BBC Arabic seeks investigative journalist [MENA)

Experienced investigators can apply for this full-time position.

BBC Arabic is looking for a senior investigative journalist to join its Arabic documentaries team.

Responsibilities include overseeing investigations and prioritizing stories from the Gulf and North Africa and managing freelance journalists in the field produce long-formorm TV documentaries and digital documentaries.

The successful candidate will be mainly based in London with the possibility of overseas travel.

The maximum salary is EUR58,000 (US$66,015) per year.

The deadline is Feb. 13.

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UN offers reporting scholarships [Worldwide]

Journalists who are 25 to 35 years old and from developing countries can apply for a fellowship to report on the United Nations from September to November 2019.

The fellowship, sponsored by the Dag Hammarskjöld Scholarship Fund for Journalists, gives participants the opportunity to report on international affairs during the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. Fellows will make professional contacts, interact with seasoned journalists and gain a broader perspective on global issues.

The fellowship is open to journalists working full time in developing countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean.

In an effort to rotate recipient countries, the fellowship will not consider journalist applications for 2019 from nations selected in 2018: Argentina, India, Kenya and Yemen. Journalists from these countries may apply in 2020.

The fellowship includes travel, accommodations and a per diem allowance.

The application deadline is March 1.


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School of Journalism offers fellowships for food, farming reporting available [US]

Print and audio journalists can apply for a fellowship to report stories on food systems.

The UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism is offering US$10,000 postgraduate Food and Farming Journalism Fellowships in a program established by Michael Pollan, the John S. and James L. Knight Professor of Journalism at UC Berkeley.

Suggested topics include agricultural and nutritional policy, the food industry, food science, technology and culture, rural and urban farming, agriculture and the environment (including climate change), global trade and supply chains, consolidation and securitization of the food system and public health as it relates to food and farming.

Candidates must be available for a workshop on June 10 to 14 at UC Berkeley. Travel, lodging and meals for the meeting will be covered by the fellowship.

The deadline is March 15.

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