(Ijnet) Full-time professional journalists in Southeast Asia can apply for a five-day course on reporting crises and disasters, to take place in Hanoi, Vietnam. Deadline: October 18. The course will take place November 1 to 5. It will consist of briefings and practical writing exercises that address the concerns, challenges, and techniques involved in reporting on international crises. [..]

(ICFJ) The International Center for Journalists is offering an online course on journalism ethics for Turkish journalists from August 6 to September 17. Deadline to apply is July 30. [..]

(Ijnet) The Forum for African Investigative Reporters (FAIR) is offering grants to investigative journalists in Africa to further their research on investigative pieces.Submissions must be received by July 31. Two grants are available worth US$3,713 each. Eight grants worth US$618 each are intended to fund investigative stories that would not otherwise be published. Source: http://www.ijnet. [..]

(Knight Centre) Venezuelan journalists can apply until June 6, 2010, for the Knight Center's free online course "Electoral Coverage and Democracy," timed to prepare reporters and editors to cover the parliamentary election in September. The course will take place June 28-Aug. 11, and it is the Knight Center's first program directed exclusively to Venezuelan colleagues. [..]

The Deutsche Welle Global Media Forum 2010 will address and assess the pivotal issues that have consigned the world to such a precarious state and seek a viable way out by looking at the role of the media on an international, national and local level. [..]

(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. [..]

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) Young professionals interested in the field of conflict-journalism may now apply to attend a "Media in Conflicts Seminar" (MICS) to be held in Herzliya, Israel, from June 13 to 17. The seminar will focus on the difficulties of reporting in conflict situations and will attempt to provide the skills necessary to promote balanced coverage. [..]

(Ijnet) Iraqi journalists and photojournalists are invited to attend a training workshop on hostile environments and first aid, to be held in the northern city of Erbil from May 30 to June 6. The workshop is organized by the Baghdad-based Journalistic Freedoms Observatory (JFO) and the Institute of War and Peace Reporting (IWPR). [..]

This Conference will take place in Bucharest (Romania), from 28 to 30 May. This Conference is jointly organised by the Media Diversity Institute and the Romanian Centre for Independent Journalism with the support of EU’s Fundamental Right Agency and the Council of Europe. [..]