Scholarships: Blogging from international climate economy conference in Berlin

Blogging from international climate economy conference in Berlin. The scholarships include travel to and from Berlin and full boarding. 

Photo: Jorge Quinteros / Creative Commons License
March 11, 2010

Are you interested in blogging from a high-profile international conference on climate change and the economy, and take a look behind the scenes? The Heinrich Böll Foundation (HBF) together with Foundation Mercator and the Center for American Progress is organising a conference, “The Great Transformation – Greening the Economy”, from 28-29 May 2010 in Berlin. For this event we are offering three blogger scholarships!

The scholarships include travel to and from Berlin and full boarding. We will also try to offer you exclusive interviews with all speakers. A competent representative from the Heinrich Böll Foundation will be available to you at all time. All your blog entries will be aggregated into the conference website and your blog will be featured in the relevant policy dossiers of the HBS.

All interested bloggers can apply for the scholarship. We will select a mix of interesting applicants. Your application should consist of a short (1-3 paragraphs) motivation, a link to your blog, some information of your blog’s outreach (if available) and potential topics of the conference that you are keen on blogging about.
You can find more information about the conference on the website www.boell.de/greennewdeal. This website will be successively updated.

Please send your application to beier@boell.de until April 6th 2010. Even if not selected for a scholarship, we will seek to give a platform to all bloggers and twitterers at this conference. However, please register as a participant through the conference’s website. Attendance for all participants is for free.

The conference is organised by the Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, Stiftung Mercator and the Center for American Progress.

Attack on Sirasa shows pattern of terrorism against media

The Sri Lanka Chapter of the South Asian Free Media Association (SAFMA Sri Lanka) strongly condemns the attack by a mob of people on the office and studio complex of the Maharaja Broadcasting Company (MBC) and Sirasa TV on March 22, 2010. We note that despite the high security alert in the country enabled by the continued State of Emergency, the mob arrived in a bus in broad daylight, and proceeded to throw stones and other objects at the MBC complex while trying to force their way into the compound. The Police was not seen to arrive until nearly two hours had passed thereby giving complete freedom for this mob to operate in this violent and illegal manner in the heart of Colombo. In fact, reports indicate that it was more the effort of ordinary citizens than that of the Police that resulted in the mob violence being resisted and ended.

SAFMA Sri Lanka has subsequently learnt that those suspects arrested by the Police in this connection were later released on police bail despite the serious nature of the incident in which they are suspected of being involved.

SAFMA Sri Lanka once again expresses its condemnation at yet another incident of violent attack on the mass media. This latest attack indicates that there is no abatement in this terrorist undermining of democracy. The unceasing incidence of violent attacks on media organisations, on media professionals and on activists defending media rights and freedom of expression, indicates a pattern of persistent violence and intimidation that can only be described as terrorism against the Sri Lankan mass media.

While the Government or elements linked to it may or may not have any complicity with this wave of anti-media terrorism, the Government is expected to deploy its considerable counter-terror capabilities to combat this form of terrorism. The failure of the police to respond in time to this incident also shows a pattern of continued police failure to adequately deal with this problem. And the failure of the Government so far to enable the Police to track down and deal with the many perpetrators of this anti-media terror only adds to the alarming environment of impunity for those brutish violators of the law and the subverters of democracy.

We call on the President to take steps to prevent a decline of the democratic credentials of his government and presidency by acting decisively to combat this terrorist menace.

SAFMA Sri Lanka.

Scholarships offered for journalists to attend HIV/AIDS training

Posted on: 24/03/2010
HIV/AIDS
Deadline: 06/04/2010
Region: Worldwide

Journalists with experience covering the social, economic and societal impact of HIV/AIDS are encouraged to apply for one of thirty fellowships to attend a four-day HIV/AIDS program in Vienna, prior to the 18th International AIDS Conference. Application deadline: April 6.

The Journalist to Journalist Project is a program of the U.S.-based National Press Foundation. Preference will be given to those who have not attended an HIV/AIDS program before.

The fellowships will cover airfare to and from Vienna, as well as lodging and meals for the duration of the program.

For more information on the program, or to fill out an application, click here.

International Film Festival to be held in Durban, South Africa

Posted on: 19/03/2010
Documentaries
Deadline: 31/03/2010
Region: Worldwide

2010 Festival dates: 12 - 29 August 2010

12th ENCOUNTERS SOUTH AFRICAN INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL 2010

The organisers of ENCOUNTERS, the annual South African International Documentary Festival, are calling for entries from South African and International filmmakers for 2010 the 12th edition of the festival.

ENCOUNTERS will show a selection of documentary films from around the world, with a particular focus on South African work.

Filmmakers must guarantee, should their film be selected, that permission from the rights holder are secured for a minimum of six screenings at this Festival.
The deadline for submissions is 31st March 2010

Encounters is the only South African distributor dedicated to distributing documentaries to the South African public. Encounters promote and sell films to television, through DVDs and in cinemas.
For additional information feel free to contact Nazeer Ahmed at distribution@encounters.co.za

Best regards,
The Encounters Team
Tel: +27 21 465 4686
Fax: +27 21 461 6964

Download 2010 entry form

Click here to download then 2010 Encounters Entry Form

KODAK scholarships available for film students

Posted on: 19/03/2010
Basic Journalism
Deadline: 14/06/2010
Region: Worldwide

KODAK is offering scholarships to undergraduate and graduate film students who have shown extraordinary skill and talent. Students must be nominated by their respective universities or a program official. Only two nominations allowed per institution. Application deadline: June 14.

Five scholarships are being awarded:

Gold: US$1,000 cash and $5,000 KODAK Motion Picture Product Grant

Silver: $4,000 KODAK Motion Picture Product Grant

Bronze: $3,000 KODAK Motion Picture Product Grant

Honorable Mentions: Two $2,000 KODAK Motion Picture Product Grants

Winners will be published on Kodak's website. For application form, click here.

