South Asian Women in Media (SAWM) Sri Lanka Chapter, in association with Sri Lanka Water Partnership and NetWater is organising a one day Workshop and Training Programme on how best to report on water and sanitation issues. The Workshop/Training Programme is scheduled to be held at CENWOR on Monday, March 28, 2011, and will cover such issues as the status of sanitation cover in Sri Lanka, how to communicate the sanitation story, school sanitation and internally displaced & their sanitation status.
The Workshop/Training programme will be conducted in Sinhala and Tamil. Translations will be provided where necessary.
Journalists covering water and sanitation issues interested in participating in the Workshop/Training Programme are invited to send in their application before 15 March 2011, to safmasrilanka@gmail.com or sawmsrilanka@gmail.com with the following information:
· Name of participant:
· Name or organisation:
· A brief note on your experience covering water and sanitation issues
· Contact Address:
· Telephone/Mobile:
Journalists are advised to send in their application before 15 March, 2011 as participants will be selected on a first come first serve basis.
08 March 2011
07 March 2011
Call for papers on digital media
Deadline:
15/04/11
The Arab-US Association of Communication Educators (AUSACE), is calling for papers on new media for its upcoming October conference in Lebanon.
The conference, hosted by the Media Studies Program at the American University of Beirut on October 28-31, 2011, has as its theme Digital & Media Literacy: New Directions. AUSACE is the largest association of communication and media studies educators bringing together Arab, US and International scholars.
Mobile phones, blogs, online social networks, wikis, user-generated news, and a plethora of ubiquitous digital media have facilitated access to information; allowed people from around the globe to connect; offered enormous potential for communication about, from, and among civil society groups, democracy advocates, and political activists; and presented new possibilities for national development projects—and lately for cataclysmic public uprisings and revolutions in the Arab world.
Researchers, scholars, experts and advanced graduate students interested in presenting at AUSACE 2011 are required to first submit an abstract of their research, panel, or poster by April 15.
For more information, click here.
Competition for investigative journalists
Deadline: 19/04/11
Dusko Jovanovic Foundation
Investigative journalists and organizations can enter an international competition.
http://ijnet.org/opportunities/competition-investigative-journalists-open-worldwide
The Dusko Jovanovic prize, sponsored by the Dusko Jovanovic Foundation, is awarded for achievements in investigative journalism, and combating social injustice. It is awarded every four years, and was established in honor of the Montenegro investigative journalist, Dusko Jovanovic.
The prize is open to candidates from to journalists as well as media companies, scientific institutions, journalist organizations, non-government organizations and universities.
The entry fee for individuals is €50 and the fee for organizations is €120. The winner will receive €20,000 (about US$27,900).
For more information, click here.
Dusko Jovanovic Foundation
Investigative journalists and organizations can enter an international competition.
http://ijnet.org/opportunities/competition-investigative-journalists-open-worldwide
The Dusko Jovanovic prize, sponsored by the Dusko Jovanovic Foundation, is awarded for achievements in investigative journalism, and combating social injustice. It is awarded every four years, and was established in honor of the Montenegro investigative journalist, Dusko Jovanovic.
The prize is open to candidates from to journalists as well as media companies, scientific institutions, journalist organizations, non-government organizations and universities.
The entry fee for individuals is €50 and the fee for organizations is €120. The winner will receive €20,000 (about US$27,900).
For more information, click here.
23 February 2011
Editorial cartoon competition
Deadline: 17/04/11
Center for International Private Enterprise
Cartoonists can enter an editorial cartoon competition.
http://ijnet.org/opportunities/editorial-cartoon-competition-seeks-entries-worldwide
The Global Editorial Cartoon Competition, sponsored by the Center for International Private Enterprise, invites entries that capture key issues affecting the development of the cartoonist's country. The three categories are: democracy, corruption and gender equality.
Judges include Pat Oliphant, a Pulitzer-Prize-winning political cartoonist, and Michael Duffy, the Assistant Managing Editor of TIME. The final winners will be selected through a public online voting process.
The competition is open to all ages and to both professional and amateur cartoonists. The first place winner in each category will receive US$1,000, and there are also cash prizes for second and third place.
Captions can be in Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, or Spanish but an English translation must be provided. For more information, click here.
