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Date: 24/07/11 - 01/08/11 Deadline: 31/03/11 Transitions Online Cost: 1,395.00 USD Location: Prague Czech Republic

Journalists and students interested in international reporting can attend a course in Prague.

The Foreign Correspondent Training Course, offered by Transitions Online, aims to provide an introduction to international reporting, through training by respected foreign correspondents and a practical reporting project.

Sample topics include pitching to editors, adapting to multimedia and breaking into the field. The course will allow participants to apply their new skills to a real-life reporting assignment. Confirmed trainers include BBC's Rob Cameron, freelance photojournalist Dean Cox and Nikolay Pavlov from Radio Free Europe RFE .

The course will be conducted in English. The course fee includes accommodation, but not travel costs.

Applications must be received by March 31, 2011 to get the early-bird discount. For more information, click here.

1Share Date: 01/08/11 - 06/08/11 Deadline: 31/03/11 Transitions Online Cost: 1,125.00 USD Location: Prague Czech Republic

Journalists and students interested in photojournalism can attend a course in Prague.

The Photojournalism Course, offered by Transitions Online, aims to provide an introduction to taking, editing and selling photographs. It will focus on both classroom training sessions and practical shooting and editing sessions. Sample topics include lighting, post-production and multimedia presentations.

The course will be led by Dean Cox, a freelance photojournalist who has sold his work to the Associated Press, the New York Times, the International Herald Tribune, EurasiaNet and Bloomberg News.

Students are required to bring their own cameras, but organizers say "it doesn’t matter if it’s the cheapest camera on the market or a top-of-the range Canon or Nikon." The course will be conducted in English. The course fee includes accommodation, but not travel costs.

Apply by March 31, 2011 for an early-bird discount, €845 (US$1,125).

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Investigative journalists reporting across borders can enter a competition.

The Daniel Pearl Awards, sponsored by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, recognize and reward excellence in cross-border investigative reporting. There is also a special citation for reporting carried out in challenging circumstances.

The award was created in honor of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl, who was slain by militants in Pakistan in 2002. Past ICIJ award winners have reported about abuses faced by immigrants in American workplaces and the involvement of Sweden in the CIA secret renditions program.

The competition is open to journalists of any kind of media who have reported in at least two countries on a topic of world significance. Two US$5,000 first-place prizes will be awarded, one to a U.S.-based journalist or news outlet and one to a non-U.S.-based reporter or outlet. Five finalists will receive US$1,000.

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Organisation: VIDEA ,Deadline February 18, 2011

VIDEA (Victoria International Development Education Association) is looking for submissions for their youth (19 and under) photography competition. The theme is: "Picture a world......" and photographers get to fill in the sentence with their own interpretation of their world, their community, their vision, voice and perspective.

Photos will be judged by a panel of distinguished photographers. The top 15 submissions will be featured at VIDEA’s upcoming Youth Open Mic at Solstice Cafe in Victoria, with a special prize awarded to the top finalist.

Submission are accepted and encouraged from around the globe!

All details can be found here: videaphotocontest2011.blogspot.com

Submission Instructions