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Awards for reporting on children’s issues in Russia
Deadline: October 16, 2010 Country: Russia Russian print and TV journalists can submit works on a variety of children’s issues …

Ethics of digital journalism course for Turkish journalists
Deadline: September 24, 2010 Country: Turkey Turkish journalists are invited to participate in a six-week Turkish-language online course, entitled “Introduction …

Background on South Sudan
Published: 31 August 2010 The Comprehensive Peace Agreement The Comprehensive Peace Agreement (or CPA), also known as the Naivasha Agreement, …

EU Award for Articles on Diversity open for submissions
The EU Journalist Award ‘Together against discrimination’ has now reached its seventh edition. The award aims to honour online or …

The new online program ‘Voices of Our Future’ invites gras...
Deadline: September 14, 2010 Region: Worldwide World Pulse, a media enterprise covering global issues through the eyes of women, is …

Program will bring fellows to the US to study democracy
Deadline: November 1, 2010 Region: Worldwide Journalists from around the world are invited to apply for the chance to spend …

A Christian response to the Islamic community centre near Ground Zero
Posted: August 11, 2010 Location: New York Last week New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg stood with representatives of local …

Anna Lindh’s call for Participation: Sea of Words Literary Conte...
Deadline: September 15, 2010 Region: Euro-Mediterranean countries The European Institute of the Mediterranean (IEMed) and the Anna Lindh Foundation (ALF) …

Media regulation borders on censorship in Pakistan
Posted: August 4, 2010 Country: Pakistan As the Pakistani media has become more influential, government efforts to curtail it have …

Jews, Christians and Muslims reading scripture together
Posted: August 4, 2010 Region: Worldwide When do Jews pray? Do they have a prayer book? Which direction do they …