(Ijnet) São Paulo will gather Latin American journalists and journalism students at the 4th International Congress of Investigative Journalism, scheduled for July 9 to 11. Registration is ongoing. [..]

(Ijnet) Journalists from South East Asian countries are invited to apply for a five day workshop on reporting on crises and disasters, to take place in Vietnam June 22 to 26. Deadline: May 11. The workshop will discuss the challenges and techniques involved in covering international-scale crises and disasters, using Reuters and other world news organizations as models. Source: https://www. [..]

(Ijnet) Egyptian journalists are invited to take part in two training workshops on covering the country's parliamentary elections. The first workshop will be held from June 14 to 18, and the second from June 21 to 25 in Cairo. The deadline to apply is June 3. Source: https://www.ijnet. [..]

(Ijnet)Journalists worldwide are invited to register for the International Press Institute's (IPI) World Congress and 58th General Assembly to be held in Helsinki, Finland from June 6 to 9. The event will focus on issues surrounding freedom of speech in the world. Source: https://www.ijnet. [..]

Freedom of expression activists, including writers, journalists, artists and academics from around the world, are invited to Oslo, Norway from June 1 to 6 to participate in the Global Forum on Freedom of Expression. The event will feature small group training sessions in different languages geared to campaigning, fundraising, free expression monitoring and security. [..]

Whose voice and faces are in the news? How do women journalists make their way in today’s media changes? What role can journalists’ unions play in promoting gender equality? These are some of the questions that will be addressed at the Conference organized by the International Federation of Journalists’ (IFJ)on ‘ Gender and Ethics- Equality in the newsroom’ to be held on 30-31 st [..]

(Knight Center) The Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas will offer Latin American and Caribbean journalists the online course "How to Write for the Web," from May 25 to June 28, 2009. The course is taught by Colombian journalist Guillermo Franco and based on his recently published book How to Write for the Web. Applications for the five-week class will be accepted online until May 13. [..]

Place: Baghdad, Irak Contact: monir.zaarour@ifj.org

Deadline: 21/05/2009 Region: Sub-Saharan Africa (Ijnet) Accomplished African journalists interested in development have the opportunity to apply for a journalism fellowship at the Graduate School of Journalism at the University of California at Berkeley (UC Berkley), in the US. Source: https://www.ijnet. [..]

(Ijnet) Arab journalists and media professionals interested in online media are invited to take part in a four-day training workshop in Amman, Jordan. Application deadline: May 12 . The “Online Media Creativity” workshop will take place May 18 to 22 at the SAE Institute. For four hours each day, from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., both theoretical and practical instruction will be offered. [..]