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Deadline: October 31, 2025
The Thomson Foundation invites applications for the Fact-Checking Ambassadors Program 2025, a capacity-building initiative designed to empower mid-career Ugandan journalists with advanced fact-checking, verification, and digital literacy skills.
As misinformation and disinformation continue to threaten democratic systems and public trust, this program aims to develop a network of fact-checking ambassadors who will serve as mentors and trainers within their media communities. Through intensive training, mentorship, and fieldwork, participants will enhance their ability to identify, verify, and counter false information across digital and traditional platforms.
This initiative is part of Thomson Foundation’s broader commitment to strengthening journalism standards across Africa, ensuring that media practitioners are equipped to uphold truth and integrity in their reporting.
Benefits
Selected participants of the Thomson Foundation Fact-Checking Ambassadors Program 2025 will enjoy a wide range of benefits, including:
- Comprehensive training in advanced fact-checking and digital verification tools.
- Mentorship and coaching from seasoned international media experts.
- Opportunities to lead fact-checking workshops within their local media organizations.
- Networking opportunities with journalists and editors across Africa.
- Certification upon successful completion of the program.
- Potential grant support for local fact-checking initiatives and community outreach projects.
The program provides a unique opportunity to build professional credibility and become a change-maker in combating misinformation in Uganda’s media landscape.
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Eligibility Criteria
Applicants should meet the following requirements:
- Be mid-career journalists with at least five years of professional experience in journalism or a related media field.
- Demonstrate experience or strong interest in fact-checking, investigative reporting, or verification processes.
- Show a good understanding of the challenges related to misinformation and disinformation in the media environment.
- Have the capacity and motivation to lead training or mentoring initiatives within their newsroom or professional community.
- Possess strong communication and interpersonal skills, and the ability to promote accuracy and accountability in reporting.
- Represent diverse regions of Uganda to ensure national reach and diversity in the Fact-Checking Ambassadors Network.
- Be familiar with or willing to learn digital tools and platforms for fact-checking and verification (e.g. open-source intelligence tools, social media monitoring).
- Confirm their availability to attend the full training workshop in Kampala in November 2025.
Application Process and Documents Required
Interested candidates are invited to submit the following:
- A CV (maximum two pages).
- A cover letter outlining their motivation for applying, relevant experience, and how they plan to apply the training in their professional context.
- Applications should be submitted by 31st October 2025 to mea.recruitment@thomsonfoundation.org with the subject line (mandatory): Application
– Fact-Checking Ambassadors ToT.
