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.

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