By Memory Mudzani
Center for innovation and Technology (CITE) in partnership with Internews Rooted in Trust organization recently hosted citizen journalism fact-checking workshop in Kwekwe, where they taught citizen journalists on the importance of fact-checking information before publishing it and different tools that can be used to fact-check content.
During this meeting Bathabile Dlamini from Rooted in Trust said fact-checking is important in journalism because it helps to verify the authenticity of the information before publishing it.
She further said that spreading fake news is very dangerous to society as a whole because people rely on information they get from the media and from social media especially during this digital era, she even gave an example of how wrong information about covid19 was spreading fast during the year 2019 to 2021 which resulted in people taking wrong precautions. She advised citizens journalists to fact-check information before publishing it on social media.
Dlamini said that there are tools and ways that can be used to fact-check information like the use of sources like on health issues where she said citizens journalists should communicate with WHO ,and Ministry Health and Child Care before publishing any information related to health .
She also taught citizen journalists how to use InVID to fact-check videos before publishing it to the society.
Sean Ndlovu from CITE also urged citizen journalists how to fact check images using reverse image, how to track devices , how to search image location when it was first shot and other different google apps that can be used to fact check information.
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