UCJAAPOLY Journalists Selected For Fact-checking Masterclass

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By Mutiat Ogunleye

Two Union of Campus Journalists at Abraham Adesanya Polytechnic (UCJAAPOLY), Caleb Ijioma and Oluwatomisin Omotosho, have been selected for a fact-checking masterclass. The masterclass, organized by Code For Africa (CFA), is the continent’s largest network of civic technology and data journalism labs, with teams in 20 countries.

Participants in this training will gain hands-on proficiency in verifying diverse content formats and investigating the intersection of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and fact-checking.

Caleb, the Editor-in-Chief and a selected participant noted that the masterclass will help increase his fact-checking skills and provide a platform for collaboration.

“ This training will help increase my fact-checking skills and expose me to new knowledge. Fact-checking has now become a skill that all student journalists should have, this training is timely,” he noted. 

UCJAAPOLY journalists have been exposed to several trainings and were recently trained by the African Foundation For Young Media Professionals (AFYMP) on journalist safety practices.