, focused on exploring how AI tools can be utilized…
Sustaining Fact-Checking Organizations: SA7 Sub-Grants 2024-2025 May 1, 2025 SA7 project sub-grants was launched in September 2024, as part of the strategic goals of the Arab Fact-Checkers Network (AFCN) from ARIJ, to support and build the capacities of fact-checking organizations within its community. This eight-month grant, which ran until the end of April 2025,…
ARIJ’s AFCN Trains 100+ Journalists on Investigating Disinformation April 27, 2025 The Arab Fact-Checkers Network (AFCN) from ARIJ, held a specialized virtual training titled “Investigating Disinformation”, with the participation of over 100 trainees from across the Arab world. The training spanned two sessions, held on April 13 and 27, 2025, and was led…
ARIJ’s AFCN Celebrates IFCD 2025 with an Impactful Campaign The Arab Fact-Checkers Network (AFCN) from ARIJ, highlighted the International Fact-Checking Day on April 2nd with a three-day campaign highlighting the network’s impact on combating misinformation in the Arab world. The campaign, “AFCN Impact: A Community Driving Change,” ran from April 1st to 3rd under…
AFCN Chatbot Team Completes an Advanced Fact-Checking Training as Part of “Masar” Project The Arab Fact-Checkers Network (AFCN) from ARIJ concluded an intensive, advanced training designed to enhance the skills of the AFCN Chatbot team in the critical field of fact-checking. Conducted via Zoom from February 23 to 26, 2025, the training focused on…
AFCN community met ARIJ’s Investigative Journalists at the 1st Regional Meeting in 2025 February 18, 2025 The Arab Fact-Checkers Network (AFCN) from ARIJ held its first regional meeting of 2025, bringing together investigative journalists from the ARIJ community with fact-checkers from the AFCN community, alongside ARIJ’s editorial and AFCN teams. The gathering aimed to discuss…
AFCN organized a closed “Mental health support” session to its community January 29, 2025 In its first virtual meeting dedicated for its community in 2025, the Arab Fact Checkers Network (AFCN) from ARIJ, has held a closed session entitled “AFCN Community: “Let’s Care for Our Mental Health,” in order to give our mental health the…
AFCN conducts “Fact-checking: Strategic planning & development” Workshop 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, AFCN organised a workshop titled “Fact-checking: Strategic planning and development”, supported by the Norwegian Foundation for Investigative Journalism (SKUP). The workshop brought…
“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…
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