(Ijnet) Latin American journalists are invited to a workshop in Panama City on investigative journalism and the business world, scheduled to take place December 14 to 18. Deadline to apply: November 20. Participating journalists will work on investigative projects about a business, group or on the economic sector during the workshop. [..]

Journalists from across the Arab world, North America and Europe are invited to participate in an online training course entitled “Freedom of expression in the digital age,” which will be held December 4, 2009 to January 22, 2010. Deadline to apply: November 27. [..]

(Knight Centre) Applications will be accepted online until Nov. 1 for the course "How to write for the web." The Knight Center will offer the course to Latin American and Caribbean journalists from Nov. 16–Dec. 20, 2009. [..]

(Ijnet)Young Arab journalists who are interested in covering cultural events are invited to take part in a 10-day training workshop in Tunis, Tunisia from November 12 to 22. Source: https://www.ijnet.org/ijnet/training_opportunities/theatre_critique_workshop_open_to_arab_journalists

Brussels The EJC will hold an international conference on the media's role in the economic downturn. On the agenda: how media may have contributed to the crisis, and how to improve coverage of the present and possible future crises. [..]

Entrants have till the end of October to enter the National Geographic International Photography Contest 2009, open to photographers anywhere in the world. Submit up to six photos in three categories—People, Places, and Nature—between now and October 31, 2009. Winners will be announced in early December. There is an entry fee of U.S. $12 for each photo. [..]

(Ijnet) Journalists from across the Arab world are invited to participate in the 9th Edition of the Arab Journalism Awards. Deadline to apply is January 14, 2010. Offered by the Dubai Press Club, this year's award program is slightly different than year's past, with some categories removed and others added, as well as amendments to existing categories. [..]

(Ijnet) Environmental journalists from Asia-Pacific and Commonwealth countries may apply for a scholarship to attend the 18th World Congress of Environmental Journalists to be held October 19 to 22 in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Source: https://www.ijnet.org/ijnet/training_opportunities/deadline_approaching_scholarships_to_attend_world_environmental_congress_in_sri_lanka

On October 15, the European Journalism Centre will run the next conference in its series on innovation in the Netherlands , this time focusing on innovations in youth media. [..]

(Ijnet) An international seminar on the "role of the media in agricultural development in ACP countries" (West, Central, East and Southern Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific) will be held in Brussels, Belgium from October 12 to 16. [..]