Akintunde Babatunde
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Akíntúndé Ọlọ́runwà Babátúndé is a Nigerian journalist and media development expert. He is a development analyst and correspondent with Premium Times Nigeria; and the Director of Programs at the Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development (CJID); at Dubawa, a West African fact-checking project; and for UDEME, a social accountability platform for tracking government expenditure in Nigeria. Babatunde’s interests are in the area of environmental and climate journalism, media innovation, media for reform, artificial intelligence in media practice, fact-checking, and capacity building for media practitioners.[1][2][3]
Education and career
[edit]Babatunde received a bachelor of education degree in Educational Management and Mathematics at the University of Ibadan in 2016. In 2020, he earned a master of arts in Media Practice for Development and Social Change from the University of Sussex as a recipient of the Chevening Scholarship.[4][5] He is currently a Ph.D. student in Media and Communication at the University of Iowa.[6]
Babatunde is participating in the 2025 Media Transformation Challenge Fellowship at the Poynter Institute.[7][8] He was a 2022 Mandela Washington Fellow in the Leadership in Civic Engagement track at the Presidential Precinct, Charlottesville, Virginia.[3][9][10] In 2019, Babatunde was the selected to serve as an African Ambassador on the UNESCO-supported Global Alliance for Partnerships on Media and Information Literacy.[11][12] He was a former Anglophone Africa Regional Coordinator for the Centre for Investigative Journalism’s Open Climate Reporting Initiative.[13] He was shortlisted for Africa Check's 2018 Africa Fact-Checker of the Year Award.[14]
Through CJID and Dubawa, Babatunde has led scores of media development and innovation projects funded by donors and technology companies such as the MacArthur Foundation, Gates Foundation, Open Society Foundation,Google, Meta and Tiktok.[15][16][17][18][19][20][21]
References
[edit]- ^ Channels Television (2024-01-11). Analyst Gives Tips On Coping With Climate Change. Retrieved 2025-01-16 – via YouTube.
- ^ Ogunyemi, Ifedayo (2023-04-02). "How project will expand climate change reporting in Nigeria, Ghana —Akintunde Babatunde". Tribune Online. Retrieved 2025-01-16.
- ^ a b "Akintunde Babatunde". Presidential Precinct. Retrieved 2025-01-16.
- ^ Whyte, Daniel (September 18, 2020). "PTCIJ Programme Manager Chosen for Chevening Scholarship". PremiumTimes.
- ^ "Chevening scholarship: Five tins to know about UK goment programme". BBC News Pidgin. 2022-08-04. Retrieved 2025-01-16.
- ^ "Akintunde Babatunde - Graduate Student". The University of Iowa.
- ^ Yusuf, Kabir (2025-01-15). "CJID Director selected for Poynter's Media Transformation Fellowship". Premium Times Nigeria. Retrieved 2025-01-16.
- ^ Wagner, Benjamin (2025-01-13). "Media Transformation Challenge program announces Class of 2025". Poynter. Retrieved 2025-01-16.
- ^ "Akintunde Babatunde". Mandela Washington Fellowship. Retrieved 2025-01-16.
- ^ "CJID Deputy Director Clinches Prestigious Mandela Washington Fellowship". CJID. Retrieved 2025-01-16.
- ^ "Youth Committee on UNESCO Media and Information Alliance". UNESCO.
- ^ "GAPMIL selects 14 ambassadors to promote media, information literacy". Tribune Online. 2020-03-12. Retrieved 2025-01-16.
- ^ "Akintunde Babatunde". Retrieved 2025-01-16.
- ^ Olufemi, Alfred (October 5, 2018). "Three Premium Times journalists, others shortlisted for African fact-checking awards". Premium Times.
- ^ "2024 Poll: Dubawa Trains Ondo Journalists on Fact-checking Techniques". ThisDay. Retrieved 2025-01-16.
- ^ Taiwo, Kafilat (2024-03-25). "UDEME trains journalists on Social Accountability Reporting". Dataphyte. Retrieved 2025-01-16.
- ^ "Journalists in West Africa to benefit From Comprehensive Training Initiative on Digital Verification and Fact-Checking". SobiFM. Retrieved 2025-01-16.
- ^ "Edo Guber Election: DUBAWA Train Journalists In Digital Journalism Skills, Verification, Fact-Checking". Independent Newspaper Nigeria. 2024-03-24. Retrieved 2025-01-16.
- ^ Ismaila, Isah (2024-12-07). "#GhanaDecides2024: CJID Deploys Team To Counter Election Misinformation". HumAngle. Retrieved 2025-01-16.
- ^ "DUBAWA partners TikTok to promote media literacy ahead of Ghana's 2024 elections". PremiumTimes. Retrieved 2025-01-16.
- ^ Abiodun, Alao (2023-09-26). "280 journalists for training on digital verification, fact-checking". The Nation Newspaper. Retrieved 2025-01-16.