Investigative reporting network seeks director [Balkans]

Professionals with strong media development experience and knowledge of international journalistic standards can apply for this position.

The Balkan Investigative Reporting Regional Network (BIRN) is hiring a regional network director to be based in one of its offices in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania or Serbia, with the opportunity of frequent travel around the region.

The director will help drive BIRN’s work, develop and implement new strategies and extend and build partnerships across the region and internationally.

Candidates must have at least five years of executive experience in the nonprofit sector, excellent English skills and knowledge of at least one language of the Balkans.

The deadline is Aug. 1.

For more information, click here.

Communication festival calls for entries [Brazil]

Journalism students can submit works to a competitive exhibit in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul state.

The 30th annual SET Universitário, a conference organized by the School of Communications (FAMECOS, in Portuguese) at the Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul, promotes the exchange of experiences between students, professors and professionals in journalism, advertising, cinema, audiovisual and design.

This event will take place from Sept. 25 to 29, featuring lectures and workshops, in addition to a college contest.

Students can apply in more than 40 categories, including news photography, opinion journalism, digital journalism, radio journalism, newspaper, magazine, television news and journalism entrepreneurship.

The winners in each category will receive a certificate and a trophy.

Registration is free. The deadline is Aug. 21.

For more information (in Portuguese), click here.

Travel scholarships available for DATA4CHAN.GE workshop [Africa]

Journalists, designers, storytellers, researchers, data analysts and data visualization experts are invited to this event.

DATA4CHAN.GE, in partnership with the Defend Defenders at Design Hub, will host a workshop Sept. 12 to 16 in Kampala, Uganda.

Participants, along with human rights organizations, are expected to create data visualizations and devise innovative advocacy strategies.

The organizers will provide travel, accomodations and a daily stipend.

The deadline is July 31.

For more information, click here.

Festival seeks films on migration [Worldwide]

Professional and emerging filmmakers are invited to submit a film to this festival.

The UN Migration Agency (IOM) will host the second annual Global Migration Film Festival Dec. 5 to 18 in several countries around the world.

The festival seeks films that capture the promise and challenges of migration for those who leave their homes in search of a better life and the contributions migrants make to their new communities.

Films must be at least 25 minutes long and include subtitles in English.

Three winners will receive US$1,500 each. 

Filmmakers who have migrated in their lifetime are also invited to submit short video profiles about their own experience or the experiences of other migrants for the IOM's "I am a migrant" campaign. Twenty videos will be selected for a US$100 prize.

The deadline is Sept. 17.

For more information, click here.

Contest for medical science reporting open [US]

Journalists who write about science can apply for an award.

The Victor Cohn Prize for Excellence in Medical Science Reporting is awarded yearly by the Council for the Advancement of Science Writing (CASW).

The award goes to a body of work published or broadcast within the last five years which, for reasons of uncommon clarity, accuracy, breadth of coverage, enterprise, originality, insight and narrative power, has made a profound and lasting contribution to public awareness and understanding of critical advances in medical science and their impact on human health and well-being.

The honoree will receive a US$3,000 cash prize. Travel expenses to the award ceremony, held in conjunction with the ScienceWriters conference, will also be covered.

Editors, colleagues, scientists and others familiar with the candidate's body of work may proffer nominations. Individuals may nominate themselves, but are encouraged to send at least one letter of support from a knowledgeable colleague.

The deadline to apply is Aug. 1.

For more information, click here.

Hacks/Hackers Media Party calls for workshop proposals [Latin America]

Journalists, entrepreneurs, developers, data activists, media analysts and others can submit their workshop proposals to this media event.

Hacks/Hackers Buenos Aires is organizing the sixth edition of its Media Party in September in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The three-day event gathers more than 2,500 entrepreneurs, journalists, developers and designers from five continents to work together in the future of media.

Those who wish to lead a workshop must complete a form detailing their profile, skills, background and proposal. The workshops, which are expected to last two to three hours, should aim to develop or improve skills.

The deadline is July 30.

For more information, click here.