International Film Festival to be held in Durban, South Africa

Posted on: 19/03/2010DocumentariesDeadline: 31/03/2010Region: Worldwide

The Durban International Film Festival has announced that its 31 st edition will take place from 22 July to 1 August 2010. The festival will present over 200 screenings of films from around the world, with a special focus on films from South African and Africa . Screenings will take place throughout Durban including township areas where cinemas are non-existent. The festival will also offer an extensive seminar and workshop programme featuring local and international filmmakers.

The festival calls for entries from around the world. Feature films, short films and documentaries are all welcome. The festival does have a competition component. The deadline for entries is 31 March 2010 for short films and documentaries; 15 April 2010 for feature films. Early submissions are encouraged.

The entry form is available on the web: www.cca.ukzn.ac.za

For more information visit: www.cca.ukzn.ac.za , email diff@ukzn.ac.za or call +27 (0)31 260 2506.

The Durban International Film Festival is organised by the Centre for Creative Arts ( University of KwaZulu-Natal ) with principal support by the National Film and Video Foundation, KwaZulu-Natal Department of Economic Development, HIVOS, the German Embassy, the Goethe-Institut South Africa, and the City of Durban.

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For media queries contact:
Sharlene Versfeld
Tel: 031-8115628
Fax: 0866827334 

Fellowship to cover 65th UN General Assembly in New York

Posted on: 16/03/2010
Deadline: 09/04/2010
Region: Worldwide

Journalists from developing nations between the ages of 25 and 35 are encouraged to apply to a fellowship program that will send recipients to New York for approximately two months to cover the United Nations General Assembly. Deadline: April 9.

Applicants to the fellowship, called the Dag Hammarskjöld Scholarship Fund for Journalists 2010, must be currently employed by a legitimate media organization. Fellowships will pay travel and accomodations in New York for approximately two months as well as a per diem allowance.

Applications will not be accepted from Egypt, Pakistan, Phillipines and Ghana, as those were the winning nations of 2009.

For more information, visit the Web site here. For specific questions, e-mail info@unjournalismfellowship.org

Fellowship available for trauma journalism trainers

Posted on: 12/03/2010

Conflict, Training-of-Trainers

Deadline: 26/03/2010

Region: Worldwide

A fellowship in New York City will provide journalism educators with techniques for preparing students to report on the sensitive nature of human tragedy. Deadline: March 26.

The program will be held June 17 through 19 at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in New York City, through the U.S.-based Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma.

The program will include seminars and trainings involving the latest research on the science of trauma, techniques for effectively gathering the details of tragedies, and coping mechanisms for journalists who cover these difficult stories.

Those eligible are college and university journalism faculty working in the regions of Dart Center programs -- North America, Europe and Australasia. Program facilitators will select 12 educators to participate in the fellowship. The Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma will provide airfare and hotel accommodations in New York City. After the seminar, fellows will receive up to US$500 each to create educational projects at their home institutions.

For more information click here.

Scripps Howard Semester in Washington - Internship Program

Posted on: 10/03/2010

The Scripps Howard Foundation Semester in Washington internship program brings two international students per year to Washington, D.C., to work at the Scripps Howard News Service for a semester. The internship is designed to give international students an opportunity to cover events in the U.S. capital, as well as to report and write feature stories for the Scripps Howard Foundation Wire. Stories written by Scripps Howard interns may be published in newspapers across the United States.

The internship is open to undergraduate journalism or communications students who intend to pursue careers in journalism after graduation. Interns must be fluent in both spoken and written English. Interns who are selected in the program will work in one of two periods: January to April or September to December.

The internship is sponsored by the Scripps Howard Foundation, which strives to advance the cause of a free press through support of excellence in journalism, quality journalism education and professional development. International participants in the program are recruited and selected by the International Center for Journalists, which provides training and other assistance to journalists across the globe.

Interested journalism students apply online starting March 1. The deadline to apply is April 30 (for the September to December term).

Youth video competition seeks entries on migration and diversity

PLURAL+ 2010 Youth Video Festival

© UNICEF/NYHQ2009-0963/Simona Caleo

Recognizing youth as powerful agents of social change in a world often characterized by intolerance, cultural and religious divisions, PLURAL+ is aimed at involving youth in addressing the key challenges in their communities related to migrant integration, inclusiveness, identity, diversity, human rights and social cohesiveness.

PLURAL+ invites young media makers up to 25 years of age to submit their videos. Deadline for entries is 30 June, 2010.

Please read the rules and regulations

UNITED NATIONS TELEVISION on PLURAL + : click here!

Interested in Media Literacy and Youth Media? click here!

International AIDS Training Fellowships in Vienna Offered

Apply now for J2J Vienna fellowships
Posted on: 05/03/2010

Improve your coverage of HIV/AIDS through the National Press Foundation's highly rated J2J HIV/AIDS global media training program. Set for July 14 to 17, 2010 in Vienna, the training will include sessions from top experts on the economy, science and social issues, and will be tailored to the agenda of the 2010 International AIDS Conference, to be held July 18 to 23.

This training will prepare participants to cover the IAC conference, and will offer specialized sessions to learn practical journalism skills for reporting the HIV/AIDS story. See multimedia from last year’s program in Cape Town here. Fellowships include air travel, lodging, per diem and most meals.

The deadline to apply is Tuesday, April 6. Application materials must be submitted in English or include an English translation. Applications or material sent via airmail or email will not be considered. Click here for details.

In pictures: Seminar and discussion on women’s participation in politics in Sri Lanka

In pictures: Seminar and discussion on women’s participation in politics in Sri Lanka