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INTERVIEW: Iranian journalist comments on = Iran=E2=80=99s=20 media, U.S. coverage of Iran

By Fariba Amini

Iranian journalist, media researcher and film critic Omid = Habibinia is among the many journalists who have left Iran = after=20 feeling the pressure of the country=E2=80=99s repressive = atmosphere. IJNet=20 recently had the chance to talk to Habibinia about his past=20 experiences, the state of journalism in Iran, and his = reflections on=20 the American news media.

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Is freedom of the press a = pre-requisite for=20 democracy?

Many developing nations struggling for democracy and good = governance do not support freedom of the press. For = instance, while=20 democratic elections are being held in countries such as = Pakistan,=20 Nigeria and Russia, the media in these countries is often = restricted=20 or controlled by government censorship, begging the = question: How=20 democratic are they really?

Does free media equal good governance? Can an "honest" = election=20 occur without press freedom? Do the media play a role in = good=20 governance?

IJNet would like to hear your opinion. Join the discussion = by clicking=20 on "Add a Comment". Please identify your = country if=20 possible. Thanks for your participation!=20
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Religion=20 Newswriters Association accepts applicants for annual=20 fellowship
Worldwide
March 15, 2008
No= minations=20 for annual Osborn Elliott prize for excellence in=20 journalism
Asia and the Pacific
March 14, 2008
Jo= urnalists=20 can get their voice heard through Citizen Voices=20 Contest
Worldwide
March 13, = 2008
 
 Worldwide
 
Amnesty=20 International UK to recognize excellence in human rights=20 reporting
Journalists from around = the world=20 have the opportunity to enter the 2008 Amnesty International = (United=20 Kingdom) Media Awards, which recognize excellence in human = rights=20 reporting and acknowledge journalism's significant = contribution to=20 the UK public's awareness and understanding of human rights = issues.=20 The deadline for submissions is March = 31.
 
CIMA=20 releases reports on new media and media-support = organizations=20
The Center for International Media = Assistance=20 (CIMA) at the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) has = released=20 two new reports.
 
Applications=20 invited for UN journalism = fellowships
The Dag=20 Hammarskjold Scholarship Fund for Journalists is now = accepting=20 applications from professional journalists from developing = countries=20 for its 2008 Fellowship Program. The application deadline is = April=20 25.
 
Belgian=20 newspaper to host event in support of Afghan journalist = sentenced to=20 death
Journalists from across the = globe have=20 to opportunity to attend an event to support 23-year-old = Sayed=20 Pervez Kambaksh, an Afghan student reporter sentenced to = death for=20 printing and handing out an Internet article that questioned = interpretations of the role of women in Islam. =20
 
 Sub Saharan=20 Africa
 
Deadline=20 extended for CNN African Journalist of the Year Awards=20
The 2008 CNN MultiChoice African = Journalist of=20 the Year Awards extends its deadline for submissions to = March=20 14.
 
Report=20 on Kenya=E2=80=99s media coverage of political crisis = released=20
The three organizations Reporters = Without=20 Borders, International Media Support, and Article 19 have = released a=20 joint report on Kenya=E2=80=99s media coverage in the = violent aftermath of=20 the nation=E2=80=99s highly disputed December 27, 2007,=20 elections.
 
Sunday=20 edition of Zulu newspaper to launch March 30=20
The South African Zulu language = newspaper=20 Isolezwe will launch a Sunday edition on March 30.=20 Isolezwe ngeSonto (Zulu Sunday) will be launched = across=20 KwaZulu-Natal, the home of millions of Zulu, South Africa's = largest=20 single ethnic group.
 
 Eastern=20 Europe and Central Eurasia
 
Scholarship=20 available for foreign correspondent training in Prague=20
TOL, the Prague-based nonprofit created = to=20 support the development of a strong, independent media, is = offering=20 a foreign correspondent training program for students and = young=20 journalists. The nine-day course, led by experienced foreign = correspondents, will teach participants the essential skills = of=20 international reporting. One full scholarship will be given = to an=20 applicant from Eastern Europe.
 
