Fact-checking workshop available [US]

Political reporters from local newsrooms in Florida, Georgia and North Carolina are invited to apply for this free training.

Poynter's International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) and First Draft, a project of the Harvard Kennedy School's Shorenstein Center, are organizing the workshop "Beyond Twitter and Facebook: how to find and fact-check online disinformation" Sept. 17 in St. Petersburg, Florida.

This program aims to help journalists monitor all online platforms for disinformation.

Topics include: what is everyone seeing in their states; why the “rest of the internet” matters; using key case studies to understand social discovery and verification; principles for choosing what to fact-check and what to avoid amplifying; fact-checking claims about election integrity, immigration and race; and more.

The deadline is Sept. 12. There is a limited number of travel stipends.

For more information on how to apply, click here.

3i Festival focuses on elections, innovative journalism [Brazil]

Journalists, media entrepreneurs and students can attend this event.

The 3i Festival - Innovative, Inspiring and Independent Journalism will take place Sept. 22 in Porto Alegre. The festival is organized by Agência Lupa, Agência Pública, BRIO, JOTA, Nexo, Nova Escola, Ponte Jornalismo, Repórter Brasil and Google News Initiative.

The program will focus on this year's presidential elections in Brazil. Panels will cover how to set your elections coverage apart; how to apply innovative, inspiring and independent journalism in your elections reporting; and more. 

Special guests include Leandro Demori, executive editor of The Intercept Brazil; Flávia Marreiro, sub-editor of El País; Jineth Prieto, editor of Colombia's La Silla Vacía; Sylvio Costa, founder of Congresso em Foco; Alexandre de Santi, cofounder of Agência Fronteira; and Francisco Leali of newspaper O Globo.

Registration costs BRL50 for students and BRL100 for the general public. Visit the festival's YouTube channel for videos and panel webcasts.

The deadline is Sept. 22.

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

Call for papers on Gulf crisis ongoing [MENA]

Journalists, academics and policy makers from the Arab world are invited to submit their papers.

The Gulf Studies Center at Qatar University is accepting papers on the Gulf crisis for the third annual international interdisciplinary conference, which will be held in Dec. 9 to 10, 2018 in Doha, Qatar.

The conference will discuss the role of media and information technology in creating political cultures as well as conflicts.

Participants should send abstracts of 250 to 300 words about the Gulf crisis economic, political and social aspects, including solutions and best practices.

Accepted papers will be published in a scholarly peer-reviewed journal/book providing that the authors present the work at the conference.

The organizers cover all travel and accommodation costs.

The deadline is Oct. 1

For more information on how to apply, click here.

Innovation scholarship available [Latin America, US]

excellent level of English can apply for this opportunity.

Radio Ambulante, a Spanish-language podcast distributed by NPR, launches an innovation scholarship, which aims to foster the talent of young journalists who are interested in the future of their profession.

The selected candidate will work full time for six months with Radio Ambulante's audience editor and editorial team to develop promotion strategies for each episode, collaborate in the editing, production and curation of additional content for each story, monitor and analyze statistics to design engagement strategies, study and implement innovative models to interact with communities and distribute news stories, and more.

The position is remote and the compensation is US$650 per month.

The deadline is Sept. 16.

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

Reporting Contest focuses on disaster reduction [Africa, Middle East]

Journalists from established media houses, as well as freelancers, in Africa and the Arab countries can enter this contest.

The UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction and the Disaster Risk Reduction Network of Africa Journalists(DIRAJ) have launched the DIRAJ Media Awards.

The contest will recognize stories on disaster risk prevention, reduction and recovery. Topics include underlying causes of disaster losses and their social impacts on communities, and solutions to reduce the long-term socio-economic impacts of disasters on people and their assets.

Entries must have been published or broadcast between June and September 2018. Stories should be submitted in English or French -- translations to these languages will be accepted.

The winner will receive a cash prize (to be announced) and be invited to attend the award ceremony in Tunis, Tunisia. 

The deadline is Oct. 1.

For more information on how to apply, click here.

Chevening scholarships accepting applications [Worldwide]

Journalists can apply for the Chevening Scholarship Program.

Chevening Scholarships are the global scholarship program funded by the U.K.'s Foreign and Commonwealth Office and partner organizations for outstanding scholars with leadership potential.

