www.aycn.net - Recent blog posts http://www.aycn.net/rss/groupblogs Recent blog posts <span class="translation_missing">en-EN, for</span> www.aycn.net en-EN AMIC Blog by AYCN Thu, 07 Apr 2011 10:37:19 +0800 http://www.aycn.net/posts/353-amic-blog http://www.aycn.net/posts/353-amic-blog Check out AMIC BLOG, a platform to provide our readers with information on communication topics, issues and events. This blog is operated by AMIC staff, volunteers, members and eminent communication people. The AMIC Blog updates its readers daily with the latest in communication news and analysis including information assimilated from various other forums.
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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.

]]> Learn photojournalism in 5-day boot camp [Prague] by AYCN Tue, 15 Feb 2011 10:44:04 +0800 http://www.aycn.net/posts/302-learn-photojournalism-in-5-day-boot-camp-prague- http://www.aycn.net/posts/302-learn-photojournalism-in-5-day-boot-camp-prague- 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).
For more information, click here.

]]> Investigative journalism competition accepting entries [Worldwide] by AYCN Tue, 15 Feb 2011 10:36:32 +0800 http://www.aycn.net/posts/301-investigative-journalism-competition-accepting-entries-worldwide- http://www.aycn.net/posts/301-investigative-journalism-competition-accepting-entries-worldwide- 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.
For more information, click here.

]]> Call for Submissions: VIDEA Youth Photography Challenge by AYCN Thu, 10 Feb 2011 10:58:27 +0800 http://www.aycn.net/posts/291-call-for-submissions-videa-youth-photography-challenge http://www.aycn.net/posts/291-call-for-submissions-videa-youth-photography-challenge 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

Please send submissions along with “Picture a world...” descriptions to videablog@gmail.com
Submission deadline is February 18th at noon.

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It is meant for youth leaders, youth workers and youth trainers from Germany, Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary, Belgium and Portugal to learn and develop non formal and experiential education methods connected with environmental themes. During this training the participants will experience an ongoing process of discussion, sharing and experiencing the great potential of these methods. More information and to apply, please click here.
The deadline for applications is Friday, 11 February 2011.
 
 
 

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Are you interested to live in Prague for a year? Would you like to meet new people and travel all over Europe during our activities? Improve your working skills? Do a project in an international youth NGO with members in 19 different countries and 130.000 in total? Learn more about communication, promotion, organizing, writing and editing?
 
Then please go to http://www.iynf.org/obsah/take_part/activities.php?id_activity=74 read the call and apply. Deadline for application is Monday 28th of February 2011.
 
 

]]> Arts, media convergence fellowships offered to journalists [Worldwide] by AYCN Tue, 08 Feb 2011 11:00:07 +0800 http://www.aycn.net/posts/288-arts-media-convergence-fellowships-offered-to-journalists-worldwide- http://www.aycn.net/posts/288-arts-media-convergence-fellowships-offered-to-journalists-worldwide- The Clore Leadership Programme aims to shape emerging creative leaders in the arts through in-depth of about 20 people a year.
The fellowship, which lasts seven months, includes a 3-month work placement, training courses, mentoring and coaching. Fellows will also attend a residential course in Kent, England from September 12 to 23, 2011.
Fellows must have at least five years experience and be able to demonstrate leadership and knowledge/experience in the cultural sector. Candidates from outside the UK can apply for the International Scholarships on the Clore Leadership Programme as well as for unfunded fellowships.
UK music and arts reporter Paul Cutts used the award to travel to the US in 2008-2009, where he spent five months editing a Native American newspaper for the Shoshone and Arapaho tribes in the Lower Rocky mountains of Wyoming.
There are a number of general and specialist fellowships available, of those, one is of particular interest to journalists and editors: “Sustainable Convergence of Media.”
For more information, click here.

]]> TED fellowships open to young journalists, photographers [Scotland, US] by AYCN Tue, 08 Feb 2011 10:57:55 +0800 http://www.aycn.net/posts/287-ted-fellowships-open-to-young-journalists-photographers-scotland-us- http://www.aycn.net/posts/287-ted-fellowships-open-to-young-journalists-photographers-scotland-us- The program is designed to bring together young trailblazers from a variety of fields who have shown unusual accomplishment and courage.
There are 20 fellows selected to attend the TED conferences. TED is a non-profit devoted to ideas worth spreading, which brings together some of today's most interesting thinkers including author Chris Abani and Al Gore. Participants will also have the opportunity to attend pre-conference programs with training by speakers.
The TED Fellows Program targets candidates from the Asia/Pacific region, Africa, the Caribbean and the Middle East, but anyone over 18 is eligible. Applicants must be proficient in English.
Current fellows include Sey Min, a Korean data-visualization designer who works with live data sets to creatively display information and Sanjana Hattotuwa, a Sri Lankan human-rights activist and founder of Groundviews, a citizen-journalism initiative.
For more information, click here.

]]> NYU reporting fellowship available for journalists working in Asia by AYCN Tue, 01 Feb 2011 12:44:30 +0800 http://www.aycn.net/posts/284-nyu-reporting-fellowship-available-for-journalists-working-in-asia- http://www.aycn.net/posts/284-nyu-reporting-fellowship-available-for-journalists-working-in-asia- Selected fellows can develop their business and economic reporting skills by enrolling in a three-semester master's program at NYU’s Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute. The fellowship, funded in part by The Wall Street Journal, covers tuition expenses for two semesters, travel to New York and other incidental costs. It also provides a stipend of US$22,000.
Both seasoned and young journalists are invited to apply. Judges are looking for journalists with a passion for business journalism and evidence that they can and will take full advantage of this opportunity – whether in clips, story ideas, personal essay or an interview. Work experience is a definite plus, but isn’t the only criteria.
Full-time journalists working in Asia, with a minimum of one year’s experience at an English-language publication, are eligible. Applicants must be fluent in English and an Asian language. For more information, click here.

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