CEI=20 to award outstanding investigative journalism=20
The Central European Initiative (CEI), = in=20 conjunction with the Vienna-based South East Europe Media=20 Organization (SEEMO), announces the CEI Award for = Outstanding Merits=20 in Journalism. The award, which the CEI says was created in = view of=20 the difficult conditions under which journalists frequently = work,=20 will have a focus on investigative journalism in=20 2008.
 
Concern=20 over freedom of expression in Russia continues=20
International human rights organization = Article=20 19 has released a statement outlining its =E2=80=9Cstrong = concern=E2=80=9D that=20 freedoms of expression and information are being threatened = in=20 Russia, especially in light of the recent presidential=20 elections.
 
 Asia and=20 the Pacific
 
Clean=20 India contest to award photo coverage of sanitation=20
To commemorate the =E2=80=9CInternational Year = of Sanitation -=20 2008,=E2=80=9D the Water and Environmental Sanitation = Network India (WES-Net=20 India) and its constituent member organizations, UNICEF, = WaterAid=20 & Plan India, invite photojournalists working in = newspapers and=20 magazines across India to take part in a photo contest on = themes=20 related to sanitation.
 
Strategic=20 profitability the focus of Publish Asia 2008=20
Ifra=E2=80=99s Publish Asia 2008 = conference and expo=20 will be held April 2 to 3, with a focus on helping = today=E2=80=99s media=20 houses successfully build up their bottom line in the age of = Web 2.0=20 by creating new communication channels with their readers, = providing=20 them with hyper local content, or empowering them with = participating=20 tools.
 
China=20 Daily launches first ever English-Chinese mobile paper=20
China Mobile, the largest mobile phone = operator=20 in China, and China Daily, the only national=20 English-language newspaper in China, have partnered to = launch the=20 world=E2=80=99s first ever English-Chinese language mobile=20 newspaper.
 
Commission=20 scrutinizes lack of cultural diversity in New Zealand = media=20
New Zealand=E2=80=99s Human Rights = Commission has=20 released its annual overview, which says diversity continues = to=20 present challenges to the nation's media. =
 
Photojournalism=20 course and scholarships open for applications=20
Applications are now being accepted = for the=20 fourth offering of the Diploma in Photojournalism, a program = that=20 seeks to raise the bar for photojournalism in Asia by = providing=20 comprehensive training primarily to working = photojournalists. The=20 deadline to apply is March 15.
 
 Middle East=20 and North Africa
 
French=20 courses available to Yemeni women journalists=20
The Media Women Forum (MWF) is now offering French = courses to=20 25 women journalists from different Yemeni media outlets. = The=20 courses are free, through scholarships from the French = Embassy in=20 Yemen.
 
Mediterranean=20 Film Festival in Morocco begins in March =
The=20 14th Tetouan International Mediterranean Film Festival will = be held=20 in Tetouan, Morocco from March 29 to April 4. Since its = inception in=20 1985, the film festival has served to actively promote = Mediterranean=20 cinema.
 
BBC=20 unveils new Arabic TV channel
The = British=20 Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) plans to launch an Arabic = television=20 news channel across the Middle East and North Africa. The = channel,=20 BBC Arabic Television, will seek to meet a growing demand = for=20 current affairs and debate in the Arab world, the BBC said. = The=20 broadcaster already offers Arabic radio and online=20 services.
 
Maghreb=20 journalists plan new league to defend regional interests =
The National Union of Tunisian = Journalists=20 (SNJT) recently announced its plan to launch a regional = organization=20 that will represent journalists across North=20 Africa.
 
Iranian=20 government sends orders to media
The = Paris-based Persian online portal Rooz has obtained several=20 communiqu=C3=A9s from Iran=E2=80=99s Office of the President = in the wake of the=20 Parliamentary elections directing media outlets and = newspapers not=20 to publish certain reports and to report positively on a = recent=20 International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) report on = Iran=E2=80=99s nuclear=20 energy program.
 