The scholarships are offered for many fields of study, including journalism and media. The program provides full or partial funding for full-time courses at the postgraduate level, normally a one-year master’s degree, in any subject and at any U.K. university.

Applicants must have an excellent undergraduate academic track record and two to five years of professional experience, in addition to being fluent in English.

The deadline is Nov. 6.

For more information on how to apply, click here.

OSF offers Media fellowships on criminal justice issues [US]

Writers, print and broadcast journalists, bloggers and filmmakers who want to report about criminal justice issues can apply for a fellowship.

The Soros Justice Fellowships, an initiative of the Open Society Foundations, help media professionals complete in-depth research on the U.S. criminal justice system.

Proposals should relate to one or more of the funds' goals, including reducing mass incarceration, challenging extreme punishment and promoting justice system accountability.

The fellowship lasts 12 months, and fellows are expected to work full time on their projects. The award varies from US$58,000 to US$80,000. Projects can begin between July and November 2019.

The deadline is Oct. 22.

For more information on how to apply, click here.

Reporting at regional issues to international standards training available [Eastern Europe, Central Asia]

Journalists and bloggers from Russia, Eastern Europe, Central Asia, the Caucasus region and Baltic countries with at least three years of experience can apply for this program.

"Perspectives," a joint initiative of the Robert Bosch Stiftung, the Fritt Ord Foundation and the Thomson Reuters Foundation, hosts the free training program "Reporting at regional issues to international standards."

Participants will attend two master classes and learn about news writing and reporting, as practiced by Reuters and other global agencies. The training will take place Nov. 16 to 18 and Dec. 14 to 16 in Armenia and Georgia, tentatively.

The course is focused on practical exercises that will help to improve basic reporting and writing skills including accuracy, impartiality, speed, clarity and structure, whilst understanding the principles of developing text for web-media.

The organizers cover travel, accommodation, meals and small general expenses for selected participants.

The language of the program is Russian.

The deadline is Sept. 23.

For more information on how to apply, click here.

Arab Film festival accepting entries [MENA]

Documentarians and filmmakers from the Arab world can submit their films to this event in San Diego.

The San Diego Arab Film Festival (San Diego AFF) is accepting submissions for its upcoming festival scheduled for April 5 to 6 and April 13 to 14, 2019.

Applicants can submit narrative, documentary, experimental and animated films, both features and shorts. Works must have been produced between Jan. 1, 2016 and Jan. 1, 2019. 

Films must have English subtitles unless there is little or no dialogue. 

Selected films will be entered into competition for Audience Awards for Best Feature Film and Best Short Film.

The regular fees are US$15 for feature films and US$10 for shorts.

The deadline is Sept. 30.

For more information on how to enter, click here.

The Washington post accepting applications for news assistant/researcher [Southeast Asia]

Journalists fluent in English can apply for this position.

The Washington Post is hiring an assistant/researcher based in Bangkok, Thailand, or Manila, the Philippines.

Responsibilities include monitoring news, setting up interviews, researching and reporting in the region. The selected journalist will use local language skills in his or her own country to help with translation and reporting.

Candidates need to be fluent in a Southeast Asian language apart from Malay/Indonesian, ideally Tagalog or Thai.

The deadline is Sept. 14.

For more information on how to apply, click here.

International Humanitarian Photography contest open [Worldwide]

Amateur and professional photographers can compete for a grant. 

Spain-based Doctors of the World seeks entries for the

International Humanitarian Photography Award Luis Valtueña. The award was created as a tribute to Luis Valtueña, Flors Sirera, Manuel Madrazo and Mercedes Navarro, aid workers killed in Rwanda in 1997 and Bosnia in 1995.

Photos must cover any of the following themes: humanitarian action, international cooperation and social exclusion, human rights violations, armed conflicts, natural disasters, refugee and immigrant populations, socially excluded groups, etc.

Contestants can submit up to 10 photographs, which can be part of a series or not. They may submit color photographs and/or black and white. Only photographs taken between Jan. 1, 2017 and Oct. 30, 2018 will be accepted. Works presented in previous editions will not be accepted. 

The first prize winner will receive a grant of EUR 6,000 (US$6,969) intended to carry out a photographic project about topics related to the activity of Doctors of the World.

The deadline for entries is Nov. 9.  

For more information on how to apply, click here.