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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Sexuality in African Media: Calls for Proposals
Deadline: 30 October 2009 Region: Sub-Saharan Africa Journalists, writers, photographers, and broadcasters are invited to submit a variety of visual …

Investigative journalism: 2.0
Date: 11 October 2009 Location: Worldwide In the age of the Internet, investigative reporting is being revamped. Whereas muckrakers of …

Film ‘Burma VJ’ sheds light on media in a repressive envir...
Posted: 06 October 2009 Region: Asia and the Pacific Independent media in the junta-run Union of Myanmar, the Southeast Asian …

Become a multimedia journalist at the International Media Institute of...
Posted: 13 October 2009 Region: Asia Join the International Media Institute of India at Noida and learn to produce high …

Knight Fellowships at Stanford University
Deadline: 15 December 2009 Location: Worldwide A year to study and research, removed from the dailiness of newsroom deadline pressures, …

Competition seeks short videos on defining democracy
Deadline: 31 January 2010 Region: Worldwide Video producers around the world that are at least 18-years-old can submit a video …

ICFJ offers online course on freedom of expression in the digital age
Deadline: November 27, 2009 Region: Worldwide Journalists from across the Arab world, North America and Europe are invited to participate …

Contest seeking works from photographers around the world
Deadline: 04 December 2009 Region: Worldwide The Sony World Photography Award photo competition is seeking pictures that represent a series …

Published investigative stories sought from journalists worldwide
Posted: 08 October 2009 Region: Worldwide The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) is seeking outstanding investigative reporting for a …

Radio awards aim to foster peace building in Africa
Deadline: 31 October 2009 Region: Sub-Saharan Africa A competition that seeks to foster peace building in Africa is seeking radio …