Emerging African creative writers can participate in a free writers’ workshop.
The Johannesburg Institute for Advanced Study (JIAS) is accepting applications for its inaugural JIAS Writers’ Workshop. The workshop will be a writing-intensive, four-week program for early-career writers who have a current work in progress that they would like to complete or polish.
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We alert journalists worldwide of prospects relevant to their work and personal development.
On this website, you will find materials and information from donors, media hubs, journalism networks, academia, and NGOs.
MOC offers regular updates on scholarships, fellowships, exchange programmes, grants, and webinars for journalists locally and abroad.
As a media-oriented website, it also seeks to enhance the capacity of journalists through the regular upload of relevant media articles and resource materials on topical issues about digital rights, misinformation, and disinformation, safety issues, news, press releases, etc
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Mongabay is accepting pitches for the Covering the Commons Special Reporting Project (SRP).
The initiative aims to produce a series of informative articles reporting on the status of shared resources and life-support systems, including our air, water and biodiversity.
Applications must be submitted in English. Stories must be published by Sept. 30.
Pitches will be considered on a rolling basis until the budget is disbursed.
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Periodismo.net offers a wide variety of virtual trainings in journalism: introduction to journalism, journalism writing, film journalism, music and rock journalism, business journalism, sports journalism, literary journalism, travel journalism and a workshop on strategic communication.
All courses will begin on Feb. 17 and run for 12 weeks.
Enrollment requirements vary by training. In Argentina, the monthly cost of the courses is ARS3,000. For the rest of the world, the cost is US$90 and EUR90.
There are discounts available.
Registration is open.
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The Russian Union of Art Photographers is launching its annual photo contest Young Russian Photographers.
Participants may submit photo projects and stories including three to six photos, all united by a general theme or multimedia projects.
Winners will be awarded culture and arts scholarships and diplomas.
The deadline is April 15.
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Mophradat is accepting applications for its Self-Organizations program, which aims to provoke inventive ways of working and collaborating.
The program offers support to projects where different arts practitioners take the initiative and join forces to define a mutual resource or interest that’s important for their work and propose how to share or develop it.
A maximum budget of US$6,000 will be available to cover the cost of this shared resource, starting May. 1.
The deadline is March 15.
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The Logan Nonfiction Program is accepting candidates for the spring 2021 class, which will run April to June.
The program offers workshops, mentorship and community working on socially relevant political, health, environmental, human rights and justice topics.
Professionals who work in languages other than English are encouraged to apply but must have a working knowledge of English.
The fellowship will run for five or 10 weeks.
The deadline is Feb 1.
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Type Investigations organizes the Ida B. Wells Fellowship to promote diversity in journalism by helping to create a pipeline of investigative reporters of color who bring diverse backgrounds, experiences and interests to their work.
The yearlong fellowship provides a US$20,000 award, editorial advice and legal assistance. Fellows will receive funds to cover travel and other reporting costs, and the costs associated with attending the annual Investigative Reporters and Editors conference.
The deadline is March 14.
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MédiaLab Pour Elles is a program on data journalism and investigative reporting hosted by CFI and co-funded by the French Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs.
Six journalists per country will be selected to participate in this training will take place between March and July.
MédilLab Pour Elles will then help these 24 journalists produce eight collaborative investigations over five to six months. Once completed, the investigations will be published via the journalists' media employers or partner media.
Women are particularly encouraged to apply.
The deadline is Feb. 1.
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Women media professionals can apply for this program.
WAN-IFRA is organizing the Women in News Accelerator (WIN), an intensive, nine-month-long career and leadership program for journalists.
The program seeks to build the skills, strategies and support networks of women media professionals through coaching, training, mentoring and networking.
Participants must have two to three years of experience managing people or processes and be working in the media sector.
Applicants who are not from eligible countries can apply for the Media Management Training e-learning course. The course duration is six weeks and costs US$120. Scholarships are available.
The deadline is Jan. 31 for African and Arab journalists. Applications for Southeast Asian journalists will open March 1 to 31.
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