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Training |
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World
Bank Institute
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Covering Budgets and Government Spending
A selective, action-based learning program for
African journalists
http://www.worldbank.org/wbi/ebj/Budgets/
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Explore
our website for more information: http://www.worldbank.org/wbi/governance/journalism.htm
National and Regional Investigative Journalism
Programs, Web-based Journalism Course |
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Africa
Information Afrique
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In
Harare, Zimbabwe. The five-day intensive workshop
will be devoted to the art of sub-editing, concentrating
on the best use of words for news reports. The
deadline for applications is November 30, 2001.
Applications should be sent to Jane Soper at e-mail
jsoper@ecoweb.co.zw
or fax to (+263) 4 772 123 or (+263) 4 756 251
or post to: The Coordinator, AIA, P.O. Box 7069,
Harare, Zimbabwe. |
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International
Broadcasting Journalism
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Jun
24, 2002 - Sep 13, 2002
Course: International Broadcasting Journalism.
In Cardiff, Wales. For radio and TV journalists
from around the world. Offered by the Wales-based
Thomson Foundation. Application deadline is April
30, 2002. For more information, contact the Thomson
Foundation, 37 Park Place, Cardiff CF10 3BB, Wales,
United Kingdom. Tel: (44-29) 2035-3060. Fax: (44-29)
2035-3061. E-mail: enquiries@thomfound.co.uk. |
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Fellowships |
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Alfred
Friendly Press Fellowships
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Six-month working fellowships for non-U.S. print
journalists from developing and transitional countries
with an emerging free press. An applicant must
have an excellent command of written and spoken
English, early to mid-career status, with at least
three years experience as a print journalist,
a demonstrated commitment to a career in journalism
in the home country, and current employment as
a journalist with an independent print media organization
in a developing or transitional country. A typical
AFPF Fellow is approximately 29 years old with
six years of professional print journalism experience.
The Fellowship covers all costs of program-related
international and domestic U.S. travel, and provides
a monthly stipend.
The program begins in June with a two-week orientation
seminar in Washington followed by five-month deployment
to U.S. host newspapers and magazines.
Applications are due February 1 for the program
beginning
in June of that year.
For more information and/or an application, visit
AFPF's website, www.pressfellowships.org
or contact AFPF by January 1 at: 2000 L Street
N.W., Suite 200, Washington, DC 20036-4997. Tel.:(1-202)416-1691.
Fax:(1-202)416-1695. E-mail: afpf@aol.com |
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World
Press Institute Fellowships |
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Awards 10 fellowships each year to international
journalists with a minimum of five years of professional
experience as reporters and/or editors. WPI offers
training and firsthand exposure in the role and
responsibilities of a free press in a democracy.
Fellows travel the United States for four months,
interviewing the famous and non-famous, visiting
large and small institutions, experiencing this
country firsthand. All expenses are paid. Candidates
must be fluent in English.
Contact: John Ullmann, executive director, World
Press Institute, 1635 Summit Ave., St. Paul, MN
55105, U.S.A. Tel.: (1-651) 696-6360. Fax: (1-651)
696-6306. E-mail: ullmann@macalester.edu.
Web site: www.worldpressinstitute.org
DEADLINE: December 31 |
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Reagan-Fascell
Democracy Fellows Program |
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The Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellows Program seeks
to enhance the ability of democracy activists,
practitioners, scholars, and journalists to promote
democracy world-wide. The program is intended
primarily to support practitioners and scholars
from new and aspiring democracies. Fellows will
be in residence at the International Forum for
Democratic Studies, the research and publications
arm of the National Endowment for Democracy (NED),
located in Washington, D.C. The Forum hosts 12-15
fellows per year for three to 10 months each.
Each fellow will receive a monthly stipend for
living expenses, plus health insurance and reimbursement
for travel to and from Washington.
The deadline for fellowships is April 1, 2002,
but applicants are encouraged to submit their
materials earlier.
For more information, visit www.ned.org/forum/fellowship_program.html,
or contact Kristin Helz, program assistant, Fellowship
Programs, International Forum for Democratic Studies,
National Endowment for Democracy, 1101 15th Street,
N.W., Washington, DC 20005, Telephone (202) 293-0300.
Fax (202) 293-0258. E-mail kristin@ned.org. |
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Knight-Bagehot
Fellowship Program in Economics and Business Journalism |
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DEADLINE: March 1
Provides stipend and tuition for up to 10 broadcast
and print journalists who wish to deepen their
understanding of business and economics. Open
to journalists with at least four years of experience
and only to those whose work regularly appears
in the United States and Canada. International
journalists may be eligible if also accepted by
the World Bank scholarship program. (Call 1-202-273-6849
for an application.) Fellows spend nine months
at Columbia University's Graduate Schools of Business,
International Affairs and Law.
