Journalism contest focuses on information safety [Latin America]

Print, broadcast and online journalists in Latin America can compete in this contest.

ESET software company is accepting entries for its journalism competition. The contest seeks to bring awareness to information security.

Works must have been published or broadcast between Aug. 24, 2016 and Aug. 29, 2017 in Latin America. The categories are print, digital and broadcast media. 

The grand winner will receive an all-expenses-paid trip to the 2018 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, followed by a trip to Slovakia to visit ESET's offices. The winners of each category will receive a tablet, and there will be special awards for Brazil, Mexico, the Andean, the Caribbean and Río de la Plata regions.

The deadline is Aug. 29.

For more information (in Spanish and Portuguese), click here.

Two-way Journalism Exchange Program(Albania,US)

Deadline: 11 September 2017

The Public Affairs Office of the US Embassy in Tirana, Albania is seeking applications for its “Investigative Journalism Exchange Program” that would:

• provide training for 6 to 8 Albanian journalism students and early career journalists at a U.S. journalism school for one week to ten days including classroom and field work on investigative reporting topics. Participants in the program would be identified by the U.S. Embassy,
• bring 6 to 8 U.S. masters-degree or senior journalism students for one week to Tirana to work with Albanian university journalists and young reporters on investigative reporting projects.

The program will focus on how to conduct investigative reporting that increases government accountability and helps expose and fight corruption in the online era.  Journalism students would work in teams on jointly agreed topics during the two respective trips.

The exchange program would enhance improve journalism skills and produce actual investigations, enhanced with strong photo and video elements. Lecturers from the Journalism Lab and the hosting U.S. institution will help mentor the students before, during and after the exchange, until the time of the publication of the investigative pieces.

Funding Information

Estimated Total Program Funding: $80,000

• Award Ceiling: $80,000
• Award Floor: $75,000

Eligibility Criteria

Eligible Entities:

• Applicants who are eligible to apply are U.S. and (Albanian) Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), who are able to respond to the NOFO and be able to mobilize in a short period of time.

How to Apply

Applications must be submitted online via given website.

Eligible Country: United States and Albania

For more information, please visit Grants.gov.

Inviting NGOs for ‘Study of Media Professionals’ Program (US, Albania)

Deadline: 11 September 2017

The Public Affairs Office of the US Embassy in Tirana, Albania, is seeking applications for its program entitled “Study of Media Professionals”.

The proposals seek for a research study of Albanian Media Professionals that will conduct a survey of approximately 1,000 media professionals, including field reporters, editors, program hosts, and other media professionals from print, broadcast, and online media outlets in Albania.

The purpose of the survey is to gather information to better understand Albania’s media landscape and the challenges facing the press, including editorial independence, political and business influence on the editorial line of media outlets, job security for media workers.

Funding Information

Estimated Total Program Funding: $40,000

• Award Ceiling: $40,000
• Award Floor: $35,000

Eligible Country: United States and Albania

For more information, please visit Grants.gov.

Internews offers grants for investigative reporting [Kazakhstan]

Media outlets in Kazakhstan can apply for small grants.

Internews in Kazakhstan has launched a small grants contest to fund multimedia investigative journalism projects.

Suggested topics of investigation include law, corruption, gender, economy, media, ecology, tolerance and more.

The grants should cover out-of-pocket expenses such as transportation, journalists' salary, equipment, etc.

The deadline is Aug. 31.

For more information (in Russian), click here.

The Epoch Times hosts journalism contest [Worldwide]

Journalists are invited to submit inspiring stories for a chance to win up to US$5,000.

The Epoch Times seeks submissions of short articles, written in journalistic style, with viral potential on social media for its 2017 Inspiring the World Journalism Competition.

Entries must be 500 to 1,000 words long and highlight stories of compassion, redemption and triumph in the face of adversity abound.

The first, second and third place winners will receive US$5,000, US$3,000 and US$1,500, respectively. There is also an honorable mention prize worth US$200.

The deadline is Sept. 18.

For more information, click here.