Open to journalists worldwide, a course on «Making Television News,» to take place in May, 2009 in London, will teach creative approaches to producing TV news stories. Deadline to apply: March 16, 2009.

The course will be taught by senior Thomson Reuters television journalists. Course subjects include research, writing for TV, camera work and editing. Lectures will be supported by practical exercises and video examples.

Full and part-funded bursaries are available for journalists from the developing world/countries in political transition.

All applicants must currently be working as journalists or regular contributors to broadcast media organizations. They must be able to demonstrate a commitment to a career in journalism in their country, have at least two years’ professional experience and have a good level of spoken and written English.

For more information or to apply, go to http://www.reuterslink.org/courses/TV_London_May09.htm.

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On 2 December, the public organization Khoma organized a round table discussion on the issues of creating public television in Tajikistan. The event was supported by Internews Network.

Lola Merganova, chair of Khoma said that participants discussed the concept of public television, international experience of creating television units in different countries, issues of legal regulations, sources of funding, etc.

Media managers, political and legal experts and journalists took part in the discussion.

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The meeting was organized by a local branch of the Union of Journalists (UJT) and the Kalam civil society center. The main topic of the discussion was the problems of the media and access of public at large to information.

Buribek Buribekov, chairman of the local UJT branch noted that the weak development of the media is explained by financial problems and the underdeveloped information market. Several local newspapers have disappeared over the last few years in view of these problems.

Alim Sherzamonov, chairman of the local branch of Social-Democratic Party complained about a poor professionalism of many journalists. He also mentioned the existence of self-censorship in the media.

At present, in GBAO, there is one weekly outlet – newspaper Badakhshon, one city newspaper published in Khorog, and seven district newspapers published once a month with small circulation. There are also “line” (thematic) newspapers also published on a monthly basis. Besides that, there is one news agency – Pamir Media.

Pamir Media

What are we looking for?

We want journalists and journalism innovators who have already accomplished a lot and are ambitious to do more. Ideally, candidates will have at least five years professional experience.

What do they get?

This ambitious program is a force for journalism innovation, entrepreneurship and leadership. Fellows will spend a big chunk of their year developing knowledge, learning skills and making plans that will enable them to be effective innovators for years to come. And they’ll do it the way Knight Fellows always have: leveraging the resources of a great university and Silicon Valley, California, setting their own course and modifying it as they see fit, and learning from rich interactions with journalists from around the world.

Fellows receive a stipend of US$60,000 plus tuition, and supplements for health insurance, books, housing and child care. All benefits and activities of the program are open to spouses and partners of Fellows.

For more information, please visit our web site at http://knight.stanford.edu.

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A competition in Russia will award outstanding reporting on climate change with the hope of bringing attention to the issue. The dealine to submit entries is December 8.

The contest, «Climate change as hot news,» is being organized by Russia’s regional ecology center with the support of the British Embassy in Moscow and the Heinrich Boell Foundation.

It aims to bring attention to the problem of global warming as well as increase the professionalism of climate change reporters.

For details (in Russian) visit http://eho-dv.com/news.details.php?id=13082.

https://www.ijnet.org/ijnet/training_opportunities/competition_to_award_reporting_on_climate_change

Journalists from developing countries in the Commonwealth are invited to apply for a scholarship to study in London during the 2009-2010 academic year. Deadline: January 31.

The bursaries are offered by the Commonwealth Broadcasting Organization (CBA) for courses in international journalism at the City University or broadcasting at the University of Westminster.

Applicants must be full-time staff of CBA’s member organizations. The application material must include six passport-sized photos, a 200-word statement of interest, two references, and one example of a recent work.

For more information and to download the application forms, visit http://www.cba.org.uk/training_and_bursaries/2008-9MABursaries.php

https://www.ijnet.org/ijnet/training_opportunities/scholarships_available_for_commonwealth_journalis

A digital handbook designed to help investigative journalists track corruption across borders was introduced November 22 at the European Investigative Journalism Conference in Brussels.

The author of the handbook, Paul Radu, introduced «Follow the Money — A Digital Guide to Tracking Corruption» during a panel discussion at the conference, where European, U.S. and Australian journalists discussed trends in investigative journalism and opportunities for cross-border cooperation. The handbook provides an array of new tools for investigative journalists that will help them give the public a better understanding of regional and global criminal networks.

Radu is training journalists in the Balkans and Eastern Europe to use the online handbook and other investigative methods to uncover corruption as part of his year-long Knight International Journalism Fellowship — a program of the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) in Washington, DC.

To learn more click here. To access the PDF manual, go to http://www.knight.icfj.org/Portals/0/Images/paul%20radu/Follow_The_Money_WEB.pdf.

https://www.ijnet.org/ijnet/training_materials/new_tool_for_investigative_journalists_digital_guide_

A new online encyclopedia branded ‘Europeana’ brings its visitors free, digitized resources from Europe’s archives, museums, libraries and audio visual collections.

EU Commissioner for Information, Society and Media Viviane Reding has promised to have two million digitized objects including books, maps, paintings, photos and films available for viewing in English, German and French when the Web site debuts.

To visit the new site go to http://dev.europeana.eu/.

https://www.ijnet.org/ijnet/training_opportunities/new_european_online_library_set_to_debut

Video journalists interested in freelance opportunities with an online international news network are being invited to send their resumes and work samples to the Video Journalism Movement.

Journalists will be expected to complete local news stories in a 1 to 2 week period. Stories should have an international angle and be for a worldwide audience. VJ Movement will pay journalists a flat fee for every story submitted.

There is no deadline for application, as VJ Movement is constantly looking for freelancers.

For more information contact Emily Kopp at ekopp@vjmovement.com.

https://www.ijnet.org/ijnet/training_opportunities/freelance_opportunity_offered_for_video_journalis

The Russia-based Foundation for Information Policy Development (FIPD) invites Russian-language story submissions under the theme of media fighting corruption. Deadline: November 30.

Corruption inside newsrooms, media support of civil initiatives and how mass media survive or fail while covering corruption are examples of topics that can be covered. Selected stories will be published in early 2009 in an FIPD publication titled «Local mass media as an effective instrument to fight corruption.»

Stories must be submitted in Russian at http://www.4cs.ru/materials/publications. For more information, e-mail (in Russian) Evgeni Grekov at grekov@4cs.ru.
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