Press=20 Now to set up independent media center in Iraq=20
The Amsterdam-based organization Press = Now, which=20 supports independent media in regions of conflict and = countries in=20 transition, plans to set up an independent media center in=20 Suleymania, the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan, to train Iraqi=20 journalists, editors and media personnel. =
 
Conference=20 in Morocco to help mobilize young journalists=20
American and Moroccan Journalism = students=20 along with young professionals are encouraged to apply to = attend=20 =E2=80=9CFind Your Voice: A Cross-Cultural Forum on = Political Participation=20 and Civic Activism,=E2=80=9D a two-day conference focused on = youth=20 mobilization in the political process and empowering = emerging=20 leaders in political parties and civil society. The deadline = to=20 apply is March 25.
 
Report=20 on Sudanese media highlights violations on press=20
The Sudan Organization Against Torture = (SOAT)=20 has released a briefing outlining violations on the press = and free=20 speech in Sudan.
 
ICFJ=20 to begin online training in Farsi; First courses in business = journalism and crisis = reporting
Developed for=20 journalists and bloggers living in Iran, the first courses = aim to=20 equip participants with the skills to effectively report = business=20 news and on crisis situations ranging from natural disasters = to=20 humanitarian emergencies to health crises. =
 
 Latin=20 America
 
Radio=20 series for journalists available online =
The=20 digital broadcaster of the Universidad EAFIT de = Medell=C3=ADn, Colombia,=20 has launched a radio series called =E2=80=98Mesa de = Redacci=C3=B3n=E2=80=99 (Newsroom).=20 The series, which is intended for professional journalists = and=20 communication professors, analyzes different aspects of the=20 journalism profession.
 
Congress=20 in Brazil to focus on investigative journalism=20
Latin American journalists are invited = to=20 participate in the third international congress of = investigative=20 journalism, scheduled for May 8 to 10 in Belo Horizonte, = Brazil.=20 Registration is now open.
 
Journalists=20 invited to first Latin American health congress=20
Health journalists and = correspondents,=20 academics and communication students, and social = communicators are=20 invited to attend the first Latin American congress on rare=20 diseases, scheduled for March 27 to 29 in Buenos Aires, = Argentina.=20 Registration deadline: March 15. =
 
FNPI=20 organizes regional forum for media, journalists=20
Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, will = host the=20 next regional forum for media development, organized by = Fundaci=C3=B3n=20 Nuevo Periodismo Iberoamericano (FNPI). The event is = scheduled for=20 March 13 to 14. 
 
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Points to Ponder

Religious icons in the media: Where = to draw=20 the line?

"Re-printing of the sacrilegious cartoons hurting Muslim=20 sentiments is surely something which should be denounced as = the act=20 doesn't justify the "freedom of press" slogan of the=20 West.

The reason is that Muslims have already vented = their=20 anger when the cartoons were published for the first time in = Denmark. It means Danish media now has a fair idea that = publishing=20 of such cartoons hurts religious sentiments of Muslims. = Re-printing=20 of those cartoons for the third time should have been = avoided as=20 there is no justification of re-printing the blasphemous=20 caricatures.

I believe Danish media has now been = deliberately=20 trying to create an uproar all over the world this time. = Religious=20 extremism and terrorism is surely a fact and condemnable. = But is it=20 necessary to involve the holiest personality of Islam to = express=20 hatred for terrorism?

It is time that Europe should = realize=20 that if there should be freedom of press and expression then = European press should also follow journalistic ethics."

