BY OLUFISOYE ADENITAN
The 2024 Kwame Karikari fellowship has selected 30 journalists across west African countries of Nigeria ,Ghana ,Liberia, Sierra Leone and the Gambia.
The fellowship started in 2019 under the platform of Dubawa an initiative of the Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development ,CJID.
Declaring the fellowship open Via Zoom ,the Chief Executive Officer of CJID ,Dapo Olorunyomi noted that accountability journalism was pivotal to the survival of democratic governance.
Mr Olorunyomi said Dubawa was founded to help set agenda and gate keeping roles against proliferated digital space on fake news .
He charged the 2024 fellows to make good use of the opportunity to become great fact checkers and professionals that would challenge the stereotypes, clinches and change the narratives in west Africa .
Also speaking, the programme Director at Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development, CJID,Mr Akintunde Babatunde explained fact checking was important to ensure accountability journalism in the digital space
Earlier the program officer at Dubawa ,Roselena Ahiable highlighted the expectations from 2024 fellows to include , production of stories monthly ,establishment of fact checking desk in their newsrooms among others
Olufisoye Adenitan of Radio Nigeria positive fm 102.5 Akure is among the 30 journalists selected for the 2024 Kwame Karikari fellowship after a rigorous screening and interview.