Contact: Terri Thompson, Knight-Bagehot Director,
Graduate School of Journalism, Mail Code 3850,
2950 Broadway, Columbia University, New York,
NY 10027; Tel: 1-212- 854-2711; Fax: 1-212- 854-3900;
E-mail: tat5@columbia.edu Web site: www.jrn.columbia.edu/knight-bagehot/ |
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Duke
University Visiting Media Fellows Program |
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The DeWitt Wallace Center for Communications and
Journalism at Duke University offers short- and
long-term study opportunities to journalists from
all over the world. Fellows may study from four
weeks up to an academic year.
They
attend regular University classes, participate
in special seminars on media policy issues,
and visit media companies, government agencies,
businesses and nonprofits.
Interested
individuals are encouraged to visit the web
site. Additional information on tuition costs
and application deadlines is available.
Contact: Media Fellows Coordinator, DeWitt Wallace
Center for Communications and Journalism, Duke
University Box 90241, Durham, NC 27708-0241;
Tel: (919) 613-7344; E-mail: bley@pps.duke.edu;
www-pps.aas.duke.edu/centers/dewitt/fellows/index.html
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Emory
University Journalism School South Africa Program |
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Each year, journalists from South Africa are selected
to spend the spring semester at Emory University
helping to teach a course on the state of South
African journalism and South African culture.
Contact: Mr. Loren Ghiglione, Director, Journalism
Program, S. 414 Callaway Center, Emory University,
Atlanta, GA 30322; Tel: (404) 727-613; E-mail:
lghigli@emory.edu;
Web Site:
www.emory.edu |
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Gordon
Fisher Fellowship |
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The fellowship is open to any journalist who is
fully employed by a newspaper or news agency with
membership in the Commonwealth Press Union (CPU).
Particular consideration will be given to journalists
from developing countries. Participants will be
able to choose from a wide range of university
courses and activities at the University of Toronto,
Canada, and will be able to audit any graduate
or undergraduate course offered by the school.
The university, however, does not offer courses
in journalism or media studies. Each applicant
must be a full-time employee with a newspaper
or news service with at least three years' experience.
Applicants must have employer consent for a leave
of absence and undertake to rejoin the sponsoring
employer for a minimum of one year at the completion
of the fellowship program. The application should
include a proposal for a plan of study, a statement
of the applicant's experience, samples of work,
supporting letter from the employer, and three
references.
All application materials must be submitted by
February 18, 2002 to apply for the 2002-2003 Gordon
Fisher Fellowship, which runs from September 1,
2002 to April 30, 2003. |
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The
Poynter Institute Southern and South Africa Journalism
Fellows Program |
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The Poynter Institute for Media Studies offers
five fellowships to journalists of democratic,
independent (not controlled by government or government
organizations) newspapers in South Africa and
the Southern African region. Awards are up to
one month in duration and include tuition, air
travel, hotel, meals, and incidental expenses.
Fellows will attend one or two six-day seminars
and will have the opportunity to work independently
in the Institute's media research library, as
well as observe the Institute's own newspaper,
the St. Petersburg Times.
Contact: Institute for the Advancement of Journalism,
9 Jubilee Road, Parktown, Johannesburg 2193, South
Africa; Tel: (27 11) 484-1765/8; Fax: (27 11)
643-2435; or
Contact: Paul Pohlman, Director of Leadership
Programs, The Poynter Institute for Media Studies,
801 Third Street South, St. Petersburg, FL 33701;
Tel: (813) 821-9494; Fax: (813) 896-6703; E-mail:
paulp@poynter.org;
Web Site: www.poynter.org |
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Reuter
Foundation Fellowships |
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University fellowships are awarded annually to
journalists from developing countries. Variable
number of one to three term fellowships to broadcast
and print journalists at the University of Oxford,
Oxford, England; Stanford University, Palo Alto,
Calif., U.S.; and the University of Bordeaux,
Gironde, France. Four month fellowship for photojournalists
is also awarded at the University of Missouri
School of Journalism, Columbia, Mo, U.S. The Reuter
Foundation also runs seminars, short-term training
courses and traveling workshops for journalists
from the developing world and Central/Eastern
Europe.
Contact: Director, Reuter Foundation, 85 Fleet
Street, London, England EC4P 4AJ; Tel: (44 171)
542-7015; Fax: (44 171) 542-8599; E-mail: foundation@reuters.com;
Web Site: www.foundation.reuters.com |
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World
Press Institute Fellowships |
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Awards 10 fellowships each year to international
journalists with a minimum of five years of professional
experience as reporters and/or editors. WPI offers
training and firsthand exposure in the role and
responsibilities of a free press in a democracy.
Fellows travel the United States for four months,
interviewing the famous and non-famous, visiting
large and small institutions, experiencing this
country firsthand. All expenses are paid. Candidates
must be fluent in English.
Contact: John Ullmann, executive director, World
Press Institute, 1635 Summit Ave., St. Paul, MN
55105, U.S.A.
Tel.:
(1-651) 696-6360. Fax: (1-651) 696-6306. E-mail:
ullmann@macalester.edu.
Web site: www.worldpressinstitute.org
DEADLINE:
December 31
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Please send all your questions and comments about
the EBJ course to mlutalo@worldbank.org
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