Opportunities

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PREMIO CLAUDIO ACCARDI

The Association "ASSOCIAZIONE PREMIO CLAUDIO ACCARDI" opens a competition for journalists or aspiring journalists, researchers, those involved in information services. Works  must have focused on the understanding  of long term influences of civil wars on civilians, on the dialogue between peoples and religions and on the integration and respect of diversities.

Articles might be written in English (ENGLISHP.doc), Italian, French (FRANCAISP.doc) or Spanish (ESPAGNOL.doc) .
The prize will be awarded by a committee composed of internationally known journalists and experts on international policy. (affairs, policies)

Deadline is September 10th 2010.

for more info contact WWW.premioclaudioaccardi.it  info@premioclaudioaccardi.it

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  Grants available for investigative journalists in Africa

(Ijnet) The Forum for African Investigative Reporters (FAIR) is offering grants to investigative journalists in Africa to further their research on investigative pieces.Submissions must be received by July 31.

Two grants are available worth US$3,713 each. Eight grants worth US$618 each are intended to fund investigative stories that would not otherwise be published.

http://vijanafm.blogspot.com/2010/05/grant-opportunity-for-african.html

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Training course "Communicating Labour Rights"

The International Labour Organization (ILO) is the UN tripartite agency dealing with all issues related to labour. The ILO has an International Training Centre in Turin, Italy, which is once again running a course for media professionals to help them in reporting on social, labour and workplace issues. I would like to request your help in publicizing this training - which is more and more requested - to the media and their members.

The fourth interregional training course "Communicating Labour Rights" (code A972459) will take place in Turin from 9 to 13 August 2010. It will be conducted in English.

The course aims to equip media professionals with the knowledge and skills to use international labour standards drawn up and overseen by the ILO and the work of the Organization’s supervisory bodies in their reporting. The training will give participants practical insight to human and workers' rights and, at the same time, it will allow them to share experience among themselves and the resource persons.

The course is addressed to journalists, correspondents, publicists, reporters, editors, publishers, public relations professionals and press officers - including those of employers', workers', governmental and non-governmental organizations and international organizations working in all types of media (print, radio, television and the Internet).

Participation costs are as follows: 1,390 euros for tuition fees (covering preparation, residential and on-line phases) plus 960 euros for subsistence. A limited number of partial fellowships are available for candidates from eligible countries. Please note that, in compliance with our procedures, we will have to ask for the approval by the Secretaries of the workers’ and employers’ group within the Governing Body of the ILO before awarding fellowships to information officers of workers’ and employers’ organizations.

Attached please find the course description and the nomination form to be filled in by candidates. Applications to participate should be submitted, by e-mail
 (ils-fpr@itcilo.org) or by fax (+39.011.6936906), by 25 June 2010.

Participants in the course will have the opportunity to participate in the next year edition of the international journalistic Prize “Media for Labour Rights”. For more information, downlaod:

A972459-flyer-MDP.pdf

A972459-nomination-form.doc

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ALFRED FRIENDLY AND DANIEL PEARL FELLOWSHIPS 2011

From now until August 1, 2010 applications are being accepted from print and online journalists for the 2011 Alfred Friendly and Daniel Pearl Fellowships. Successful candidates will report for American newspapers from March-August 2011. Since 1984, AFPF has provided on-the-job training to 272 journalists from 78 developing countries. In the United States, Fellows learn practices, standards and values of U.S. journalism which they can adapt, share and apply in their own countries. To learn more about the program, please visit our website, www.pressfellowships.org.

Attached please find application materials for the 2011 program. Please share these materials with mid-career journalists who you feel are appropriate for this program. The application is also available at http://www.pressfellowships.org/application.html.

Applicants for the fellowships must meet the following minimum criteria of eligibility:

-Current full-time employment as a journalist for the news or editorial departments of independent newspapers, wire services, online publications, or magazines of general public interest in a developing country or emerging market;

- At least three years of full-time professional experience as a journalist in the print/online media;

- Citizenship of a developing country or an emerging market;

- Early to mid-career status and between 25 and 35 years old;

- A demonstrated personal commitment to a career in journalism in a developing country or an emerging market;

- Ability and desire to share what is learned on the fellowship with other journalists at home;

- Endorsement from the management of the home publication;

- An excellent command of both written and spoken English as all activities are conducted in English.

We would also like to take this opportunity to introduce the 2010 Alfred Friendly and Daniel Pearl Fellows who come from China, Egypt, Kenya, Pakistan and Russia. You can now find their biographies online at http://www.pressfellowships.org/2010fellows.html.

Sincerely,