International Center for Journalists (ICFJ)seeking nominees who, despite difficult circumstances, produce pioneering news reports or innovations that have great impact. Candidates can be reporters, editors, technologists, media managers, citizen journalists or bloggers. Please send in your nominations by Friday, Feb. 17, 2017.

The award reflects the mission of ICFJ’s Knight Fellowships, which foster a global culture of news innovation. The program is supported by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

for more info; http://www.icfj.org/news/call-nominations-knight-international-journalism-awards

The aim of the Heinz-Kühn-Foundation is to support the training and professional development of junior journalists.  The foundation awards scholarships to young journalists from North-Rhine-Westphalia for six-week or three-month reporting trips in developing countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America.
The foundation also provides funds to enable candidates from developing countries to gain professional journalism experience in North-Rhine-Westphalia for up to three months.
Heinz-Kühn-Foundation scholarships are intended to enable junior journalists to further their professional development and continue training in new surroundings, and to gain a first-hand and in-depth knowledge of the customs, opinions and way of life in other countries. More info; http://www.heinz-kuehn-stiftung.de/index.php/en/about-us2/what-we-support

 

The Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Center for Business Journalism, an initiative of the City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism, began offering Fellowships to accomplished business journalists in the summer of 2014. Sixteen veteran journalists have since been awarded grants of up to $15,000.

Applications will generally be accepted twice a year  — in the spring and the fall. The upcoming fall deadline is December 15, 2016; spring  applications will be due May 31, 2017. Find the link for more information; http://www.mcgrawcenter.org/the-harold-w-mcgraw-jr-business-journalism-fellowships/

 

The Nikon Photo Contest 2016-2017 is now open for entries.

Deadline;  Friday, January 27, 2017 (closes at 1:00 p.m. Japan standard time)

Link to apply: http://www.nikon-photocontest.com/en/

The Internews Earth Journalism Network (EJN) has created the Biodiversity Media Grant Opportunity to support journalism networks and media organizations throughout the world in increasing the capacity of media to cover critical issues of conservation and biodiversity.

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION DECEMBER 23rd, 2016

Link:  http://earthjournalism.net/opportunities/biodiversity-media-grant-opportunity-2013-2017-call-for-applications/

Applications for the 2017-18 JSK Fellowships are open. The deadline for applying is December 1, 2016.

Before you begin filling out our online application, please be sure you understand what we are looking for and what being a JSK Fellow entails by reading all of the information on the Become a Fellow page of our website, as well as Who Can be a Fellow, Being a Fellow and Benefits of a Fellowship. It is important that you do this first.

Once you are ready to apply, sign up for a FluidReview account.

Follow the link: https:/jsk.fluidreview.com/

The IWMF’s Reporting Grants for Women’s Stories, sponsored by The Secular Society, is a new funding initiative supporting journalism produced by and about women. In an era of increased globalization, the need for varied coverage of gendered topics is critical to a free and representative press. These grants will be a catalyst for reporting on untold stories surrounding issues that impact women and girls’ daily lives worldwide.

Through programs, fellowships, and grants the IWMF empowers women journalists with the training, support, and network to become leaders in the news industry. The IWMF recognizes that promoting the work and advancing the role of women in the news media is critical to transparency and that women journalists remain underrepresented in both media organizations and bylines across the world. Consequently, stories about women and the issues that affect their lives remain severely underreported. The IWMF’s Reporting Grants on Women’s Stories initiative empowers journalists to access untold stories through new means of funding that emphasizes gender balanced reporting.

Link for apply: https://www.iwmf.org/programs/reporting-grants-for-womens-stories/

News Network with the support of the United Nations Democracy Fund (UNDEF) awarded eight journalists for best reporting on Democracy and Human Rights issues 2016. Journalists, based in remote rural districts of Bangladesh who were trained by the News Network, participated in the competition. The award giving ceremony was held on 18 October at News Network Office in Dhaka.

The winners are: First – Ashik Mannan, Correspondent, Maasranga TV, Brahmanbaria; Second – Mohammad Ali, Correspondent, Dainik Ajker Deshbarta, Dinajpur; Third – Morjina Begum, Senior Staff Reporter, Dainik Barisal Shomoy, Barisal. Fiv

e journalists jointly secured the fourth position. They are Abdur Razzak Rana, Bureau Chief of Dainik Sangram, Khulna Office; Sunil Barua, Correspondent, Maasranga TV, Cox’s Bazar; Md. Al-A

min Mondul (Biplob), Correspondent, Dainik Inqilab, Bogra; Shihab Uddin Bipu, Correspondent of NTV, Brahmanbaria; Khaled Ahmed, Staff Reporter, Dainik Jalalabad, Sylhet. 
 Jury members Shamsuddin Ahmed, Former Joint Editor, The Daily Observer; Ziaur Rahman, Senior Journalist, The Financial Express; and News Network Editor and CEO Shahiduzzaman were present in the occasion.

 

The UNICRI Masterclass on Cyber Threats aims to provide media and public relations professionals, as well as those planning a career in public information and communication, with a deeper understanding of new security threats to states and citizens. The focus of the course is on cyber threats, internet governance and the role of media.

The advances in information technologies and modern society’s dependence on digital infrastructure have generated new threats and challenges to be addressed. Cyber warfare, terrorist use of the internet, cyber espionage, online crimes against property and persons embody growing transnational menaces to civil society in a hyper-connected world. Conversely, governments’ responses to counter cyber threats and to safeguard national security through the internet are triggering an ethical debate: are security measures putting freedom of expression in danger?

Accurate information is critical to generate appropriate levels of concern from governments and the civil society. Public information professionals and journalists have to address security issues associated with new information technology advances. These developments require a deep understanding and level of specialization to match the pressure and expectations of media professionals’ daily work.

Over the two-day course participants will become acquainted with the latest developments in cyber threats, countering cyber crime measures, internet governance and privacy issues. Journalists and public information professionals will acquire key tools to find and verify sources reliability, to secure their personal information and media infrastructures, to frame ethical debates on national security and freedom of expression. Participants will meet high-level cyber security experts, as well as practitioners from international organizations and media professionals in this field, expanding their professional network in a select, international environment.

More info: http://unicri.it/services/education_training/journalism_public_information_programme/cyber_threats_workshop/