Initiatives for Media Development (IM Dev) last Saturday launched the Fact Checker Toolkit for Journalists at the Hotel Cabenda. Launching the toolkit, the Minister of Information and Communications Mohamed Rahman Swaray said he is happy for the launch as it is very correct for such an organization to help journalists produce facts as news rather than […]
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By Frederick V. Kanneh In its bid to wage war against fake news in Sierra Leone, Initiative for Media Development (iMdev) has on Saturday launched the first ever Fact-Checker Toolkit at Kabenda Hotel in Freetown. Giving an overview of the toolkit, Editor of iMdev, Hassan Bangura, said it was an exciting three months working on
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By Mohamed Kabba Since the emergence of or citizen journalism on social media in Sierra Leone the issue of “fake news” or the unconfirmed circulation of messages on social media especially WhatsApp, in particular, has been a challenge to the mainstream media and the general public. During the election campaign, social media was overrun with fake
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