Young Leaders program accepting candidates [Africa, France]

Media leaders, among others, ages 28 to 40 can apply for this program.

The French-African Foundation organizes the Young Leaders program to support the leadership and management potential of the new generation.

Fellow will participate in two week long seminars, alternately in France and on the African continent, with all expenses covered.

The program is open to citizens of an African country or France. Candidates must demonstrate engagement across public and private sectors that impacts their community, country or region. Fluency in English is required.

The deadline is May 17.

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The Poynter Institute offers Journalism Fellowship [US]

Aspiring and entrepreneurial journalists can apply for this career accelerator program.

The Poynter Institute and the Charles Koch Institute (CKI) have launched the Poynter-Koch Media & Journalism Fellowship.

Fellows will be placed in the newsroom of a participating organization and attend in-person training as a group three times throughout the yearlong program. They will have access to faculty in the field and courses on First Amendment law, foundations of a free press, media ethics, reporting/storytelling techniques and more.

A total of 45 early-career journalists will be selected.

The deadline to apply is May 10.


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Video contest for journalists open [Worldwide]

Freelance video-journalists who cover international news and current affairs can apply for an award.

The Rory Peck Awards, organized by the Rory Peck Trust, aim at honoring freelance cameramen and camerawomen. The Rory Peck Trust was established in 1995, two years after freelance cameraman Rory Peck was killed while filming in Moscow.

There are three awards: news, features and the Sony Professional Impact Award for Current Affairs.

In all categories, the awards recognize the quality of camerawork, but also take into account individual endeavor, initiative and journalistic ability.

Entries must have been broadcast (television, agency feed, recognized online news publisher) between July 1,  2018 and May 31, 2019. Works not in English must be accompanied by a detailed storyline and translation.

The deadline is June 5.

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Online course on investigating criminal networks available [Latin America, Caribbean]

Journalists who are fluent in English can enroll in this online course.

The International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) and the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) are offering a course to help journalists investigate criminal networks.

The course "Following the money across borders" will be conducted in English May 20 to June 20.

Participants will learn how to expose criminal financial infrastructures, what money laundering is and how it works across borders, how the international banking system is used to commit crimes and more.

At the end of the course, participants will have the opportunity to submit a research proposal. Those participants who demonstrate progress and deliver a quality proposal will have the opportunity to attend a three-day workshop in Jamaica.

The online course is open to journalists from Latin America and the Caribbean. However, the workshop in Jamaica is intended only for journalists from Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Panama, Venezuela, St. Lucia, St. Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent, the Grenadines and Suriname.

The deadline is May 15.

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ONA19 hosts Innovation Lab Training [US]

College students can apply to participate in a three-day immersive learning environment.

The Student Newsroom and Innovation Lab at the Online News Association Conference & Awards Banquet will select 20 students to produce content for the 2019 ONA conference Sept. 12 to 14 in New Orleans.

Participants will also get the chance to attend conference programming led by experts in digital journalism, network with attendees and acquire and flex new digital media skills.

Lodging, travel and registration fees are covered.

The deadline is May 23.

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Arab journalism seeks entries on investigative stories [MENA]

Journalists ages 40 and younger can be nominated for an award.

The Mohamed Hassanein Heikal Foundation for Arab Journalism is seeking applications from Arab journalists writing for any newspaper, magazine or website for the Heikal Awards.

The contest features two awards: news story of the year and investigative story of the year.

The winner of each award will receive EGP250,000 (US$14,546) at an award ceremony on Sept. 23 in Cairo.

The deadline is May 31.

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Pulitzer Center offers course on land rights reporting [India]

Journalists fluent in English and with at least one year of experience can apply for this free training.

The Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting and the Thomson Reuters Foundation offer the course "Reporting landing rights" Aug. 6 to 9 in New Delhi.

The workshop will feature content on understanding property rights, particularly in an Indian context; journalism skills and research techniques; approaches to building sources in this field; and talks from guest experts.

Applicants must either be working full-time for a media organization or freelancers whose main work is journalism. English fluency is required.

Selected participants traveling from outside New Delhi will have their travel and accommodation expenses covered.

The deadline is May 31.

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Workshop for filmmakers available [Moldova]

Authors of film projects on topics of cultural diversity, tolerance, integration and peaceful coexistence are invited to this program.

The ADAMI Media Prize for Cultural Diversity in Eastern Europe will host a workshop May 26 to 28 in Chisinau. The event will be held in partnership with the International Documentary Film Festival CRONOGRAF.

Fiction and documentary film teams consisting of one director and one editor may apply. The submitted film projects must be in the process of editing/post-production.

The workshop will be held in Russian and English.

Organizers will provide transportation, accommodation and meals for the selected participants.

The deadline is May 12.

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