Center for International Private Enterprise
Cartoonists can enter an editorial cartoon competition.
http://ijnet.org/opportunities/editorial-cartoon-competition-seeks-entries-worldwide
The Global Editorial Cartoon Competition, sponsored by the Center for International Private Enterprise, invites entries that capture key issues affecting the development of the cartoonist's country. The three categories are: democracy, corruption and gender equality.
Judges include Pat Oliphant, a Pulitzer-Prize-winning political cartoonist, and Michael Duffy, the Assistant Managing Editor of TIME. The final winners will be selected through a public online voting process.
The competition is open to all ages and to both professional and amateur cartoonists. The first place winner in each category will receive US$1,000, and there are also cash prizes for second and third place.
Captions can be in Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, or Spanish but an English translation must be provided. For more information, click here.
10 February 2011
Fellowship available for international media executives
Deadline: 11/02/11
The American Press Institute
Location: Washington, DCUnited States See map: Google Maps
International media executives from emerging democracies are invited to apply for a fellowship to attend a seminar organized by the American Press Institute.
The James H. Ottaway Sr. fellowships aim to improve the independent editorial content and financial strength of daily newspapers in new democracies.
Fellows receive seminar tuition, accommodation, meals and airfare from the country of origin to Washington, D.C. to attend seminars. This year's API seminar line-up includes hot-button journalism topics such as "Mobile Media: Opportunities on the Move," from July 18-19 and "The Next Generation of Media Managers," held Nov. 14-15.
Applicants must have at least five years experience as a high-ranking publisher, editor or general manager. Fluency in English is also required.
For more information, click here, or contact Carol Ann Riordan at CRiordan@americanpressinstitute.org.
The American Press Institute
Location: Washington, DCUnited States See map: Google Maps
International media executives from emerging democracies are invited to apply for a fellowship to attend a seminar organized by the American Press Institute.
The James H. Ottaway Sr. fellowships aim to improve the independent editorial content and financial strength of daily newspapers in new democracies.
Fellows receive seminar tuition, accommodation, meals and airfare from the country of origin to Washington, D.C. to attend seminars. This year's API seminar line-up includes hot-button journalism topics such as "Mobile Media: Opportunities on the Move," from July 18-19 and "The Next Generation of Media Managers," held Nov. 14-15.
Applicants must have at least five years experience as a high-ranking publisher, editor or general manager. Fluency in English is also required.
For more information, click here, or contact Carol Ann Riordan at CRiordan@americanpressinstitute.org.
Street paper competition seeks entries [Worldwide]
Deadline: 01/03/11
International Network of Street Papers
Journalists working for street papers that support social change can enter a competition.
http://ijnet.org/opportunities/street-paper-competition-seeks-entries-worldwide
The International Street Paper Awards, sponsored by the International Network of Street Papers, celebrate the impact of street papers as independent social media and advocates for justice.
There are six award categories available for street papers, and one award available to a mainstream media outlet that has advocated for the rights of homeless people. The chairman of the judging panel is David Schlesinger, the former Editor-In-Chief for Reuters News.
Entries must have been published between January 1, 2009 and December 31, 2010. For more information,click here.
International Network of Street Papers
Journalists working for street papers that support social change can enter a competition.
http://ijnet.org/opportunities/street-paper-competition-seeks-entries-worldwide
The International Street Paper Awards, sponsored by the International Network of Street Papers, celebrate the impact of street papers as independent social media and advocates for justice.
There are six award categories available for street papers, and one award available to a mainstream media outlet that has advocated for the rights of homeless people. The chairman of the judging panel is David Schlesinger, the former Editor-In-Chief for Reuters News.
Entries must have been published between January 1, 2009 and December 31, 2010. For more information,click here.
01 February 2011
UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize 2011
UNESCO invites Member States, regional and international organizations, professional and non-governmental organizations working in the field of journalism and freedom of expression to nominate candidates for the UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize 2011.
The purpose of the Prize, supported by the Guillermo Cano Foundation, the Nicholas B. Ottaway Foundation and JP/Politiken Newspapers LTD, is to honour a person, organization or institution that has made a notable contribution to the defence and/or promotion of press freedom anywhere in the world, especially if this involved risk.
