Report by: Ishmael Barfi
As Ghana prepares for its Presidential and Parliamentary Elections on 7th DECEMBER, 2024, there is a need to equip media practitioners with the requisite tools to fact-check information in their line of duties to educate and inform the general public.
it is against this background that DUBAWA, a West African independent verification and fact-checking hub has organized a two-day digital skills and fact-checking training for some selected media practitioners.
The two-day training workshop held in Koforidua, Eastern Region was part of Dubawa’s and its associated organization, Google News deliberate effort to provide media practitioners with the necessary skills and tools before, during, and after the 2024 presidential and parliamentary elections.
During the training, the selected journalists were taken through Understanding Information Disorder by Nathaniel Kyere Bekoe, Fact-checking: Steps and Methodology by Nathan Gadugah, and Digital Safety and Security for Journalists by Dr. Aurelia Ayisi, University of Ghana.
Group picture of participants at the training
This was to enhance the knowledge and skills of beneficiary Journalists about fact-checking techniques and how to deploy Google tools for general reporting.
Participants were charged to depart from just reporting on matters to verify information which is one of the cardinal principles of journalism to help promote good governance and accountability.
Experts like Tanko Zakaria Musah, UNIMAC-GIJ, and Augustine Brako through the capacity-building impacted the knowledge of the journalists.
DUBAWA is dedicated to promoting truth and verification within the Ghanaian media ecosystem and the West Africa sub-region.
Dubawa’s aim is to institute a culture of truth and verification in public discourse and journalism through strategic partnerships between the media, government, civil society organizations, technology giants, and the public.
Dubawa’s presence is felt in Nigeria, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Liberia, and The Gambia.
Source: www.thenewindependentonline.com
