Funds available for reporting on abortion, health and human rights issues [Brazil]

Journalists interested in investigating issues related to abortion in Brazil can apply for a grant.

Instituto Patrícia Galvão will fund investigative journalism on human rights, abortion and public health, with the support of the Brazilian Association of Investigative Journalism (Abraji, in Portuguese) and Global Health Strategies Brazil.

Proposals should focus on the following themes: impacts of clandestine abortion on women's lives; cruelties in clandestine abortion routes; health services obstacles for abortion guaranteed by law; the role of health professionals; abortion: a permanent agenda in Congress; and challenges for the expansion of safe abortion in Brazil.

Five winners will receive up to BRL10,000 to produce in-depth reporting within four months.

The deadline to apply is May 2.

For more information on how to apply (in Portuguese), click here.

Fellowships for journalists open [US, Germany]

Journalists in the United States and Germany with at least five years of experience can apply for a reporting fellowship.

The McCloy Fellowships, sponsored by the American Council on Germany, provide American and German journalists with the opportunity to travel overseas to conduct on-site research and interviews and pursue stories of their own design.

Candidates must submit a project proposal, including how it addresses tomorrow’s topics today and the relevance for the relationship between Germany and the United States. 

The fellowship provides a US$5,000 stipend, which covers international airfare and domestic travel, as well as room and board, for a minimum of 21 days.

The deadline is June 1.

For more information on how to apply, click here.

PSA hosts photo contest [Worldwide]

Environmental photographers can apply for this contest.

The Tyumen House of Photo and Multimedia, under the patronage of the International Federation of Photo Art (FIAP) and the Photographic Society of America (PSA), is organizing the WorldEcoPhoto contest.

The contest seeks entries that not only reflect the beauty of nature but raise awareness about issues related to ecology and environmental protection as well as conservation of rare and endangered species.

There are six categories, including nature, open Siberia, the pain of planet Earth, black or white and color photography.

Prizes include diplomas, trophies and an expedition to the Arctic for two people.

Entry fees range from EUR10 (US$12.27) to EUR35 (US42.93), depending on the number of categories chosen.

The deadline is April 9.

For more information on how to enter, click here.

Bakala foundation offers scholarships for journalism bootcamp [Europe, US]

University students in journalism, communication or related fields who are citizens of Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Ukraine, United Kingdom and the United States can participate in this program.

The Journey Program is an intensive summer course organized by the Bakala Foundation. The training will take place Aug. 4 to 14 in Prague, Czech Republic.

The program offers interactive seminars conducted by professional journalists, editors and media personalities on topics including new trends and tools used in reporting, data collection and analysis, investigative journalism and more, as well as a number of practical exercises including real-time field reporting. 

Successful candidates will receive a full scholarship covering travel expenses, room and board, cost of visa and study materials.

Applicants must have completed a minimum of two academic semesters and be proficient in English.

The deadline to apply is May 6.

For more information on how to apply, click here.

FNPI organizes journalism contest [Americas, Spain, Portugal]

Journalists from the Americas and the Iberian Peninsula with works in Spanish and Portuguese can compete in this contest.

Organized by the Gabriel García Márquez Foundation for New Ibero-American Journalism (FNPI), the contest seeks to reward excellence, innovation and ethics consistency in journalism.

Journalists can compete in four categories: feature, images (including photography, video andvisualizations), news coverage and innovation. FNPI will also give a special award for journalistic excellence and to an exemplary Colombian editor.

The winners in each category will receive a diploma and COP33,000,000 (US$11,590). Both winners and finalists will be invited to travel to Medellín, Colombia, with all expenses covered, to participate in the awards ceremony.

The deadline to apply is May 24.

For more information on how to enter (in Spanish), click here.

Thomson Reuters seeks bureau chief [Iraq]

Experienced journalists can apply for this position.

Thomson Reuters is looking for a bureau chief in Baghdad. The bureau chief will lead a hectic news file and manage a multimedia team of reporters.

Candidates must be fluent writers with insight into Iraq and the region, have the ability to build contacts and develop deep subject expertise and have experience in sensitive or hostile news environments. Arabic proficiency is an advantage.

For more information on how to apply, click here.

Media organization offers fellowship [US]

Experienced journalists can apply for a paid, full-time fellowship.

ProPublica, an independent, nonprofit news organization, is hiring data/interactive graphics and reporting fellows to join its newsroom in New York.

Fellows will cover the 2018 election, focusing on voting rights, election integrity, cyber security of election systems and more, as part of ProPublica's Electionland Project. The fellowship runs from early June through the election.

Candidates for the data/interactive fellowship must have experience building interactive graphics using JavaScript and HTML/CSS and/or web projects using a framework like Django or Ruby on Rails.

Candidates for the reporting fellowship must be skilled at research and have experience generating data sets for reporting.

The deadline is March 31.

For more information on how to apply, click here.