Organized by Casa África and by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation together with the Kenya Media Council, this is the first time that this advanced course on verification and new narratives in fact-checking journalism is held in Africa. The CEO and co-founder of Maldita.es, Clara Jiménez Cruz, will give the workshop “Disinformation: How do ‘the bad guys’ work? Motivations and techniques.”
The meeting includes the presence of journalists from Africa Check, EFE Verifica, El País, Maldita.es, Mundo Negro, Newtral and Verifica RTVE. It is an experience of mutual learning that will allow Spanish journalists to understand how disinformation goes viral in this region of Africa and to see how journalists in Kenya deal with it on a daily basis, how they verify facts and what tools they use to do so.
For more than a decade, Casa África has worked to strengthen relations between Spanish and African journalists, with the aim of promoting a balanced and stereotype-free view of the African continent and also to serve as a bridge between Spanish and African media outlets. This meeting has the support of the Embassy of Spain in Kenya and the Embassy of Kenya in Spain.