NewsU presents webinar on editing tools [Worldwide]

Editors and reporters who want to improve their writing can attend this online seminar.

Poynter's News University will offer the webinar "Editing tools to supplement your brain" at 2:00 p.m. EDT on Oct. 19.

Participants will learn what tools are available today; how each one works; how much each one costs; what benefits each offers; what to watch out for when using automated tools; and why your brain is always superior to the tools.

The one-hour course will be led by Merrill Perlman, former director of copy desks at The New York Times.

Registration is ongoing and costs US$29.95. Access to an archived version of the webinar and bonus materials is included in the registration fee.

For more information, click here.

The Wall Street Journal seeks video journalists [US]

Experienced video journalists can apply for several positions in New York and San Francisco.

The Wall Street Journal is looking for a staff senior video journalist and senior video journalist/motion graphics, and freelance video journalists to work as a shooter/preditor, editor/producer and editor/graphics.

The senior video journalist will join the WSJ global video team in New York to produce short- and long-form documentary-style video stories and explanatory features as well as projects tailored to mobile, social and digital audiences.

The senior video journalist/motion graphics will also work with the WSJ global video team in New York.  He or she will be responsible for producing explanatory features on a wide range of subjects.

The shooter/editor will be hired as a freelancer in San Francisco for three months. Requirements include a good understanding of the Adobe suite, with a high level of expertise in Premiere, and basic knowledge in After Effects.

Both editor/producer and editor/graphics will join the New York team on a three-month contract. They must be able to create 2D and basic 3D animations from scratch.

For more information about these positions and others, click here.

São Paulo hosts international journalism festival [Brazil]

Journalists and students are invited to this event.

The 2017 Piauí GloboNews Festival will take place Oct. 7 and 8 in São Paulo. This years' topic is "What I learned: Reporters who clashed with history." 

The program includes talks with renowned journalists about lessons the press learned covering the election of Donald Trump in the United States, the rise of Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Turkey and Vladimir Putin's crusade in Russia.

Among the speakers are David Fahrenthold, reporter for The Washington Post; Jacob Weisberg, editor-in-chief of The Slate Group; Michael Oreskes, vice president of news and editorial director of NPR; Ryan Lizza, correspondent for The New Yorker in Washington; Nathalie Alvaray, editor of digital strategies at Univision in Miami; and more.

Participants may also attend lunches with journalists and their sources.

Registration is ongoing and costs BRL250 to BRL750. There are discounts for students and Piauí subscribers.

For more information (in Portuguese), click here.

Contest highlights cartoons on gender equality [Nigeria]

Cartoonists ages 18 to 28 can enter this competition.

The Delegation of the European Union to Nigeria and the UN Women/Nigeria Country Office organize the "Gender equality: picture it," a contest that is part of the UN Women Campaign “Empowering women – Empowering humanity” and the EU Gender Action.

Entries should illustrate one or more issues from 12 core areas: women and the environment; women and poverty; women's human rights; women in power and decision-making; women and the economy; violence against women; women and health; education and training of women; women and armed conflict; women and the media; the girl child; and institutional mechanisms for the advancement of women.

The first, second and third place winners will receive EUR1,000 (US$1,201), EUR500 (US$600) and EUR200 (US$240), respectively. The five finalists will also be invited to the award ceremony in November in Abuja. All expenses will be covered.

The deadline is Sept. 18.

For more information, click here.

Travel video contest open [Worldwide]

Students around the world ages 18 and older can compete in this contest.

InternationalStudent.com is accepting entries for its Travel Video Contest. If you are currently studying outside of your home country, the video can describe any trip you would like to take. If you are not studying outside of your home country, your entry must describe your proposed study abroad.

The grand prize is US$4,000. A viewer's choice award and other runner-up prizes will also be available.

The video must be less than 5 minutes long and describe a proposed study abroad. Originality and interest level in the trip, creativity and the quality of the video are the main criteria. Click here to see the previous year's winning videos.

The deadline is Oct. 13.

For more information, click here.

International reporting fellowship available [Canada]

Journalists and journalism students in Canada can apply for funding.

The R. James Travers Foreign Corresponding Fellowship, administered by Carlton University, is accepting applications.

The fellowship will finance a significant foreign reporting project by a Canadian journalist — a staffer, a freelancer or a graduate student — working in any medium.

The program will provide up to CAD25,000 to cover travel, reporting and research expenses.

Proposals must show a strong consideration for social, political or economic justice and that have implications for Canadian public policy.

The deadline is Oct. 23.

For more information, click here.

Nonfiction book workshop open [Latin America]

Latin American journalists working on a nonfiction book can apply to attend this workshop.

The Gabriel García Márquez Foundation for New Journalism, the Tomás Eloy Martínez Foundation and the Oaxaca International Book Fair are organizing a nonfiction book workshop Nov. 6 to 10 in Oaxaca, Mexico.

Two Mexican journalists and six journalists from the rest of the region will have the opportunity to discuss their long-term projects and identify the weaknesses and strengths of their written work. The program will be led by Argentine journalist and writer Martin Caparrós.

The International Book Fair of Oaxaca offers financial aid including partial airfare refund, accommodations, meals and medical insurance.

The deadline is Oct. 5.

For more information (in Spanish) click here.