Ahmad

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COLUMN: Webb on = the=20 Web=20
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Surely=20 you've heard of social = networking=20 sensations Facebook and MySpace, each of which has garnered more = than 100=20 million unique visitors in the past month. But did you know you can = harness the=20 power of these and other social networking sites for use as=20 reporting tools? Learn how, in = this=20 week's column by digital media consultant Amy Webb.=20   =

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 Paid=20 Announcements

Short-term Media Law Content Manager/Editor = -=20 University of Pennsylvania

The Center for Global Communication Studies (CGCS) = at the=20 Annenberg School for Communication, University of = Pennsylvania, is=20 recruiting for a short-term consulting position to be based = in=20 Philadelphia (or remotely) as part of a potential long-term = project=20 dealing with media law and policy and the development of an = online=20 resource/portal aimed at lawyers, regulators, academics, = civil=20 society and others interested in advocacy and development of = media=20 and communications policy.  The consultant will work = with=20 members of the CGCS team on developing content and the = overall=20 structure and philosophy for a new test version of a web = portal -- a=20 media law assistance website. The scope and purpose of the = site is=20 meant to organize and consolidate primary and secondary = documents of=20 interest to media lawyers, and others working in the media = policy=20 sector. The website should provide up-to-date legal = information and=20 other resources in the area of media law. It is meant to = foster=20 dialogue among media law practitioners wherever they are = located.=20 The site will be made available to a global audience and it = is=20 envisioned that the site will have an online forum and blog. = The=20 content manager will manage the web programmer in developing = and=20 implementing the site design.

This project will be done in partnership with the = Center for=20 International Media Assistance at the National Endowment for = Democracy, Washington, DC. 

Requirements:
Interest and background in = media policy=20 issues and/or media development issues. Interest and = background in=20 international relations, international development and/or=20 journalism. Familiarity with website design process and = strong=20 research skills, especially web-based research familiarity = with=20 Lexis-Nexis or Westlaw.  Creative orientation, able to = work in=20 a virtual office setting, self-starter, able to set and meet = deadlines.

Desirable:
Law degree and/or legal = background.=20 Foreign language skills an asset, especially Spanish, = Arabic,=20 French.

Ideal start date is mid/late-March, and position = will run=20 through June, with possibility for renewal.  It is = anticipated=20 that this position will work 20-30 hours a week.=20

To apply, please send your CV, cover letter, hourly = salary,=20 and 2 references to Sylvie Beauvais, Project Coordinator, = CGCS, at=20 sbeauvais@asc.upenn.edu by=20 March 15, 2008.

For more information about CGCS/Annenberg, please = see: http://www.global.asc.upenn.edu= /.=20

Short-term PHP/MySQL Web Developer - = University of=20 Pennsylvania

Job=20 Description: Develop = database=20 driven Internet and intranet web sites/applications. Develop = and=20 support web content editing tools to allow authorized users = to=20 create, access, and manage the lifecycle of information = presented on=20 web sites. Develop online forum and blogging tools. Create = database=20 framework and provide ad-hoc database administration as = needed.=20 Perform server administration as necessary in the course of=20 development. Performs related duties as assigned, necessary, = or=20 requested. This is a short-term contract running 20-30 hours = a week=20 through June 2008, with renewal depending on funding and=20 performance. 

The Center = for Global=20 Communication Studies at the Annenberg School for = Communication,=20 University of Pennsylvania, is recruiting for a short-term=20 consulting position to be based in Philadelphia or remotely. = This is=20 part of a potential long-term project dealing with media law = and=20 policy and the development of an online resource/portal = aimed at=20 lawyers, regulators, academics, civil society and others = interested=20 in advocacy and development of media and communications=20 policy.  The web developer will work with members of = the CGCS=20 team on integrating content and developing website structure = and=20 design for a beta-version of a web portal -- the media law=20 assistance website. The website is meant to 1) organize and=20 consolidate primary and secondary documents of interest to = media=20 lawyers and others in the media policy sector; 2) to provide = up-to-date legal information and other resources related to = media=20 law; and 3) to help foster dialogue among media law = practitioners=20 wherever they are located. The site, which will have a = content=20 library, online forums, and blog applications, will be made=20 available to a global audience.

