The International Press Centre (IPC) Nigeria says all is now set for a two-day capacity-building workshop on combatting information disorder in democratic governance reporting using fact-checking and FOI tools.
According to a statement issued by the Project Manager of IPC (Support to media), Sanmi Folabi, the workshop is one of the activities being implemented by IPC, as lead partner, and the Centre for Media and Society (CEMESO) under Component 4 (Support to media) of the European Union Support to Democratic Governance in Nigeria (EUSDGN II) project.
Folabi added that the overall objective is to strengthen the media for fair, accurate, ethical and inclusive reporting of the electoral processes and elections and particularly seeks to combat information disorder/fake news in democratic governance reporting using fact-checking and FOI tools.
The workshop which is expected to attract forty (40) journalists selected from the South-South/SouthEast region who are either, new/mid-level journalists, community journalists, or freelance journalists, will be held in Port-Hacourt, Rivers state from Wednesday, 21st to Thursday 22nd February 2024.
The workshop is to introduce participants to fact-checking and FOI tools /techniques and the application of such to mitigate misinformation and disinformation as it relates to democratic governance reporting.
Dominica Nwabufo
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