The prize is intended to reward journalists who have shown dedication in the name of freedom of expression and information and to afford them the international recognition they deserve. Awarded annually, the Prize is marked by a ceremony and the winner is presented with the sum of US$25,000.
The 2011 Prize will be awarded during the World Press Freedom Day conference, which will take place in May.
How to submit your nomination
Nominations for the Prize should be submitted by filling out the form in English or French and sending it before 15 February 2011 by normal mail or by email to:
UNESCO
Division for Freedom of Expression, Democracy and Peace
1, rue Miollis
75732 Paris cedex 15
France
Tel: 33.1.45.68.42.12
Fax: 33.1.45.68.55.84
E-mail: s.coudray(at)unesco.org
The purpose of the Prize, supported by the Guillermo Cano Foundation, the Nicholas B. Ottaway Foundation and JP/Politiken Newspapers LTD, is to honour a person, organization or institution that has made a notable contribution to the defence and/or promotion of press freedom anywhere in the world, especially if this involved risk.
The prize is intended to reward journalists who have shown dedication in the name of freedom of expression and information and to afford them the international recognition they deserve. Awarded annually, the Prize is marked by a ceremony and the winner is presented with the sum of US$25,000.
The 2011 Prize will be awarded during the World Press Freedom Day conference, which will take place in May.
How to submit your nomination
Nominations for the Prize should be submitted by filling out the form in English or French and sending it before 15 February 2011 by normal mail or by email to:
UNESCO
Division for Freedom of Expression, Democracy and Peace
1, rue Miollis
75732 Paris cedex 15
France
Tel: 33.1.45.68.42.12
Fax: 33.1.45.68.55.84
E-mail: s.coudray(at)unesco.org
25 January 2011
Knight International Journalism Fellowships
Fellowship Openings
The Knight International Journalism Fellowships program makes lasting, visible changes that improve the quality and free flow of news in the public interest around the world. Funded by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, the year-long program sends international media professionals to countries where there are opportunities to promote reliable, insightful journalism that holds officials accountable.
Knight International Fellows work in these key regions: Asia/Pacific, Eurasia/Former Soviet Union, Latin America, Middle East/North Africa, and Sub-Saharan African.
Qualifications and Skills:
- Strong leadership qualities
- Fluency in the local language of the host country
- Demonstrated knowledge of project focus and experience in project medium/media
- Minimum of 10 years journalism experience
- Training experience is a plus
- Fellowship is open to any nationality
- Fellowship duration is a minimum of one year, unless otherwise specified
An orientation program for new Knight International Journalism Fellows providing information about the Fellowships and training in digital media, mentoring techniques and monitoring and evaluation methods takes place twice annually.
Country: Bangladesh
Project Description: In honor of Rebecca Lipkin’s dedication to broadcast journalism and her work as a Knight International Journalism Fellow training journalists in Eastern Europe in 1999, the International Center for Journalists will send a fellow to Bangladesh in early 2011. For approximately a one-month period, the Rapid-Response Fellow will support the development of the Television News Agency (TvNA). Launched in 2009 by the Bangladesh Centre for Development, Journalism and Communication (BCDJC) and Knight International Journalism Fellow Kawser Mahmud, TvNA is the first women’s broadcast news agency in Bangladesh. In partnership with BCDJC, the fellow will help women journalists produce quality programming on issues that affect women and children for TvNA. The fellow also will help TvNA and its partners develop better newsroom management practices. The ideal candidate will have broadcast journalism and media-management experience.
Requirements:
10 years of broadcast journalism experience
Media-management experience
Demonstrated understanding of best journalistic practices
Journalism training or teaching experience
Country: Nigeria
Project Description: The fellow will lead a one-year project in partnership with key local media organizations, mentoring and training journalists to improve the quality, quantity and impact of health coverage. The project will work to create coverage that affects policy and helps save the lives of those threatened by deadly diseases such as HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis. The fellow will help build networks of health journalists that connect with each other to develop sources and resources and serve as mentors for their colleagues. The project also aims to improve business-management practices to make health reporting sustainable.
Language Requirement: English required, Hausa or Yoruba preferred.
Skills: Experience as media trainer/manager, background in health journalism.
