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ICFJ offers online course on covering labor issues in the Arab world
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Journalists from across the Arab world are invited to apply for a six-week Arabic language online training course on covering labor issues. Deadline to apply: 15 April. More
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ICFJ offers online course on freedom of expression in the digital age
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Journalists from across the Arab world, North America and Europe are invited to participate in an online training course entitled "Freedom of expression in the digital age," which will be held December 4, 2009 to January 22, 2010. Deadline to apply: November 27. More
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Swedish Institute invites young Arabs for leadership programme
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Young Arabs are invited to apply for the Young Leaders Visitors Program (YLVP), an intercultural programme with the aim to lay a foundation for dialogue, mutual understanding, and knowledge-sharing among young opinion-makers from Sweden, the Middle East and North Africa. The focus of the programme is on social media as a tool for positive change. More
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First Course in Newspaper Design for Moroccan Newspapers
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During a five-day workshop, a group of Moroccan media professionals and journalism students were last week introduced to the concept of visual journalism by colleagues from the United Arab Emirates. The workshop, which dealt with issues such as the relationship between newspaper designers and the editorial team, the role of photography in the Arab press and how to create a style book for a newspaper, was organised by WAN in collaboration with UNESCO in Morocco and the country's only public university-level journalism school ISIC, and aimed at the Arabic-language press in Morocco. More
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JTP Launches New Band of Citizen Journalists
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Web 2.0, audio and video editing, converged content and online media ethics were a few of the topics tackled in a five-day workshop on "Citizen/Online Journalism" that drew eager bloggers seeking to hone their skills in cyber publishing. More
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JTP Plans Citizen/Online Journalism Workshop
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The Journalism Training Program (JTP) at the American University of Beirut will conduct a workshop July 21-25, 2008 on "Citizen/Online Journalism " for Arab print, broadcast and online reporters. More
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For a Better Coverage of Violent Events
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Arab print and broadcast journalists are encouraged to apply for a seminar organised by the Dart center for Journalism and Trauma from 11 to 15 November in Chicago, USA. More
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Writing International News Course
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Reuters Foundation offers full bursaries for journalists from the Arab countries wishing to attend a course focusing on the writing of international news. Applications must be sent by 27 June. More
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Press Now to Open Media Centre in Iraq
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The Amsterdam-based organization Press Now, which supports independent media in regions of conflict and countries in transition, will open an independent media centre in Iraqi Kurdistan on 1 April. The centre will offer consultancy and training for media in all of the Kurdish region, and will support both independent and party-related media. Training will also be conducted for journalists from the rest of Iraq. More
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"Arab Media Lack Resources and Ethics"
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Since April 2007, the American University of Beirut offers professional training programmes to journalists from the Arab world. The courses cover a large variety of topics, from online journalism to war reporting. APN spoke to Magda Abu-Fadil who is in charge of the programme. More
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Euro-Mediterranean Academy for Young Journalists in Amman
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The Goethe-Institute in Amman, Jordan invites young journalists from Mediterranean and EU member states to participate in the first Euro-Mediterranean Academy for young Journalists in Amman to be held from May 4-15. The last day to apply is March 15. More
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JTP Workshop on Public Health Coverage
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The Journalism Training Program (JTP) at the American University of Beirut will conduct a workshop March 12-14, 2008 on "Public Health Coverage" for Arab print, broadcast and online reporters. More
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