(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. [..]

(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. [..]

(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. [..]

TOWARDS THE CREATION OF A NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ETHNIC MINORITY JOURNALISTS ITALY AND EUROPE. Exchanging experiences European seminar Venue: Associazione Stampa Subalpina - Palazzo Ceriana Mayneri, corso Stati Uniti 27 – Turin (Italy) 19 February 2010 Obtaining visibility, professional recognition, equal opportunities when accessing journalism and the media. [..]

European Parliament Hearing and Conference: Paying the Price for Journalism and Democracy European Parliament, Room 6Q1 2 February 2010, 9.30 - 12. 30 Last year saw major changes after the European Parliament elections and there are many new faces at the European Commission, but where does the crisis in media and the future of journalism figure on the agenda of the European Union? [..]

The Thomson Reuters Foundation Fellowship Programme offers fully funded Fellowships to well established mid-career journalists from throughout the world. [..]

(Ijnet) The UK-based Media Diversity Institute is organizing a ten day production oriented training course for young Moroccan radio journalists, from January 23 to February 1. Participants will be trained to produce stories designed to give a voice to Moroccan citizens whose voices are not usually heard in the Moroccan media. Applicants must work for a radio station in Morocco. [..]