Activities

(Ijnet) Journalists, editors and media managers are invited to participate in an online course on new business models for journalism, offered by the Digital Journalism Center. Deadline: May 7. The course is comprised of an online as well as an in-class component. The online course is scheduled for June 19 to July 30, followed by the in-class component from August 18 to 20 in Guadalajara, Mexico. [..]

Workshop

New Dart Fellowship Offers Training for Journalism Educators

June 17, 2010 - June 19, 2010

No matter what the beat or medium, young journalists are almost certain to encounter human tragedy in the course of their work. But few student journalists are trained to recognize trauma and stress reactions in survivors, to make informed ethical choices about trauma news, or to deal with their own emotional reactions while on the job. [..]

(Ijnet) Arab journalists working in print, broadcast and online journalism are invited to apply for a six-week online training course in Investigative Journalism that will be held from May 17 to June 26. The course is offered by the Qatar-based Al Jazeera Media Training and Development Center and the Washington D.C.-based International Center for Journalists (ICFJ). See: http://www.icfj. [..]

Conference

Reporting New Realities in Asia and the Pacific, Hong Kong

April 25, 2010 - April 28, 2010

(East West Centre) The conference, hosted on the University of Hong Kong campus, is open to all media professionals. Build new networks and information sources among an anticipated 200 plus journalists and other professionals from the United States and countries throughout Asia and the Pacific. [..]

(Ijnet)Germany's International Institute for Journalism (IIJ) will host a ten-day training for journalists in West Africa titled "Media's Role in Conflict -- Transformation and Peace Building." Journalists from print media, news agencies, and online publications are welcome to apply. The course will held April 19 to 30 in Accra, Ghana. [..]

(Ijnet) Mexican journalists who cover drug trafficking, organized crime, or business/government corruption are invited to take an online course on high-risk journalism. The course will be held April 10 to May 8. Deadline: March 26. The online course has 35 spots available for Mexican journalists. After the course, 25 participants will join the in-class component in Guadalajara. [..]

Conference

Media Research Conference 2010, Kathmandu

March 25, 2010 - March 26, 2010

(Martin Chautar)The transformation that Nepali media has undergone after the popular movement of 1990 is truly remarkable. This sector has influenced Nepali public life in important ways, Academics/ researchers have paid attention to various facets of this influential sector. However, Nepali media researchers have not come together to share and discuss their work in a conference setting. [..]

(Ijnet) The Association of Caribbean MediaWorkers (ACM) invites journalists from Trinidad and Tobago to a one-day training on the coverage of elections. The workshop will take place at the United Nations Information Centre for the Caribbean Area on March 6. The workshop will be led by ACM President Wesley Gibbings and veteran journalists Lennox Grant and Raoul Pantin. [..]

Workshop

Digital photography course offered in Delhi

March 06, 2010 - March 06, 2010

(Ijnet) On March 6, multi-media journalist Adam Jadhav will conduct a free one-day workshop on digital photography for working journalists and students in the Delhi metropolitan area. Participants will learn how to compose a photo, how to effectively illustrate a story and more in this hands-on training. Source: http://www.ijnet. [..]

(Knight Centre) Journalists need more than a basic understanding of new technology to work in the digital media environment. To teach Latin American and Caribbean reporters and editors to go beyond the basics of digital journalism, the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas is offering the online course in Spanish, “Digital Media Project Development,” which will take place Feb. [..]