Monrovia – Journalists of The Stage Media have participated in a two-day Africa Check, online fact-checking training to Improve their quality of reporting. Carina Van Wyk, head of Education and Training of Africa Check says it is important for journalist to engage in fact-checking before disseminating information to the public. The training enables the Liberian journalists to uunderstand the different types of false information and the dangers of it spreading. Some participates include, Nukanah Kollie of Bong County, Jemuel Davis of Nimba, Gloria Wleh, Trokon Wrepue, Abraham Mulbah, all The Stage Media. To Verify the origin of pictures and videos using online fact-checking tools such as Google reverse image search, RevEye and Tineye.


Source:   Front Page Africa
May 21, 2021 06:56 UTC