The Embassy of the United States of America in Tajikistan is now accepting applications for the 2012-2013 Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program.

The 33-year-old daughter of Uzbekistan’s brutal authoritarian ruler Islam Karimov, Karimova-Tillyeva recently filed suit against the independent French website Rue89.com over an article that allegedly identified her as the daughter of a dictator and characterized her charity work in France as an attempt to whitewash the reputation of Uzbekistan’s repressive ruling regime.

Reporters Without Borders today denounced as “illegal and absurd” the efforts of the Tajik government to get dissident journalist Dodojon Atovulloev forcefully returned to Tajikistan from his exile in Russia and Germany and called on these two governments to protect him.

The International Journalism MA at City University London’s world-renowned Graduate School of Journalism is designed to equip you to start a career in international news reporting, or return to a career with enhanced skills and understanding.

Submissions are now open for this year’s Kurt Schork Awards in International Journalism, honoring international freelance reporting and local journalists who face risks in covering the news.

Broadcasters who covered the International Children’s Day of Broadcasting can enter a UNICEF competition.

The third International Festival of Literature and Culture for Slavic Traditions is accepting entries for its literary competition.

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of participants of the seminar “Legal and ethical bases for media activities in Tajikistan” within the framework of the Project “Promoting development of legal and ethical standards in Tajik journalism” organized by NANSMIT, Internews Network and USAID.

Russian-American magazine Florida is accepting short stories in Russian for a competition.

Media professionals and citizen journalists from Central Asia — Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Turkmenistan — are encouraged to apply for a distance learning course about improving coverage of minority groups.