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BIRN and the International Press Institute (IPI) have opened the Call for Applications for the third two-day training course on fact-checking and tackling disinformation as part of the EU funded project titled “Solidifying the Resilience of Kosovo’s Current and Future Journalists.”
The first edition held on December 2020 gathered a total of 36 participants were part of the training, including 24 journalists and six students of journalism, 20 of whom were women. The trainings were led by Stephane M. Grueso from Maldita.es and five trainers of Teyit including Kansu Ekin Tanca, Gülin Çavuş, Öyküm Hüma Keskin and Emre İlkan Saklıca.
The first edition held on December 2020 gathered a total of 36 participants were part of the training, including 24 journalists and six students of journalism, 20 of whom were women. The trainings were led by Stephane M. Grueso from Maldita.es and five trainers of Teyit including Kansu Ekin Tanca, Gülin Çavuş, Öyküm Hüma Keskin and Emre İlkan Saklıca.
While the second training held on March 2021 gathered a total of 34 participants, 27 of whom were women. The trainers of the two-day training included Carina Van Wyk, Allwell Okpi, and Keegan Leech from Africa Check, the first independent fact-checking organization in Africa. While the second day was led by Eoghan Sweeney, an open-source investigation specialist and trainer who over the past decade has helped to establish and develop digital verification and fact-checking operations at media organizations across the globe.
IPI will invite different experienced media professionals to administer the training course and share their knowledge and experience with Kosovo journalists, as well as students of journalism and social sciences.
The first day of training will be held by Claus Hesseling, a German journalist, author, trainer and lecturer who will cover the basics of fact-checking and verification, while the second day of the training will include trainers such as: Miroslava Sirotnikova who contributed to international media outlets, Kostas Zafeiropoulos, a co-founder of the non-profit Mediterranean Institute for Investigative Reporting (MIIR) and an investigative journalist for one of Greece’s biggest daily newspapers “Efimerida ton Sintakton”, Darren Loucaides a UK based journalist focused on disinformation, Edgaras Savickas an investigative journalist, and Sarah Hurtes whose work has appeared in Harper’s Bazaar, Vice and Thomson Reuters.
More information regarding the trainers can be found through their bios available to download below.
As the only media organization in Kosovo certified by the International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN), BIRN has again teamed up with the IPI, an EU-based global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists, in order to help improve standards in Kosovo journalism.
Who can apply?
Final year journalism and social sciences students, recent graduates, and young and professional journalists from Kosovo may apply for the course.
Candidates from all parts of the country are encouraged to apply. However, the number of participants is limited and we will give priority to younger journalists with less experience in the described field.
A minimum of 30 and a maximum of 40 participants will be selected.
Deadline for applications: June 13, 2021 at Midnight Central European Time
Date of the training course: June 16 – 17, 2021
How to apply >>