This project = will be done=20 in partnership with the Center for International Media = Assistance at=20 the National Endowment for Democracy, Washington, DC.  = Ideal=20 start date is mid/late-March, and position will run through = June,=20 with possibility for renewal.  For more information = about=20 CGCS/Annenberg, please see http://www.global.asc.upenn.edu= /. =20

Qualifications &=20 Requirements: = Education/Experience:=20 Graduation from an accredited university/college with a = Bachelor's=20 Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related = field.=20  Experience in the design, development, integration and = testing=20 of software solutions based on web technologies. =  Experience=20 with Open Source software.

Able to work = in a virtual=20 office setting, self-starter, able to set and meet = deadlines.=20

- Must be a = lightweight,=20 intuitive design, coded in standards-compliant HTML/CSS
- = Must=20 work well on all major browsers at a variety of screen = resolutions=20 and connection speeds
- Must meet accessibility = standards
-=20 Must be able to develop PHP/MySQL content management=20 system

Desirable=20 Skills: Interest = and=20 background in media policy issues and/or media development = issues,=20 background in law, interest and background in international=20 relations, international development and/or journalism = familiarity=20

To Apply:=20 Please send = CV, salary=20 requirement (hourly) cover letter, and 2 references to = Sylvie=20 Beauvais, Project Coordinator, CGCS: sbeauvais@asc.upenn.edu by=20 March 15, 2008.

International Reporting Project (IRP) = Announces New=20 Fellowships for Fall 2008

DEADLINE:=20 April 1, 2008

New = partnerships with=20 PBS=E2=80=99s =E2=80=9CFRONTLINE/World=E2=80=9D and with the = Stanley Foundation are two=20 features of the Fall 2008 IRP Fellowships for journalists = available=20 at the International Reporting Project (IRP) in Washington,=20 D.C.

Applications = are now=20 being accepted for the Fall 2008 program, which will run = September=20 1-October 25, 2008.

The IRP = Fellowships=20 will begin September 1 in Washington D.C. where IRP Fellows = will=20 spend two weeks at a program arranged at the Johns Hopkins=20 University=E2=80=99s School of Advanced International = Studies (SAIS). IRP=20 Fellows depart September 13 for a five-week period of = individual=20 international reporting. Fellows can go to the country of = their=20 choosing to pursue the story of their choosing. Some = restrictions=20 apply. All IRP Fellows are required to return to Washington = for a=20 final week October 19-25.

Applications = will be=20 accepted from all U.S. journalists with at least three = years=E2=80=99=20 professional experience in any type of media. All applicants = must=20 complete an online IRP application form, which includes an = essay of=20 up to 1,000 words describing the proposed overseas project. = A=20 recommendation letter and work samples are also required. = Deadline=20 for applications is April 1. Please visit http://www.interna= tionalreportingproject.org/=20 for more details, or contact program staff at irp@jhu.edu=20 or 202-663-7761.

Nominate Outstanding Journalists for Knight = International Journalism Awards

The International = Center for=20 Journalists, the Washington-based = nonprofit=20 organization, is seeking nominations for the 2008 Knight=20 International Journalism Awards. The = Awards=20 recognize international journalists who demonstrate an = extraordinary=20 devotion to the craft by upholding the highest journalistic=20 standards despite overwhelming challenges.

Last = year=E2=80=99s=20 winners, Burmese investigative journalist May Thingyan Hein = and=20 Egyptian citizen journalist Wael Abbas, were selected for = their=20 remarkable contributions to media independence in the face = of=20 government crackdowns and risks to their personal safety. = Abbas, the=20 first blogger to win the Knight International Journalism = Award, was=20 later named 2007 Middle East Person of the Year by CNN.=20

Hein and = Abbas are among=20 24 Knight International Journalism Award recipients selected = for=20 their commitment to high-quality journalism. Award winners = receive a=20 trip to the United States and a $1,000 cash prize, which = will be=20 presented at ICFJ=E2=80=99s Annual Awards Dinner in = November.=20

To submit a = nomination,=20 please visit our our Web site, www.knight.icfj.org/nominate.=20 You will be asked to provide the nominee's name and a brief=20 explanation of the nominee's qualifications. Those who = nominate=20 semi-finalists will be notified and asked to provide = additional=20 material about the nominee such as a biography, work samples = and=20 letters of recommendation for the selection = committee=E2=80=99s=20 review.

