Emmanuel Bida, Associate Editor

Emmanuel Bida Thomas is a Project Coordinator at 211 Check, a fact-checking and information verification platform (flagship project of) #defyhatenow South Sudan.

Bida also manages his personal Bida News Blog, a site about current affairs, fact-checks and media literacy. He previously served as a news reporter and editor for Equator Broadcasting Corporation (EBC), and helped launch Social Media presence (Facebook and Twitter) for the station in 2020. He trains on fact-checking and information verification, teaches internet research, social media management and marketing, and google productivity tools in Juba, South Sudan.

His recent projects include ‘Data Speaks Fellowship’ and ‘Empowering Fact-checking in South Sudan.’ Bida’s current work focuses on the role of content creators and citizens in the changing media landscape, promotion of veracity and accuracy of information in the public domain. 

Bida tweets at @Bidal_Thomas.