To apply click: http://www.knight.icfj.org/OurFellows/ApplyforaFellowship/tabid/64/Default.aspx
The Knight International Journalism Fellowships program makes lasting, visible changes that improve the quality and free flow of news in the public interest around the world. Funded by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, the year-long program sends international media professionals to countries where there are opportunities to promote reliable, insightful journalism that holds officials accountable.
Knight International Fellows work in these key regions: Asia/Pacific, Eurasia/Former Soviet Union, Latin America, Middle East/North Africa, and Sub-Saharan African.
Qualifications and Skills:
- Strong leadership qualities
- Fluency in the local language of the host country
- Demonstrated knowledge of project focus and experience in project medium/media
- Minimum of 10 years journalism experience
- Training experience is a plus
- Fellowship is open to any nationality
- Fellowship duration is a minimum of one year, unless otherwise specified
An orientation program for new Knight International Journalism Fellows providing information about the Fellowships and training in digital media, mentoring techniques and monitoring and evaluation methods takes place twice annually.
Country: Bangladesh
Project Description: In honor of Rebecca Lipkin’s dedication to broadcast journalism and her work as a Knight International Journalism Fellow training journalists in Eastern Europe in 1999, the International Center for Journalists will send a fellow to Bangladesh in early 2011. For approximately a one-month period, the Rapid-Response Fellow will support the development of the Television News Agency (TvNA). Launched in 2009 by the Bangladesh Centre for Development, Journalism and Communication (BCDJC) and Knight International Journalism Fellow Kawser Mahmud, TvNA is the first women’s broadcast news agency in Bangladesh. In partnership with BCDJC, the fellow will help women journalists produce quality programming on issues that affect women and children for TvNA. The fellow also will help TvNA and its partners develop better newsroom management practices. The ideal candidate will have broadcast journalism and media-management experience.
Requirements:
10 years of broadcast journalism experience
Media-management experience
Demonstrated understanding of best journalistic practices
Journalism training or teaching experience
Country: Nigeria
Project Description: The fellow will lead a one-year project in partnership with key local media organizations, mentoring and training journalists to improve the quality, quantity and impact of health coverage. The project will work to create coverage that affects policy and helps save the lives of those threatened by deadly diseases such as HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis. The fellow will help build networks of health journalists that connect with each other to develop sources and resources and serve as mentors for their colleagues. The project also aims to improve business-management practices to make health reporting sustainable.
Language Requirement: English required, Hausa or Yoruba preferred.
Skills: Experience as media trainer/manager, background in health journalism.
To apply click: http://www.knight.icfj.org/OurFellows/ApplyforaFellowship/tabid/64/Default.aspx
19 January 2011
Funding available to women media entrepreneurs
Deadline: April 4, 2011
J-Lab: The Institute for Interactive Journalism and the McCormick Foundation are seeking to fund four women-led projects that will rock the world of journalism.
We will fund individuals who have original ideas to create new Web sites, mobile news services or other entrepreneurial initiatives that offer interactive opportunities to engage, inspire and improve news and information in a geographic community or a community of interest.
What is your juicy idea? What’s been stirring in your mind? What work do you feel compelled to do? How can you improve or redefine journalism? What new project would give people the information they need to make decisions or help make the world a better place? Whose voice isn’t being heard?
The McCormick New Media Women Entrepreneurs program will give one-time funding of $12,000 to women who have the vision, skills and experience to launch a new venture. These can be solo ideas or team projects spearheaded by women.
Eligibility:
Funding is available for start-ups only.
Projects must launch (at least a live beta) within 10 months.
Projects must have a plan for continuing after initial funding has ended.
Projects must have journalistic value.
Projects may be independent or housed within traditional media.
Personal blogs or one-time documentaries will not be funded.
Awardees will receive funding through a subcontract if they are an individual or affiliated with a business; and through a grant if they are affiliated with a non-profit institution.
Strong applicants would:
Provide information to help people live their lives or make informed civic choices.
Adhere to principles of accuracy, truth and fairness.
Advance women in the news industry.
Show promise of being replicable or scalable.
Recipients must agree to post brief weekly blog updates to thewww.newmediawomen.org Web site sharing their process and experience during the development stage. Recipients agree to participate and share lessons learned at a conference of new media women entrepreneurs in Spring 2011.
