GMC Seeks Entries for Media Awards (Zimbabwe)

Image result for Gender and Media ConnectDeadline: 31 October 2017
Gender and Media Connect (GMC) is seeking entries for its Media Awards to recognize efforts by print and electronic media in promoting gender sensitivity in and through the media.

The awards will look at:
  • Gender Sensitive Content
    • Breadth and depth of coverage
    • Story angles
    • Language
    • Content
    • Visuals
    • Placement of stories/information
  • Operations
    • Commitment to gender equity and practices (drafting, adoption and implementation of codes and policies)
Award categories
  • Individual Category
    • Print ( News Story, Feature story, specialized report)
    • Radio (News Story, Feature, documentary)
    • Television ( News Story, Feature or Documentary)
    • Graphics and Images (Photographs and cartoons )
  • Institutional Category
    • Media house/group (print, radio and television)
  • Newsmaker Category
    • A person with a high level of contribution to the media either as a Source of news or information or as an analyst providing gender sensitive information
Eligibility Criteria
  • The work should be around topical issues in Zimbabwe.
  • The journalists must be based in Zimbabwe.
  • For the institutional category the organisation can either be mainstream or community media.
  • The Criteria:
    • All work submitted must have been produced between January 2016 and August 2017
  • Criteria for individual entries:
    • A maximum of three entries per category
  • Criteria for institutional gender selection:
    • The winner(s) will be decided by a high level panel of media and gender experts.
  • Criteria for gender sensitive newsmaker:
    • The winner will be decided by a high level panel of media and gender experts.
How to Apply
For each entry, submit the following:
  • The attached form
  • Half a page biography related to applicant’s work
  • Verification that this is applicant’s authentic work by an editor or manager, especially in instances where the work does not carry a by-line or production Credit
  • Two samples of the item which applicants are submitting for an award
Eligible Country: Zimbabwe
For more information, please visit Media Awards.

Contest focuses on coverage of labor migration [Worldwide]

Image result for International Labour OrganizationProfessional journalists are invited to submit articles or videos/multimedia to this contest.
The International Labour Organization (ILO) is accepting entries for its 2017 global media competition. 
The contest aims to show the positive results of good labor migration governance while not overlooking the negative aspects (e.g. often a hard reality of exploitation and violation of human and labor rights), and highlight the positive contribution of migrant workers to countries of origin, transit and destination.
There are two thematic areas: labor migration aspects and fair recruitment of migrant workers. The categories are written articles and videos/photos/audio. Articles should not exceed 8,000 words and videos/multimedia should not be longer than 10 minutes. 
Entries in other languages than English, French and Spanish must include a translation.
Four winners will receive US$1,000 each. 
The deadline is Oct. 27.
For more information, click here.

Pulliam newspaper fellowships available [US]

Image result for Pulliam newspaperU.S. journalism students can apply for a paid reporting fellowship.
The Pulliam Fellowship program places college students and new graduates at either The Indianapolis Star or The Arizona Republic for the summer of 2018. Fellows will act as members of the newsroom and participate in writing workshops. Selected students earn US$650 per week for the duration of the 10-week program.
College juniors, seniors and graduate students enrolled in journalism programs are eligible to apply.
Applicants must send samples of their best published writings, at least half of which were written under deadline, a transcript of the college credits and three letters of recommendation.
The deadline is Nov. 1.
For more information, click here.

Travel fellowship available for new media conference [Tunisia]

Image result for Arab-German Young Academy of Sciences and HumanitiesJournalism and mass communication students, writers and bloggers can participate in this event.
The  Arab-German Young Academy of Sciences and Humanities (AGYA) is organizing the conference "Media Transitions and Cultural Debates in Arab Societies" Nov. 24 to 26 in Tunis.
The conference seeks to explore how the emergence and diffusion of new media or communication technologies in Arab societies have affected the conditions of literary and cultural production, distribution and reception, and how cultural debates are shaped by the use of different media.
Thematic paper presentations will be completed by roundtable discussions that will discuss overarching themes across different periods of time and with regard to different media. Selected papers will be published with an internationally renowned publisher.
Travel and accommodation expenses of invited speakers will be fully covered.
The application deadline is Aug. 31.
For more information, click here.

The Wall Street Journal seeks reporter [China]

Image result for The Wall Street JournalExperienced journalists fluent in Mandarin can apply for a position in Shanghai or Hong Kong.
The Wall Street Journal is looking for a reporter to cover the China finance story. 
The reporter will dig into the financial sector and break news, expose looming risks and reveal interesting characters to the world. 
For more information, click here.