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Join TOL’s international reporting course and you’ll spend nine days in Prague learning how to be a foreign correspondent, through both training sessions and a practical reporting project.
Training from experienced journalists
Our trainers are all experienced foreign correspondents. The team confirmed to date includes: Rob Cameron, the BBC’s correspondent for the Czech Republic and Slovakia; Michael Jordan, a correspondent for The Christian Science Monitor; Patti McCracken, a freelance journalist based in Vienna; David Rennie, The Economist’s man in Brussels; Aernout van Lynden, a war correspondent with over 20 years’ experience in print and television and Dean Cox, a photojournalist whose work has appeared in publications such as The New York Times and The International Herald Tribune.
What will you learn?
By tapping into the instructors’ first-hand experiences, you will learn the essential skills of international reporting, including:
— how to break into foreign reporting
— finding your feet in a foreign country
— pitching your ideas to editors
— finding the story no one else has
— staying safe in dangerous and unpredictable places
— and much more…see the course content page for more details.
Reporting project
Under the guidance of TOL trainers, you’ll file your own story from Prague. We’ll work with you from the initial idea to the final edit, offering advice, encouragement and constructive criticism along the way.
Social and cultural activities
Prague is a great city to visit, and the course includes a range of activities to give you time to socialize with your fellow participants, absorb the local culture and enjoy the city’s many delights! Have a look at the social programme for more information.
Accommodation & training venue
You will be staying at the new four-star Iris hotel, where the training sessions will also be held. Click on housing & meals for more information.
Course fees
The course fee is just ?1,075 (US$1,595), including accommodation. For information about what the fees include, and what they don’t, go to the course fees page.
Optional additional reporting trip
Why not spend a further week in Central and Eastern Europe, applying your new-found skills to file your own story? Under the guidance of an experienced journalist, you’ll tackle a reporting assignment in a country of your choice. Click on additional opportunities for more information.
Who can apply?
The course is open to university and college students, and working journalists. Others with a serious interest in journalism can also apply. More details are given in the eligibility section.
Click here to apply: http://forms.tol.cz/form/38/
If you have any questions please email plockovaj@tol.org.
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