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| Panos South Asia organizes online broadcasting training workshop |
Asia and the Pacific |
02/15/2008 |
| Contest in Philippines open to women filmmakers |
Asia and the Pacific |
02/18/2008 |
| Reporting seminar open to Balkan journalists |
Eastern Europe-Central Eurasia |
02/22/2008 |
| Worldwide |
| World
Association of Newspapers Conference announced
Journalists are invited to attend the World Association of Newspapers (WAN) conference in Budapest, Hungary. The conference is hosted by the Hungarian Newspaper Publishers Association and will take place between March 13 and March 14. |
| Paola
Biocca International Reportage Award announced
Journalists have the opportunity to enter a contest to win the Paola Biocca International Reportage Award. The deadline for submission is February 18. |
| Journalists
can apply for training program in South Africa
Journalists have the opportunity to apply for a training program on reporting regional integration of history, politics and economics. The program is offered by the South African Development Community (SADC), of The Institute for the Advancement of Journalism and the International Institute for Journalism (IIJ) based in Berlin, Germany. The deadline to apply is February 15. |
| UNESCO
releases report based on World Press Freedom Day findings
UNESCO has released the English version of a press freedom report online. The report is derived from World Press Freedom Day 2007 speeches and presentations. The World Press Freedom Day 2007 conference, dedicated to press freedom and the safety of journalist’s impunity, took place in Medellin, Colombia on May 3, 2007. |
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Journalism to evolve in 2008, report says According to Ground Reports, 2008 will be the year citizen journalism will evolve, but the question is how. As journalism moves forward this year, Ground Reports says that specific developments need to occur in order for citizen journalism to stand out in modern journalism. |
| Sub Saharan Africa |
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South African Weblog Awards announced Journalists have the opportunity to be nominated for the 2008 South African Weblog Awards. Nominations will be accepted between February 11 and February 22. The voting period will be from March 3-14. |
| FAIR
launches Transnational Investigation dossier The Forum of African Investigative Reporters (FAIR) has launched its first Transnational Investigation dossier. |
| Eastern Europe and Central Eurasia |
| Russian
online journalists invited to participate in course in Prague
Journalists from Russia can apply for a 10-day training course on “developing commercially viable public service news outlets”. The event will take place in Prague, Czech Republic, from March 23-30. Last day to apply: February 14 |
| Belgrade
summit to focus on youth media The Media Education Center is hosting the 3rd International Youth Media Summit (IYMS) for students between the ages of 15 and 22 from August 20-27 in Belgarde, Serbia. The deadline to apply is March 31. |
| Reporting
seminar open to Balkan journalists The Reuters and Robert Stiftung Foundation are hosting the “Economic and Political Reporting from Southeast Europe” program for journalists from the Balkans. The deadline to register is February 22. |
| Asia and the Pacific |
| Nepal:
Right to Information Act Analyzed Journalists can now access an analysis of the Nepalese Right to Information Act 2007 released by the Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ) and Freedom Forum (FF). The Right to Information Act grants every Nepali citizen the right to access information held by public bodies. |
| First
South Asian journalism university set to open The University of Mass Communication (NUMC) will become South Asia's first university to offer courses exclusively in journalism. The project awaits approval to move forward from the Ministry of Education in Nepal. |
| Panos
South Asia organizes online broadcasting training workshop
Journalists have the opportunity to participate in a five-day South Asian regional Online Broadcasting Training Workshop organized by Panos South Asia. The deadline to apply is February 15. |
| Asian
media center calls for papers The Asian Media Information and Communication Centre is pleased to announce its 17th Annual International Conference, which will be held from July 14-17 in the Philippines. The deadline to submit an abstract is June 1. The theme of the conference is “Changing Media, Changing Societies: Media and the Millennium Development Goals.” |
| Middle East and North Africa |
| Saudi
women journalists can win scholarships Saudi women journalists have the opportunity to compete for the chance to win cash prizes and scholarships to help boost their journalism careers, AFP reported. |
| 2007
the worst year for Egyptian media The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (HRInfo) released its 2007 annual freedom of opinion and expression findings in the Egypt Annual Report. The report found that that 2007 was the worst year for Egyptian media since the country’s independence in 1952. |
| Middle
East journalists invited to apply for fellowship at Oxford
University Journalists from the Middle East can apply for the Mona Megalli Fellowship, which is part of the Reuters Foundation Fellowship Program at the University of Oxford. Last day to apply is March 30. |
| Lebanese
and Jordanian journalists create joint television program
Jordan Television (JTV) and the Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation (LBC) have announced the launch of “Arab House/Beyt Al-Arabi,” a four-part series on social issues to be broadcasted weekly starting February 15 on both of their terrestrial and satellite channels. |
| Radio
Zamaneh tops Persian Blogosphere list
Amsterdam-based Radio Zamaneh (www.radiozamaneh.com) has been ranked second on the list of the top ten Persian blogs, according to a statement by Press Now. |
| Journalists
can access Attacks on the Press report for 2007
Journalists from the Middle East can now access a report on media repression in their region. The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has released Attacks on the Press in 2007, which provides data on murders, assaults, imprisonments, censorship and legal harassment |
| ICFJ
offers Arabic online course on building news websites
The International Center for Journalists invites Arabic-speaking journalists to apply for an online training course entitled “How to create a news website.” Last day to apply is March 3. |
| Two
new journalism books published in Iran The Office of Research and Media Development, has recently published two books on journalism in Iran. |
| Latin America |
| Seminar
to train on how to create multimedia newsroom
Press and digital media professionals are invited to participate in a seminar on how to create a multimedia newsroom capable to distribute news through various platforms. The seminar is scheduled for March 25 and 26 in Panama City. Registration deadline: February 14 |
| ICFJ
offers disaster coverage program for Latin American media
How well prepared are journalists from the U.S. Hispanic media and the media organizations of Latin America, which typically have far fewer resources, to provide such coverage? To provide answers to this question, ICFJ has developed an 8-day training program on “Emergency Preparedness: Reporting on Disasters”. The program will be from May 11 to May 18. Deadline: March 17 |
| Registration
open for seminar on democracy for Latin Americans
Calamar, Sweden will host the international seminar ‘Periodismo y Democracia’, organized by the Institute for Further Education of Journalist (FOJO). The seminar is scheduled for October 6 to 24. Deadline: May 15. |
| Scholarship
for future international correspondents Finland is hosting the Foreign Correspondents’ Program 2008 from August 1 to August 31. Young journalists between the ages of 20 and 25 from Brazil, China, Croatia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Nicaragua, Poland, Portugal, Russian Federation, Slovakia, Spain, Tanzania, Turkey, the UK and the USA are invited to apply. |
| Reuters
offers workshop in business journalism in Chile The Reuters Foundation is organizing a workshop to train journalists in economics and business coverage. The workshop is scheduled to take place from April 21 to 25 in Santiago, Chile. Registration deadline: March 7. |
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MA Global Business Journalism Program in China Now inviting
applications from international students
Launched in September
2007, this program trains students how to cover the fast-changing
world of global business, economics and finance, with a focus on
China’s role in the global marketplace. The program, a joint
initiative between the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ:
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faculty in the fields of journalism, business and economics. Through
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Knight International Journalism Fellowship- New Media in Latin America Knight
International seeks an experienced multimedia journalist or
journalism professor to develop a digital media center at a Latin
American university. The Fellow will develop a curriculum, recruit
participants and faculty, teach some courses, and oversee the
center, which will work with professional journalists and media
organizations to increase digital-media capacity across the
region.The Knight International Journalism Fellowships program sends
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