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Friday, 28 August 2020

Facebook/Africa Check Health Fellowship 2020 for African Journalists



Application Deadline: 31st August 2020
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Africa Check are offering a year-long fellowship, in partnership with Facebook, to deepen our health misinformation work. Over the past several months, our team has increasingly focused on debunking Covid-19 misinformation, and we want to expand our capacity to combat health misinformation and surface more reliable information to people.

Requirements

A bachelor’s degree
Five years’ experience in fact-related fields such as media, research and academia

Specialist subject knowledge in health

Well-honed nonsense detector
Passion for news, and in particular health news

Ability to act impartially
Attention to detail

Ability to explain complex issues in simple language

Strong numeracy, analytical and research skills

Resilient self-starter who takes ownership of projects while working collaboratively in a team environment

Fluency in an African language/French (advantageous)

Experience in working across diverse geographies and cultures (advantageous)

Submit a CV with a cover letter explaining why you would be ideal for the position toinfo@africacheck.org by 6 September 2020 using the following subject line: “Application health fellow”. In your cover letter, suggest a health claim in the news that should be fact-checkedand importantly, why you think it matters, and what you would do to combat its spread.

Should you not hear from us within two weeks from the closing date, please accept that your application was unsuccessful.

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