(Knight Center) Journalists, news industry executives, and academics from the United States, Latin America, Europe, and Asia will discuss the state of online journalism and its future at the 10th annual International Symposium on Online Journalism, April 17-18, at the University of Texas at Austin. The annual event has been organized since 1999 by Professor Rosental C. [..]

The Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas at the University of Texas at Austin has just published a Portuguese-language edition of the e-book How to Write for the Web, written by Colombian journalist Guillermo Franco and translated by Brazilian journalist Marcelo Soares. [..]

(Bloomberg)Journalists face “severe risks” in South Asia, where members of the media are regularly killed and authorities fail to solve the crimes, the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said in a report. [..]

Article 19 has prepared a Memorandum assessing the compatibility of a set of five draft laws on media regulation and the right of information- prepared on behalf of UNDP for consideration by the authorities in Timor Leste – with international standards of freedom on expression. [..]

Article 19 has written to the British Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, along with members of the Cabinet and members of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights; to urge an amendment to UK legislation on criminal libel. source: http://www.article19.org/pdfs/press/united-kingdom-article-19-lobbies-uk-government-to-repeal-libel-laws.pdf

(Guardian)The Guardian has compiled detailed evidence of alleged war crimes committed by Israel during the 23-day offensive against Gaza earlier this year, involving the use of Palestinian children as human shields, the targeting of medics and hospitals, and drone aircraft firing on civilians. [..]

Deadline: 30/03/2009 Country: Russia (IJnet) Members of the media community of St. Petersburg, Russia, are invited to cast their votes online for outstanding media in 2008 in a variety of categories. Deadline: March 30. Source: https://www.ijnet.org/ijnet/training_opportunities/st_petersburg_journalists_can_vote_for_the_best_in_media_in_2008

(Press gazette) Police obstruction of journalists covering demonstrations is "unacceptable"' and more needs to be done to make officers aware of the rules, a parliamentary committee has found. [..]

Deadline: 25/03/2009 Region: Asia and the Pacific (IJnet)Media in times of crisis will be the theme of this year's Asia Media Conference to be held March 25 to 27, in Bangkok, Thailand. Journalists, subject experts, civil society activists and policy makers from throughout Asia are expected to participate. [..]

(blog RNW)TV channel Euronews and Turkey’s state-run television and radio broadcaster TRT have reached an agreement to launch broadcasts in the Turkish language starting in 2010. The Turkish broadcasts will target the Turkish population residing in the Caucasus, Central Asia and Europe. 20 journalists of TRT will be sent to Euronews headquarters in Lyon, France. [..]