Deadline:20/04/11
Transitions Online (TOL)

Media professionals and citizen journalists from Central Asia — Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Turkmenistan — are encouraged to apply for a distance learning course about improving coverage of minority groups.

Called “Painting a Fairer Picture: Improving the Coverage of Ethnic and other Minorities,” it was developed by Transitions Online (TOL), a Prague-based international publishing and media development organization. Citizens of those countries who live elsewhere are also invited to apply. Participation is free of charge.

During the course, participants will take five theoretical modules. Each module consists of a text on a specific subject, questions about the text and a practical writing assignment. Throughout the course an experienced trainer will answer questions and provide detailed feedback on their writing. The working language is Russian and the course lasts five weeks.

Participants who complete the training successfully will be awarded TOL certificates. The top performers will be eligible for full scholarships to TOL journalism training courses in Prague. In addition, successful participants will be offered an opportunity to become paid contributors on Central Asian issues to TOL’s award-winning internet magazine.

The National Endowment for Democracy, a private, nonprofit organization created in 1983 to strengthen democratic institutions around the world, sponsors this project.

For more information (in Russian), click here: http://www.tol.org/client/training/course/21726-painting-a-fairer-picture-improving-the-coverage-of-ethnic-and-other-minorities.html

http://ijnet.org/opportunities/online-course-improving-journalism-coverage-minorities-offered-centra