Journalists who want to learn more about the interaction between the press, politics and public policy can compete for the Joan Shorenstein Fellowship. Deadline: February 1, 2009.

The fellowship, offered by the Joan Shorenstein Center, enables journalists to study for one semester at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. The program is open to U.S. or international journalists, scholars and policymakers.

Fellows receive a stipend of $30,000 disbursed in four installments over the semester.

Candidates must send a statement of interest, a project proposal, a resume and three letters of recommendation, along with the application form to the Fellowship Program Director Joan Shorenstein at Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy, Kennedy School of Government, 79 JFK Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.

For more information, contact Edith Holway at edith_holway@harvard.edu, or visit http://www.shorensteincenter.org.

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English-speaking journalists are invited to apply for a series of training workshops on human rights issues that will be held in Geneva during the Human Rights Council session from December 1 to 5. Application deadline is November 1.

Participating journalists will contribute to the production of a special issue of the Human Rights Bulletin as well as produce reports for their own media.

The workshops, being organized by the InfoSud Press Agency in collaboration with the Human Rights Tribune, will consist of briefings and interactions with agencies including the UN, NGOs, diplomatic missions and government.

For more information visit http://www.media21geneva.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=289&Itemid=317.

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Magazine publishing executives and managers will gather to discuss cross-border opportunities at the Worldwide Magazine Marketplace, scheduled for November 6 and 7 in Moscow, Russia. Registration is ongoing.

Held by the International Federation of Periodical Press (FIPP, in French), the conference features exhibits and workshops with experienced publishers on the practicalities and pitfalls of licensing, joint-venturing, Internet publishing, and syndication.

Participants may register as publisher exhibitors, smaller exhibitors, and delegates. Costs vary from UK£485 (about US$845) for single FIPP-member delegates to £7,050 (about US$12,245) for platinum exhibitors, which include 10 delegates.

For more information or to register online, visit http://www.magazinemarketplace.com/HOME.asp?m_pid=0&m_nid=28087

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Young journalists and journalism students who are interested in becoming foreign correspondents can enroll in a training course, from January 4 to 12, 2009 in Prague, Czech Republic. Registration is ongoing.

The Foreign Correspondent Training Course, offered by Transitions Online (TOL), provides practical training and guidance from experienced correspondents such as David Rennie, the Economist’s European Union correspondent, Aernout van Lynden, a war correspondent with over 20 years’ experience in print and television, and Michael Jordan, the Christian Science Monitor’s Bratislava-based correspondent.

The list of topics includes how to break into international reporting, pitching ideas to editors, staying sage in dangerous places, and how to bypass official sources of information.

There are only 15 places available. Registration costs EU?1,075 (about US$1,500), which includes tuition, accommodation, breakfast, social events and local transport. There are discounts for previous TOL students and groups of three or more.

For more information, contact Joann Plockova at plockovaj@tol.org, or visit http://www.tol.cz/look/TOL/article_courses.tpl?IdLanguage=1&IdPublication=23&NrIssue=16&NrSection=10&NrArticle=19743.

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Journalists and newsrooms can now access a platform called Publish2 that allows users to bookmark Web pages and organize and share these links on their Web sites for free — a trend known as «link journalism.»

Developed especially for working newsrooms, Publish2 is available for free and can be accessed after registration by an accredited journalist. Using a group feature, multiple reporters in a newsroom can create a list of links around a single news item.

Using Publish2, links can be tagged, edited and selected for republication on a news Web site as a feed or widget, and can be rebranded to match a site’s design.

For more information, go to http://www.publish2.com/ or http://blog.publish2.com/.
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The tenth international radio festival will be held in Tehran, Iran from May 18 to May 20, 2009. Local and national radio stations can begin submitting their programs and podcasts November 30.

The festival is aimed at promoting radio programs at the local, national and international levels and its motto is «Radio, every one, every where.»

Stations can submit two programs for the competition section of the festival. These works should have been produced between November 30, 2007 and November 30, 2008. A copy of the English translation of the programs should also be submitted.

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University students from Central Asia are being invited by Transitions Online (TOL) to participate in a two-week ethics/journalism distance learning course. Application deadline is November 5.

The course is being developed by TOL in cooperation with the BBC World Trust and Guardian Foundations, and admission is free of charge.

Participants who successfully complete the course will be awarded with BBC/TOL/Guardian certificates and will be offered an opportunity to write for TOL on Central Asian issues.

For more information contact Larisa Balanovskaya at balanovskayal@tol.org or check out http://www.tol.org. To apply visit http://forms.tol.cz/form/3/.

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Call for Participants: TOL / BBC World Trust / Guardian Foundation announce a new Distance Journalism Learning course for university students from Central Asia.
Course focus: journalism ethics and standards. Application deadline: November 5, 2008 For more information or to apply, go to: http://training.tol.org

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Journalists with five or more years of experience from around the world can apply for the Nieman International Fellowships to study at Harvard University. Application deadline: December 15.

Candidates must find financial support from sources outside the Nieman Foundation. Qualified applicants are encouraged to apply even if they haven’t received full funding by the deadline. The Foundation then works with fellows to secure the necessary funds.

Applicants from South Africa, Canada and South Korea may choose to follow their own Nieman application, selection process and submission deadlines.

Completed application forms should accompany work samples and two short essays: a statement of career plans and aspirations, and a proposal for study. Fellows begin their academic year at Harvard in mid-August 2009.

For more information, contact nieman_applications@harvard.edu, telephone +1 617 495 2237, or visit http://www.nieman.harvard.edu/NiemanFoundation/NiemanFellowships/TypesOfFellowships/InternationalFellowships.aspx
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The University of Oxford offers a unique funded fellowship program for mid-career journalists at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. The fellowship scheme enables visiting journalists from across the world to do research in Oxford for a period of three to nine months.

Fellows enjoy an opportunity to critically reflect upon their profession, to research a subject of their choice under the supervision of an Oxford academic specializing in that area and to enjoy the breadth of academic, cultural and social life at the University of Oxford. This is not a degree program but the chance for journalists to engage in academic research in their professional fields of interest.

For more information, please see http://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/fellowships/overview.html.
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