Monday, August 11, 2008

Integrity Awards to honor fight against corruption

Region :Worldwide
Country :None
Topic :Fellowships and Awards

06/08/2008
Nominations are now being accepted for the Transparency International Integrity Awards, which will award journalists or journalism organizations that have made a profound contribution to social, political and economic development in their countries. Deadline: August 31.
Individual journalists or journalism organizations can be nominated for the award. The award consists of a trophy.
For more information, visit http://www.transparency.org/news_room/award/integrity_awards/call_for_entries

Broadcast journalism course to be held in the Netherlands

Region :WorldwideCountry :NoneTopic :Basic Journalism

11/08/2008
The Radio Netherlands Training Centre (RNTC) invites mid-career journalists to apply for its International Course in Broadcast Journalism focusing on social conflict and cohesion. The deadline is August 15.
The course will be held over a 12-week period in Hilversum, from February 2 to April 14, 2009.
Aimed at mid-career broadcast journalists from developing countries, the international course seeks to strengthen the capacity of broadcast journalists and the organizations they work for.
Fellowships available for journalists from 57 countries will cover the cost of the course as well as travel and accommodation expenses.
For more information, visit: http://www.rnw.nl/rntc/courses/ICBJ2009.php.

Media@lse Conference to explore important media issues

Region :WorldwideCountry :NoneTopic :Ethics
06/08/2008
The London School of Economics and Political Science’s Department of Media and Communications (Media@lse) will hold a conference from September 21 to September 23 in celebration of the department’s fifth anniversary।

The conference will explore the role of media and communications in shaping human values, perceptions, actions, as well as social relations।

For the purposes of the conference, Media@lse will be accepting papers, proposals, and panels that are relevant to the theme and fall under any of the categories below:
Communication and Difference
Democracy, Politics and Journalism Ethics
Globalisation and Comparative Studies
Innovation, Governance and Policy
Media and New Media Literacies
Submissions must be made by August 15.
For more information, visit http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/media@lse/Conference/Default.htm