The independent school of journalism “Tajikistan – XXI Century” is selecting students for the second noncommercial training course for young media professionals.

The courses are being implemented within the framework of the project “Strengthening professional skills among young journalists” supported by the UNESCO International Program on Development of Communication (IPDC) and the US Embassy’s Democracy Development Commission. Sixty practicing journalists aged from 18 to 30 will take part in the second part of the program.

Training sessions will be conducted twice a week on the following subjects: “Printing Media”, “Radio” and “Television” under the guidance of leading Tajik media professionals.

The duration of the courses is three months (from 1 September to 30 November), after which the most successful students will have a chance to pass internship in the leading Tajik media and editing boards.

Applications are accepted until 30 August 2009.

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