NOTE: Funding may not be used to cover indirect or overhead costs. Fiscal sponsors may not take a percentage of New Media Women funding.
Questions? Chat with us here!
Start Your Application
J-Lab: The Institute for Interactive Journalism and the McCormick Foundation are seeking to fund four women-led projects that will rock the world of journalism.
We will fund individuals who have original ideas to create new Web sites, mobile news services or other entrepreneurial initiatives that offer interactive opportunities to engage, inspire and improve news and information in a geographic community or a community of interest.
What is your juicy idea? What’s been stirring in your mind? What work do you feel compelled to do? How can you improve or redefine journalism? What new project would give people the information they need to make decisions or help make the world a better place? Whose voice isn’t being heard?
The McCormick New Media Women Entrepreneurs program will give one-time funding of $12,000 to women who have the vision, skills and experience to launch a new venture. These can be solo ideas or team projects spearheaded by women.
Eligibility:
Funding is available for start-ups only.
Projects must launch (at least a live beta) within 10 months.
Projects must have a plan for continuing after initial funding has ended.
Projects must have journalistic value.
Projects may be independent or housed within traditional media.
Personal blogs or one-time documentaries will not be funded.
Awardees will receive funding through a subcontract if they are an individual or affiliated with a business; and through a grant if they are affiliated with a non-profit institution.
Strong applicants would:
Provide information to help people live their lives or make informed civic choices.
Adhere to principles of accuracy, truth and fairness.
Advance women in the news industry.
Show promise of being replicable or scalable.
Recipients must agree to post brief weekly blog updates to thewww.newmediawomen.org Web site sharing their process and experience during the development stage. Recipients agree to participate and share lessons learned at a conference of new media women entrepreneurs in Spring 2011.
NOTE: Funding may not be used to cover indirect or overhead costs. Fiscal sponsors may not take a percentage of New Media Women funding.
Questions? Chat with us here!
Start Your Application
13 January 2011
UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize 2011
UNESCO invites Member States, regional and international organizations, professional and non-governmental organizations working in the field of journalism and freedom of expression to nominate candidates for the UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize 2011.
The purpose of the Prize, supported by the Guillermo Cano Foundation, the Nicholas B. Ottaway Foundation and JP/Politiken Newspapers LTD, is to honour a person, organization or institution that has made a notable contribution to the defence and/or promotion of press freedom anywhere in the world, especially if this involved risk.
The prize is intended to reward journalists who have shown dedication in the name of freedom of expression and information and to afford them the international recognition they deserve. Awarded annually, the Prize is marked by a ceremony and the winner is presented with the sum of US$25,000.
The 2011 Prize will be awarded during the World Press Freedom Day conference, which will take place in May.
How to submit your nomination
Nominations for the Prize should be submitted by filling out the form in English or French and sending it before 15 February 2011 by normal mail or by email to:
UNESCO
Division for Freedom of Expression, Democracy and Peace
1, rue Miollis
75732 Paris cedex 15
France
Tel: 33.1.45.68.42.12
Fax: 33.1.45.68.55.84
E-mail: s.coudray(at)unesco.org
The purpose of the Prize, supported by the Guillermo Cano Foundation, the Nicholas B. Ottaway Foundation and JP/Politiken Newspapers LTD, is to honour a person, organization or institution that has made a notable contribution to the defence and/or promotion of press freedom anywhere in the world, especially if this involved risk.
The prize is intended to reward journalists who have shown dedication in the name of freedom of expression and information and to afford them the international recognition they deserve. Awarded annually, the Prize is marked by a ceremony and the winner is presented with the sum of US$25,000.
The 2011 Prize will be awarded during the World Press Freedom Day conference, which will take place in May.
How to submit your nomination
Nominations for the Prize should be submitted by filling out the form in English or French and sending it before 15 February 2011 by normal mail or by email to:
UNESCO
Division for Freedom of Expression, Democracy and Peace
1, rue Miollis
75732 Paris cedex 15
France
Tel: 33.1.45.68.42.12
Fax: 33.1.45.68.55.84
E-mail: s.coudray(at)unesco.org
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