Stories
Our stories examine the ways that race, religion, class, dis/ability, age, gender and sexual identity issues intersect with major topics in the media, and aim to bring new perspectives to light.
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Media that Matters Film Festival seeks short films that promote social...
Deadline: January 22, 2010 Region: Worldwide Filmmakers seeking to make social change through their work are encouraged to submit short …

Arab bloggers invited to discuss women’s issues
Dates: December 24 to 31, 2009 Region: Middle East and North Africa Arab bloggers are invited to participate in a …

MAGREB CIVIL SOCIETY TRAINED IN STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS SKILLS
Date: 16-18 December 2009 Country: Morocco Over 25 civil society activists from four Maghreb countries attended a three-day seminar on …

First regional debate on the Media and Regionalization in Morocco held...
Date: 19 December 2009 Country: Morocco The intellectual journal ‘Nawafid’ together with the UK-based Media Diversity Institute (MDI) invited around …

CIVIS Europe´s media Prize for Integration
Deadline: 20 January 2011 Region: European Union CIVIS – Europe’s Media Prize for Integration and Cultural Diversity is looking for …

Workshops on covering poverty in Tanzania, Botswana and Malawi
Date: Tanzania – November 24 to 25; Botswana – January 19 and 20; Malawi – January 26 and 27, 2010 …

Competition seeks to raise awareness of people with disabilities
Deadline: 15 December 2009 Country: Russia A competition is seeking works about people with disabilities, with the goal of bringing …

The one you choose to feed: an article about religion and national ide...
Posted: 17 November 2009 Country: USA Louise Diamond, founder and director of Global Systems Initiatives, calls for finding ways “to …

Postdoctoral Fellowship in Democracy and Diversity
Deadline: 1 February 2010 Country: Canada Queen’s University is now inviting applications for the sixth year of the postdoctoral fellowship …

Call for papers for the Second World Education Congress, South Africa
Deadline: 1 December 2009 Region: Worldwide The Second World Journalism Education Congress, a discussion on the development of journalism education …