IWMF offers fellowship on HEFAT [Worldwide]

Women-identifying and non-binary journalists with at least three years of experience can apply for a reporting fellowship.

The International Women's Media Foundation (IWMF) is organizing Adelante (Moving Forward), a five-year reporting initiative that aims to amplify the voices of women journalists in Latin America and strengthen their professional development, impact and safety.

The next group of fellows will travel March 2 to 17, 2020 to the Mexico-Guatemala border. Fellows will begin their trip in Mexico City, where they will complete a Hostile Environment and First Aid Training (HEFAT) course. They will then depart for the Mexico-Guatemala border for nine days of reporting in Tapachula, Mexico, and Quetzaltenango, Guatemala, and the surrounding areas.

The IWMF pays for fellowship-related expenses including travel, lodging, meals and fixers/interpreters unless a selected journalist’s news organization wishes to assume these costs.

The deadline is Nov. 12.


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The Texas Tribune offers fellowship [US]

Aspiring journalists and programmers can apply for student fellowships in Austin, Texas.

The Texas Tribune is accepting applications for its summer 2020 fellowships. Fellows work full time during the summer.

The organization hosts a range of fellowships focusing on data visualization, reporting, copy editing, photo editing, art, engagement, media relations, multimedia and events. The reporting fellowship can be based in either Austin or Washington.

The deadline is Nov. 15.


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Vacancy: ARIJ seeks managing investigative editor [MENA]

Journalists with experience in leading investigative editors can apply for this position in Amman, Jordan.

The Arab Reporters for Investigative Journalism (ARIJ) is looking for an experienced managing editor with an excellent eye for the great investigative story to join its team.

Candidates should demonstrate excellent leadership, editing, mentoring and collaborative skills. The selected journalist will lead and grow a team of dedicated journalists, researchers and data specialists.

Applicants must be fluent in Arabic and English.

The deadline is Oct. 28.

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Nieman Foundation hosts media innovation fellowship [Worldwide]

Journalists worldwide working for news organizations in a business, technology or leadership capacity can apply for a fellowship at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

The Nieman Foundation for Journalism and the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society will host at least one fellow for an academic year to carry out a research project on journalism innovation.

Candidates must propose a project relating to journalism’s digital transformation. Examples might include ideas for new revenue streams to fund journalism, the construction of new tools for reporting or research into news consumption patterns.

Fellows receive a stipend and additional allowances for housing, childcare and health insurance.

The application deadline is Dec. 1, 2019 for international journalists and Jan. 31, 2020 for U.S. journalists.

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PRESS RELEASE: IPC CALLS FOR IMMEDIATE INVESTIGATION ON RECENT ATTACKS ON JOURNALISTS IN CALABAR

Press Release

For immediate release, October 21, 2019 

The International Press Centre (IPC), Lagos is calling on security operatives in Calabar to immediately investigate and apprehend alleged perpetrators of recent attacks on journalists working with Akwa Ibom state Broadcasting Corporation (AKBC).

Details from Leadership Online Portal has it that, “a news editor with the Akwa Ibom state Broadcasting Corporation (AKBC), Harrison Essien was attacked by gunmen at the AKBC Transmitting Station, Ntak Inyang, few meters from Calabar-Itu highway in Uyo  yesterday, October 20, 2019.”

“It will be recalled that few weeks ago, five employees of the same Broadcasting Corporation were attacked by armed robbers in the same location, even as most of the victims are currently treating injuries sustained during the attack, the report said.”

The Director of IPC, Mr. Lanre Arogundade in a statement demanded that the State Commissioner of Police should immediately probe the recent attacks and take the necessary actions while the alleged perpetrators should be made to face the consequences of their actions.

“Security agencies and vigilante groups should come to the aid of the staff of the organization by beefing up security in the area,” Arogundade added.

SGD:

Melody Akinjiyan

Safety Alert Desk Officer, IPC

melodyakinjiyan@ipcng.org

+2348132776441

Journalism fellowships available [US]

U.S. journalism students can apply for a paid reporting fellowship.

The Pulliam Fellowship program places college students and new graduates at either The Indianapolis Star or The Arizona Republic for the summer of 2020.

Fellows will act as members of the newsroom and participate in writing workshops. The fellowship will run June 8 to Aug. 14, 2020.

College juniors, seniors and graduate students enrolled in journalism programs are eligible to apply.

Applicants must send samples of their best published writings, at least half of which were written under deadline, a transcript of the college credits and three letters of recommendation.

The deadline is Nov. 1.


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Vacancy: ARIJ seeks managing investigative editor [MENA]

Journalists with experience in leading investigative editors can apply for this position in Amman, Jordan.

The Arab Reporters for Investigative Journalism (ARIJ) is looking for an experienced managing editor with an excellent eye for the great investigative story to join its team.

Candidates should demonstrate excellent leadership, editing, mentoring and collaborative skills. The selected journalist will lead and grow a team of dedicated journalists, researchers and data specialists.

Applicants must be fluent in Arabic and English.

The deadline is Oct. 28.


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Registration ongoing for summit on climate change reporting [Europe]

Journalists, media experts, freelancers and journalism students in Europe can apply to attend this program.

The European Journalism Centre is organizing the next  News Impact Summit on Oct. 7 in Birmingham, England. The event is sponsored by the Google News Initiative.

The workshop will present innovative ways of changing the way journalists tell stories about climate change, with speakers from the BBC, Carbon Brief, Climate Home, El Surtidor, Al-Jazeera, Quartz, the Lookout Station and Extinction Rebellion.

The News Impact events are free of charge. Travel and accommodation are at the expense of participants.

Register now; spots are limited.

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Essays competition on Geneva Conventions open [MENA]

Arabic-speaking scholars can compete for a prize.

The International Committee of the Red Cross is accepting entries for a writing competition that aims to engage the Arabic-speaking scholars on relevant discussions and to provide an academic platform for legal debates.

Entries must tackle one of the following topics: an overview of the four Geneva Conventions (GCs), the sufficiency of common Article 3 to regulate non-international armed conflicts, the success and/or failures of the GCs to humanize contemporary armed conflicts, the effectiveness of the GCs implementation mechanisms and the contemporary challenges facing GCs in today wars.

The articles should be written in Arabic.

The first, second and third place winners will receive US$1,500, US$1,000 and US$750, respectively.

The deadline is Dec. 6
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ILO seeks labor migration entries [Worldwide]

Professional journalists and students are invited to submit articles or videos/multimedia to this contest.

The International Labour Organization (ILO) is accepting entries for its 2019 global media competition.

The contest aims to promote quality reporting on labor migration issues, ensuring greater public awareness about the contributions migrant workers bring to communities and contributing to the elimination of public misperception, xenophobia and discrimination against migrant workers.

Written press, photo essay, multimedia, video and/or radio are eligible but must have been published or aired between Nov. 1, 2018 and Oct. 31, 2019. Entries in other languages than English, French and Spanish must include a translation.

The competition has a student category and four professional categories, including two prizes on the theme "fair recruitment of migrant workers" and two for "the future of labor migration."

The winners will be able to choose between US$1,000 in the professional category and US$300 for the student category or a paid fellowship to participate in an ITC-Turin course on a fair recruitment or labor migration topic in 2020.

The deadline is Oct. 31

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