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  • Where journalists face pressure or harassment, an advocacy group comes to the rescue

    03/02/2010 - Worldwide

    By Bassam Sebti, IJNet Arabic Editor -- When CBS Senior International Correspondent Lara Logan met Iraqi state TV channel cameraman Jehad Ali (pictured) in Iraq in 2007, he had just been shot by a group of militants affiliated with al-Qaeda. Logan wanted to help. Logan approached the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), and before long, Ali was in the U.S. to have rehabilitation surgery on his leg.

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  • Webb on the Web: Crisis Reporting Toolkit

    02/02/2010 - Worldwide

    By Amy Webb, IJNet Digital Media Consultant -- Every journalist covering a hot zone or an area where natural disasters are likely should have a crisis reporting plan ready to implement.  I spoke with many reporters either on the ground in Haiti or newly dispatched to the region who were ill-prepared to start working immediately after the January earthquake tragedy.

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  • Reports warn of Latin America press freedom issues

    02/02/2010 - Latin America

    Press freedom in Latin America is under attack, according to four reports analyzing issues ranging from existing laws on access to information to harassment and violence against the press and the deaths of journalists in 2009. Read more below:The Regional Alliance for Freedom of Expression and Information published a study about the situation of Freedom of Expression in the Americas.

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  • Competition for Russian writers seeks works on WWII

    09/02/2010 - Eastern Europe-Central Eurasia

    Professional Russian writers, journalists and historians from Russia, New Independent States, Western and Eastern countries are invited to participate in a writing competition with the theme of the Great Patriotic War (1941-1945) and its veterans.

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  • New edition of national journalism prize launched in Mexico

    05/02/2010 - Mexico

    Print, radio, TV, or Internet journalists in Mexico have until March 12 to submit their best works to a national journalism prize. The categories are: news; investigative journalism; in-depth article/opinion; caricature/humor; interview; roundtable/debate; guidance/service to society; science and culture; and transparency and access to information. Works must have been published or broad

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  • Arab young opinion-makers invited to apply for leadership program

    04/02/2010 - Algeria, ...

    Young opinion-makers from select Middle East and North Africa countries who are actively working for social change are invited to participate in The Swedish Institute Young Leaders Visitors Program 2010 in Sweden.

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  • Indian Journalism Institute accepting applicants for next academic year

    04/02/2010 - Asia and the Pacific

    The Indian Institute of Journalism and New Media (IIJNM), located in Bangalore, is now accepting application for the 2010 to 2011 academic year. The deadline for application submission is April 30.  The Institute offers an array of diplomas from newspaper journalism to new media journalism. Diplomas are completed in one year. Courses incorporate cutting edge technology into instruction.

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  • Al Jazeera Center offers new training courses in Syria

    04/02/2010 - Syria

    The Qatar-based Al Jazeera Media Training and Development Center recently announced a list of new training courses that will be held in Damascus, Syria throughout 2010. The list includes courses in TV news editing, directing, ilming and lighting and much more. To view the list and for more information, click here. 

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  • Tips available in Arabic on writing for radio

    04/02/2010

    Arab journalists working in radio broadcasting can access a list of tips on how to write for the radio, published by the BBC Arabic Service. The tips explore the flexible aspects of the Arabic language, narrative, and the relation between the anchor's voice and the text. To read the tips, click here. 

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  • Reporters In The Trenches: Surviving Crisis Stress

    20/01/2010

    By Ann S. Utterback, Ph.D., Broadcast Voice Specialist -- Crisis is a given in the field of journalism. In many ways, it's what makes the profession so exciting. Some people are drawn to the field because of this excitement. But any crisis brings with it stress. Every profession has its occupational hazards, and for journalists, stress is the winner. Few consider the fact that in the news business, one crisis follows the next. Think back to 2001.

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  • Multimedia reporting: Producing video for the Web, Part 1

    11/01/2010

    By Omid Memarian, IJNet Contributing Writer -- Short video packages are important components of multimedia reporting. No clear standard has been drawn to define the length of online video reports, but usually these packages are less than ten minutes in length. When discussing online video reporting, one may first ask why we use this platform as a story-telling medium.

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  • Opportunity for USA Journalism Students

    07/02/2010

    By Donell Edwards -- The College World Reporter (CWR), America's premier online student empowerment magazine, is seeking U.S.

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  • how to jump from engineering field to journalism

    28/01/2010

    By sindhu -- hi all        im a btech final year student.i want to take journalism as my career.can i do MS in US in journalism wit engineering background.do i need to do  under graduate  courses in jounalism n den do grad courses.plz suggest 

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  • education-study-research

    30/12/2009

    By IFUD of Human Rights -- Intermediary Foundation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights Internet: http://ifudofhumanrights.webs.com/ e-mail: ifudofhumanrights@yahoo.com           

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COLUMN: Webb on the Web

Amy Webb

IJNet welcomes digital media consultant Amy Webb, our very own columnist on all things digital. In her weekly column, "Webb on the Web," Amy provides multimedia tips, reporting advice and strategies for incorporating technology into the newsroom.

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