Deadline for = nominations: Friday, April 4, 2008.=20

Submit = nominations on our=20 Web site, knight.icfj.org/nominate,=20
e-mail them to nominations@icfj.org,
or=20 mail them to: Knight International Journalism Fellowships = Program=20
International Center for Journalists
Attn: Lanaea = Parker=20
1616 H St. N.W., 3rd Floor
Washington D.C. 20006 USA =
Tel: (+1) 202.737.3700, Fax: (+1) 202.737.0530=20

MA Global Business Journalism Program in = China=20

Now = inviting=20 applications from international students

Launched in = September=20 2007, this program trains students how to cover the = fast-changing=20 world of global business, economics and finance, with a = focus on=20 China=E2=80=99s role in the global marketplace. The program, = a joint=20 initiative between the International Center for Journalists = (ICFJ:=20 http://www.icfj.org/) = and=20 Beijing-based Tsinghua School of Journalism and = Communication=20 (TSJC:http://www.tsjc.tsinghua.edu.cn= /),=20 is taught fully in English to international standards by = noted=20 faculty in the fields of journalism, business and economics. = Through=20 the generous support of its founding sponsors, Merrill = Lynch, the=20 John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, Bloomberg, and = Deloitte and=20 Touche, the program provides students with top-notch = international=20 faculty, a high-quality curriculum, and access to the latest = high-tech reporting tools.

The program seeks to admit 25 to 30 English-speaking = graduate=20 students from China and other countries starting from the = Fall=20 Semester 2008. Students may enroll in the program full-time = for two=20 years or part-time for three years.

Requirement for = Application
-=20 Complete and signed application form (application form can = be=20 downloaded at: http://www.gbjchina.net/)
-=20 Statement of purpose and resume
- A copy of = degree/diplomas=20 certificate
- Official transcripts of all undergraduate = and=20 graduate studies
- Two letters of recommendation
- A = copy of=20 passport
- Non-native English speakers must pass an=20 internationally recognized English=E2=80=93language test = such as IELTS or=20 TOEFL (minimum test score required:  IELTS 6, TOEFL = Paper-Based=20 550, or TOEFL Computer-Based 213).

Application = Deadline
March 15,=20 2008

Fees
Annual tuition is = RMB 30,000=20 (~US$4134).

Scholarship
International=20 students are eligible for a variety of scholarships with = funding=20 from the Chinese Ministry of Education and Beijing Municipal = Government. Internships at media organizations are also = available=20 through competitive application.

Application:
For = application=20 submission and inquiry, please contact Ms. Limei Jia at: tsjcws@tsinghua.edu.cn;=20 Tel:+86 10 6279 6842; Fax:+86 10 6279 6842

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Just = days preceding the March 14 parliamentary elections in Iran, four = journalists from the Iranian northern province of Gilan have been = sentenced to prison for crimes that include =E2=80=9Cpublishing lies = with the aim of creating anxiety in the public mind=E2=80=9D and = =E2=80=9Cinsulting =E2=80=8EImam Zaman=E2=80=9D (the 12th hidden Shia = Imam), the Rooz online portal reports.  read = more
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Web site for Arab female = journalists launched
Middle East and North Africa - = 14/03/2008
The Centre of Arab Women for Training and Research = (CAWTAR) and the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) = launched a Web site titled =E2=80=9CArab Women and Media=E2=80=9D = www.arabwomanmedia.net on the occasion of International Women's Day, = March 8. read more
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