Deadline: 15-May-22
The International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) in partnership with YouTube Brazil has launched the Jogo Limpo, ‘Fair Game,’ a program to fight misinformation during the 2022 presidential election in Brazil.
This program aims to empower journalists, fact-checkers and the Brazilian news media ecosystem to fight misleading content about the voting system and the electoral process.
Benefits
- Grants of up to $25,000 (adding to a total of $150,000)
- Three months of mentorship
- Project/pro motion through ICFJ and YouTube Braz
How will “Jogo Limpo” work?
Proposals that are focused on electoral mis- and disinformation and that can fit in one of the following categories can apply to “Jogo Limpo”.
- content production
- Building and testing new formats for fact-checking
- Launching new products/services related to fact-checking
- Launching collaborative efforts to tackle mis- and misinformation at national and/or regional levels
- Reaching and engaging new audiences
- Mapping electoral mis and disinformation and/or fact-checking use/spread
- Tech development
- Building a new or upgrading existing chatbots
- Developing a new or upgrading existing databases
- Creating tools that are capable of tracking/monitoring the spread of mis/disinformation
- Creating tools that support storytelling against mis/disinformation.
- media literacy
- Offering workshops, webinars and other training sessions
- Offering support to authorities and organizations on understanding and combating electoral mis- and disinformation
- All projects must:
- Be related to electoral mis- and disinformation.
- Demonstrate a strong sense of creativity and innovation.
- Have a clear connection to journalism and the news ecosystem.
Eligibility Criteria
- Proposals can be submitted by journalists, fact-checkers and collaborative teams (including professionals who aren’t journalists but working against mis- and disinformation in any capacity for at least the last six months).
- Organizations and individuals (if they are over 18) are welcome to submit up to three proposals, one per category. Applicants holding public office aren’t eligible.
For more information, visit https://www.icfj.org/our-work/jogo-limpo-fair-game-program-fight-misinformation-during-2022-presidential-election-brazil