Genetics and Behavior Journalism Fellowships open [US]

Budding to midcareer journalists can apply for this fellowship.

The Department of Psychology at the University of Virginia seeks applicants for its Genetics and Behavior Journalism Fellowships.

The US$7,500 fellowship will support longform stories on genetics and behavior. Six fellowships will be available.

Selected journalists will have one year to produce their stories, beginning Dec. 3. 

The deadline is Sept. 17.

For more information on how to apply, click here.

Grupo Estado offers journalism program [Brazil]

Portuguese-speaking graduates can apply for a hands-on journalism program to take place in São Paulo from Sept. 10 to Dec. 7.

The training program is offered by the Grupo Estado, which publishes several newspapers including O Estado de S. Paulo.

For three months, students will take classes in the morning and spend the rest of the day in various areas of the journalism business. Experienced professionals from Brazil and abroad will teach news reporting, including all stages of news production.

The first phase of the selection process is conducted online at the moment of registration. Up to 90 applicants will be called for the second phase at the Grupo Estado headquarters in São Paulo. The class with the 30 selected participants will be announced Aug. 26.

The registration deadline is July 31.

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

KAS media offers scholarships [Sub-Saharan Africa]

Journalists fluent in English ages 30 and younger can apply for this program in Johannesburg, South Africa.

KAS Media Africa is offering a scholarship for a full-time honors or master's degree at the University of Witwatersrand's Journalism Program.

Selected candidates work closely with KAS Media Africa during their stay in Johannesburg and write a bimonthly narrative report on their study progress.

The scholarship includes one return flight to Johannesburg, a monthly stipend, accomodation fees and a one-time payment for study material.

For the honors program, candidates must have at least three years of working experience. Candidates must also either have an undergraduate degree or pass an entrance test.

For the master's program, candidates must have a degree equivalent to the BA Hons in journalism and at least three years of working experience.

The deadline is July 13.

For more information on how to apply, click here.

APME organizes news train workshop [US]

Jourmalism professionals, academics and students can attend a two-day event in Greenville, South Carolina.

The Associated Press Media Editors (APME) is organizing the News Train workshop on Sept. 7 and 8. This national touring workshop is designed to provide journalism training at an affordable cost.

Topics include storytelling on mobile; maximizing and measuring social media for branding and audience engagement; data-driven enterprise off your beat becoming a verification ninja; social media as powerful reporting tools; and more.

Registration is ongoing. Register by Aug. 7 to pay US$75, including breakfast and lunch. The first 20 registrants will receive a free AP Stylebook. Regular registration costs US$85.

A limited number of diversity scholarships to cover the registration fee is available to participants of color. The deadline to apply for a scholarship is July 27.

For more information on how to register, click here.

Program on Investigative journalism available [UK]

Journalists who are confident using technology and have investigative reporting experience can apply to become a trainer.

The Centre for Investigative Journalism and the Google News Initiative have launched the Access to Tools program to provide free digital tools training in newsrooms in the United Kingdom.

The program will select four journalists to lead its two-hour sessions on investigative journalism. Successful applicants will be required to attend a CIJ and Google ‘train the trainers’ workshop in London. 

The deadline is July 16.

For more information on how to apply, click here.

Online training on social media strategies for institutions available [Latin America]

Social media managers, journalists and others can register for this online workshop.

The University of Guadalajara's Centro de Formación en Periodismo Digital will offer a course on social media strategies for institutions Aug. 20 to Sept. 30. The course will be led by Fanny Hernández.

Participants will learn to design informations strategies in social media of public and private organizations, following a comprehensive institutional communication plan.

Registration deadline is July 22. The cost is MXN2,500 (US$150).

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

Workshops on social issues open [MENA]

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

The Bobst Center for Peace and Justice at Princeton University and the Social Science Experimental Laboratory (SSEL) at New York University Abu Dhabi invite candidates to submit their paper/research design to the Winter Experimental Social Sciences Institute (WESSI) Workshops at American University of Beirut (Oct, 26 to 27) and New York University Abu Dhabi (Jan, 21 to 23, 2019).

Each workshop aims to give social science PhD students, postdoctoral fellows and junior assistant professors in experimental social science the opportunity to present their research designs and work in progress and receive personal feedback from noted scholars in the field. Each will also enable students to attend presentations by these mentors. Mentors will present their own research, and each student will receive feedback from two mentors.  

The workshops are organized by Rebecca Morton and Amaney Jamal. 

The travel and accommodation expenses of junior scholars whose proposals are accepted will be covered.

The deadline is July 1.

For more information on how to apply, click here.

Journalism School focuses on entrepreneurial projects [Worldwide]

Graduates and mid career professionals in journalism, technology, business and design can apply for this program.

The Tow-Knight Center for Entrepreneurial Journalism at the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism is accepting applications for the next Advanced Certificate Program, which takes place Jan. 22 to May 24, 2019 in New York.

The program is an intensive immersion into the entrepreneurial process. Each year a small group of aspiring media innovators attend classes with CUNY professors and work with a personal mentor and industry coaches to build their own entrepreneurial journalism projects (sites, apps, services, products, etc). 

The cost is US$6,015 as of Spring 2018 for New York residents and US$10,450 for out-of-state residents.  Scholarships are available on a case-by-case basis.

The deadline is July 15.

For more information on how to register, click here.

People in Need organizes human rights film festival [Worldwide]

Filmmakers from all over the world can participate in this festival.

The One World International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival is organized by People in Need, a Czech nonprofit organization. The event will take place March 6 to 17, 2019 in Prague, Czech Republic. 

There are six categories: international competition, best director, Vaclav Havel jury award for a film that makes an exceptional contribution to the defense of human rights, Czech competition, audience award and a student jury award. Films produced in 2017 to 2019 are accepted.

Films made in other languages than English should include English subtitles. 

The entry fee is EUR20 (US$23).

The deadline is Sept. 15. The deadline for films that were finished between September and November 2018 is Nov. 1. 

For more information on how to apply, click here.

Writing fellowship available [Worldwide]

Writers who are interested in feminism and social justice can apply for a remote, three-month fellowship. 

Bitch Media, a nonprofit feminist media organization, organizes the Bitch Media Fellowships for Writers.

The program consists of intensive writing fellowships whose goal is to develop, support and amplify emerging, diverse voices in feminist, activist and pop-culture media.

Possible subject areas include sexual politics, pop-culture criticism, technology and global feminism. The selected participants must produce a minimum of six online articles for Bitch Media in their topic area, in addition to at least one long form article for the magazine Bitch: Feminist Response to Pop Culture.

Fellows receive a US$2,000 stipend for the total duration of the program. U.S. citizenship or residence is not required to be a fellow. 

The deadline is July 31.

For more information on how to apply, click here.