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.

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Russian journalists who report on disasters are invited to take part in a professional competition titled «Extent of Risk.» Deadline: November 28.

The competition will honor outstanding articles, photos and video about people who participate in rescue operations. It is being sponsored by the Russian Federation Ministry of Extreme Situations and the Alliance of Regional Press Managers.

Entries should have been published between November 16, 2007, and November 15, 2008.

For more details (in Russian), visit http://www.arspress.ru/contest/active/4496/7526/.

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A seminar on the future of traditional mass media will take place in Golitsyno near Moscow, Russia from December 9 to 14.

The seminar, which will be in Russian with interpeters for foreign attendees, is organized by the Moscow School of Political Studies (MSPS). Editors, publishers, journalists and bloggers from former soviet bloc countries are invited to register. All program costs will be covered by MSPS except for transportation expenses to Moscow.

To participate, submit an application form in Russia at http://www.ms-club.org/. For more information, go to http://msps.su/.

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Key trends in the recent development of Internet media will be the focus of the third «Internet Media Russia» forum in Moscow, which will take place December 10 and 11.

At the event, representatives of news outlets, publishing houses, online projects, media groups and training programs will discuss new formats of multimedia content and the success of regional Internet projects.

Participants are invited to demonstrate their Internet media projects as part of a professional competition during the forum.

Discussion will be in Russian. All forum events will take place at Moscow’s President Hotel.

For more information (in Russian) and to register go to http://www.imforum.ru/ or e-mail blinova@globalforumfactory.com.

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Journalists from developing or transitional countries are invited to apply for the Jack R. Howard Fellowship Program to study at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism in New York. Deadline: December 15.

The program’s goal is to prepare journalists for stewardship to a free press in their home countries. Two fellows will be selected on the basis of financial need, academic promise and a desire to make a significant contribution to journalism in their countries.

The fellowship provides full tuition, living assistance, and travel for the 10-month program. Candidates must apply online to the journalism school to be considered for the fellowship.

Funded by the Scripps Howard Foundation, the fellowship honors the memory of Jack R. Howard, past president of the Scripps Howard Foundation.

For more information, contact Josh Friedman, director of the International Program, at jf125@columbia.edu, or visit http://readersfirst.com/foundation/programs/jrhfellowships/jrhfellows.html or http://tinyurl.com/5qgj8y.

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Rakhmon Ulmasov, publisher of the new private magazine says that the main goal of his outlet is to help the government institutions find solutions of problems the Tajik labor migrant are facing.

Apart from feature stories, the magazine introduces a number of legal documents regarding labor migration issues adopted in Tajikistan and other countries. The magazine also contains statistical data on various aspects of labor migration.

Migrant_tj also contains samples of labor certificates, migration cards and information on rates on services for migrants.

http://www.asiaplus.tj/

The main goal of the project was to enhance professionalism and maintain efficient cooperation between the media and the government institutions in Tajikistan.

The project lasted for six months. Implementers held working meetings involving Tajik media professionals, government officials, representatives of the civil sector and international organizations accredited in Tajikistan. Apart from that, they conducted a series of training sessions and master classes for 40 media practitioners – journalists and government institutions’ pres secretaries.

Independent School of Journalism “Tajikistan – XXI Century”

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.

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In preparation for the launch of new resources for journalists on reporting on climate change, Reuters AlertNet is asking for journalists’ input.

AlertNet is asking: «What would help you report on global warming from a humanitarian perspective: a climate change ‘Heads Up’, a database of climate and disaster experts, a regular summary of key research, a diary of events, training?»

To see AlertNet’s current resources, go to http://www.alertnet.org/db/crisisprofiles/climate.htm.

E-mail suggestions to Megan Rowling at megan.rowling@thomsonreuters.com.
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A new Google feature brings truth to the phrase «World Wide Web» by allowing users to access news and information in languages that they do not speak.

Google Reader has leveraged Google Translate technology to automatically convert any RSS feed to a user’s preferred language.

To use the new offering, subscribe to any feed. Once subscribed, select ‘Translate into my language’ from ‘Feed settings…’ and the feed will be automatically translated to the best of Google’s ability, based on a user’s default language preference.

To learn more go to http://googlereader.blogspot.com/2008/11/is-your-web-truly-world-wide.html.

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