Casper Líbero offers course on fact-checking techniques [Brazil]

Students, journalists and others interested in fact-checking can attend this course.

Casper Líbero College offers the course "Fact-checking - techniques for finding facts" on Oct. 20 and 27 in São Paulo.

Topics include an overview of fact-checking; fake news, post-truth and misinformation; debunking and fact-checking; verification in today's journalism; what can be checked; step-by-step of fact-checking; search tools, spreadsheets and access to information law; what lies between what's true and false; how to pack content; selection of checkable sentences; searching for references; classifications of truth; and content formatting.

The instructor is journalist Taís Seibt, PhD student and co-founder of Filtro Fact-Checking.

The deadline is Oct. 11. Registration costs BRL550. There is a discount for Casper Líbero students, alumni and staff.

For more information on how to register (in Portuguese), click here.

Extractive reporting fellowship available [Africa, Myanmar]

Midcareer journalists in in Tanzania, Ghana, Uganda and Myanmar can apply for a fellowship.

100Reporters is accepting proposals for its Extractive Reporting Fellowships.

The eight-month fellowships will provide financial and editorial support for reporting projects that investigate the extractive sector.

Possible topics include revenue management and public returns from government agreements in the extractive sector; red flags for corruption, such as unusual bidding processes for awarding licenses to extractive companies, the use of beneficial ownership to conceal the identity of government officials poised to profit privately from mining operations, shell companies, and the diversion of funds from national treasuries

Stories must be written in English and should be published in local and regional news outlets or as podcasts. If appropriate for an international audience, works may also appear on the 100Reporters website, with possible co-publication in global news outlets.

The deadline is Sept. 15.

For more information on how to apply, click here.

Moscow TV organises Film festival [Russia]

Russian filmmakers, broadcast journalists and journalism students are invited to compete.

The Russian Guild of Film Directors organizes the Moscow International Television Film Festival "Profession – Journalist." The event will take place Nov. 15 to 21 in Moscow.

Documentary films, talk shows, television programs, television reporting and works of journalism students are all eligible. All submissions must be related to the theme of journalism or being a journalist.

Entries must have been released in 2017 or 2018 and not exceed 52 minutes. Winners will receive trophies and certificates.

The deadline is Oct. 1.

For more information on how to apply (in Russian), click here.

Obama Foundation Fellowship open [Worldwide]

Journalists and others who are altering the civic engagement landscape can apply for this fellowship. 

The Obama Foundation Fellowship is a two-year, nonresidential program that will offer guidance, hands-on training, resources and leadership development.

Fellows will also participate in four all-expenses-paid gatherings where they will collaborate with each other, connect with potential partners and collectively push their work forward. Each fellow will pursue a personalized plan.

Candidates must be working to solve important public problems in creative and powerful ways. 

The deadline is Sept. 18.

For more information on how to apply, click here.