(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. [..]

First South East and Central Europe Investigative Journalism Days will be held in Becici/Budva, Montenegro, from 24 - 26 May 2010. The event is being organised in cooperation with the Austrian Development Cooperation (ADC). [..]

(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. [..]

(Knight Centre) The Center for Latin American Journalism (CELAP) will hold the workshop “New techniques to investigate corruption” on May 6–7, 2010, in Antigua, Guatemala. The instructor is renown Argentine journalist Daniel Santoro, who has conducted numerous investigations into government corruption, national security, and international drug trafficking. Check: http://www.celap.net/

(Knight Centre) Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE) will hold one of its popular Watchdog Workshops in San Diego, May 1–2, 2010. Sessions will be offered in both English and Spanish, and bilingual experts from both Mexico and the United States will address ways to improve coverage of regional issues such as immigration, corruption, crime, and the environment. [..]

(Ijnet) Colombia-based organization Consejo de Redacción (CdR) is organizing an investigative journalism meeting on April 30 and May 1 in Bogotá. The meeting will feature international experts who will offer "an overview of what is going on with investigative jornalism in several countries." Source: http://www.ijnet. [..]

(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) Journalists from across the Arab world are invited to apply for a six-week Arabic language online training course on covering labor issues. Deadline to apply: April 15. The course, to be held from April 23 to June 4, is being organized by the Washington D.C.-based International Center for Journalists (ICFJ). T Source: http://www.ijnet. [..]

(Knight Centre) Journalists, news industry executives and academics from more than 20 countries will take part in the 11th annual International Symposium on Online Journalism, April 23-24, 2010, in Austin, Texas. The event is co-sponsored by the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas. [..]