Fact-checking training available [Nigeria]

Midcareer journalists in Sokoto, Kano, Jos and Yola can apply to attend this fact-checking training.

Africa Check's TRi Facts is organizing a two-day training workshop in November.

The workshop will cover standard fact-checking methodology and integrate it with best-practice lessons on political and election reporting, ranging from interview techniques through to ethics and safety.

Candidates must champion fact-checkers within their organization and commit to produce fact-checking reports on a regular basis.

Participants will receive lodging, travel and meals.

The deadline is Sept. 24.

For more information on how to apply, click here.

Travel video contest accepting entries [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 up to 4 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. 9.

For more information on how to enter, click here.

LASA Media Award recognises journalists contributions [Latin America, US]

LASA members and journalists across the region are invited to nominate candidates for this award.

The Latin American Studies Association announces the 2019 LASA Media Award for outstanding media coverage of Latin America.

These awards are made at the LASA Congress to recognize long-term journalistic contributions to analysis and public debate about Latin America both in the United States and Latin America, as well as breakthrough journalism. Journalists from both print and electronic media are eligible.

The deadline is Sept. 21.

For more information on how to apply, click here.

EU journalism contest seeks entries [Georgia]

Georgian journalists from print, broadcast and online media, bloggers, and photographers who work for locally registered media outlets are eligible.

The EU Prize for Journalism recognizes the work of journalists who have demonstrated integrity and professionalism in Georgia.

Entries can be submitted for one of the following categories: story in print or online media; feature story in broadcast or online media; innovative and original piece of work in print, broadcast or online media; investigative story in print, online or broadcast media; online or print blog; documentary photo; and conflict-sensitive journalistic work (the EUMM Special Prize for Peace Journalism).

Works must have been published, broadcast or posted between Nov. 2, 2017 and Oct. 15, 2018. Entries must be in Georgian, Russian or English. Entries for the EUMM Special Prize for the Peace Journalism category may also be submitted in Abkhaz and Ossetian.

The winner of each category will receive EUR1,250. The winner of the EUMM Special Prize for Peace Journalism will receive a one-month fellowship at the London office of the Institute for War & Peace Reporting.

The deadline is Oct. 15.

For more information on how to apply, click here.

Training program focuses on vulnerable children reporting [South Asia]

Journalists with at least one year of experience working in English can apply to attend this free program.

The Thomson Reuters Foundation is offering the course "Reporting on vulnerable children in care," as part of the Caring for Vulnerable Children in a Fractured World program.

The course will take place Oct. 1 to 5 in New Delhi, India. Participants will explore the risks faced by vulnerable children, and different domestic and international strategies to protect them. The training will provide practical skills, tools and strategies to report on this issue.

Journalists must work full-time for a media organization across South Asia or be freelancers whose main work is journalism.

Travel and subsistence costs of participating journalists will be covered.

The deadline is Sept. 21.

For more information on how to apply, click here.

TAFAR Magazine organises ravel photography contest [Worldwide]

Anyone can enter this contest.

AFAR Magazine, in partnership with LensCulture and United Airlines, has launched the 2018 AFAR Travel Photography Awards.

The contest is open digital photos in all genres of travel photography shot in any device.

Winners will receive cash awards, business class airfare, publication in AFAR, an online photo masterclass and more. Cash awards range from US$500 to US$4,000.

Contestants who enter with five or more images and get a free review of their work from top photo editors and curators.

Submit one image for free. The cost for each additional image is US$10. For five or more single images, the fee is US$40. The submission cost for a series of up to 10 images is US$50.

The deadline is Sept. 18.

For more information on how to enter, click here.

ECPMF offers program for endangered journalists [Turkey]

Threatened media freedom activists and journalists from Turkey can apply for this program.

The European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF) offers the Journalist-in-Residence program to endangered journalists. 

The program enables selected applicants to leave an unsafe environment of oppression and anxiety to recover and find new strength for three to six months between November 2018 and June 2019.

The ECPMF provides a rent-free, furnished apartment in Leipzig and a monthly grant of EUR1,000.

Candidates must must have worked full time and for at least five years as a journalist and be proficient in English, French or German. 

The deadline is Sept. 23.

For more information on how to apply, click here.