Training program focuses on journalism [Brazil]

Recent college graduates and graduate students with advanced English skills can apply for this traineeship.

The Globo Network, Brazil's largest broadcasting organization. The 18-month training will be held in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo.

Trainee Globo program offers professional experience in content production at

The areas of expertise are journalism, entertainment, commercial, TV programming and technology.

Candidates must have graduated between July 2016 and July 2018 or be a current graduate student.

The selection process includes online tests, in-person dynamics and presentations.

The deadline is July 15.

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

Tech in Media 2018 contest accepting entries [Russia]

Russian journalists and media outlets can compete in this contest.

The Russian Venture Company organizes the

Tech in Media 2018 contest for innovative journalism. The contest aims to encourage better media coverage of innovations in Russia.

The contest has four themes: life science, hydrogen energy,  philanthropy and technology, and venture business. There will be four categories in each theme: federal print media, regional print media, online media and broadcast media.

Winners in each category will receive RUB100,000, RUB30,000 and RUB10,000 for first, second and third prizes, respectively.

The deadline is Sept. 18.

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

Bloomberg seeks oil markets reporter [MENA]

Experienced financial and business journalists can apply for a position in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Bloomberg is looking for an oil markets reporter to join its energy team and report on a range of energy stories in the Middle East.

Responsibilities include editing breaking news and covering oil trading stories, often working under time pressure.

Applicants must have three years of experience. Fluency in written and spoken English is essential; Arabic or Farsi skills are an advantage.

For more information on how to apply, click here.

Registration for Massive Open Online Course on data journalism ongoing [Worldwide]

Journalists and others interested in harnessing data for stories can participate in this five-week course.

The Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas, through its Massive Open Online Course (MOOC), is offering the free course “Intro to R for journalists: how to find great stories in data"  July 23 to Aug. 26.

Participants will how to learn import different types of data into R;

wrangle, clean, join and analyze data; create exploratory and publishable visualizations; make static and interactive maps with geolocated data and Census data; and join the reproducible research movement and publish their methodology.

The instructor is Andrew Ba Tran, investigative data reporter at The Washington Post.

The course is accessible to anyone with an internet connection.

Registration is ongoing. 

For more information on how to register, click here.