International

The call for entries for 10th annual 'Webby Awards' has begun with an early entry deadline of 28 October 2005 and a final entry deadline of 16 December 2005. The awards are the international honours for websites and the innovators behind them. In its 10th year, the Webby Awards is being presented by The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, a 500-member body of leading web experts...

UNESCO invites Member States and regional and international organizations professional and non-governmental organizations working in the field of journalism and freedom of expression to nominate candidates for the UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize. As stipulated in the Regulations, the UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize is intended "to honour – a person, organization or...

Projects that contribute to media development in rural areas are eligible for a US$20,000 award. October 1 is the deadline to apply for the Prize for Rural Communication, organized by UNESCO and the International Program for the Development of Communication (IPDC). The goal is to honor efforts to improve communication in every way, particularly through local newspapers, radio and TV programs...

Debates about the compact vs broadsheet had been raging in the newspaper world for a while. But when a newspaper of the stature of the Guardian underwent a metamorphosis last week, many finally woke up from their stupor. The which-is-better debate is changing tack now to has-the-future-begun-to-take-shape. This graphic is for free use. To use it on a website, just save the image and use it on your...

The outward and visible pace of change seems suddenly frenetic. One minute the Guardian changes shape, the next the Sunday and Daily Telegraph begin testing new tabloid sections inside a broadsheet wrapper, the Independent on Sunday prepares to go the whole hog - and the Sunday Times carries on compacting its innards so that, as one very senior paper boy observes, you can't get it through any...

The Natali Prize for journalism is a prize for excellence in reporting on human rights and democracy in the developing world. It was created in 1992 by the European Union to promote quality in journalism and to commemorate the devotion of Lorenzo Natali, the former Vice-President of the European Commission in charge of development cooperation between 1985 and 1989. His work and commitment...

Smaller-sized newspapers are the future, but publishers should take time to optimise their strategy before rushing to change format. This is the advice of Jim Chisholm, Strategy Advisor to the World Association of Newspapers, speaking in Washington at a recent Newspaper Association of America "Free vs. Paid/Tabloid vs. Broadsheet" conference. "Yes smaller formats are a good idea. Readers have been...

Applications are invited for the annual CBA awards for Television and Radio programmes. Applications can be team or individual entries except for the Journalist of the Year and Elizabeth R Awards and all programmes or projects should have been shown or completed between January and October 2005. Completed forms should be received at the CBA Secretariat by October 15, 2005. Details should be...

Young journalists in India and Pakistan can enter a competition for the chance to visit CNN’s global headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia, in the United States. Another award will send the best cameraperson to the network’s regional headquarters in Hong Kong. Categories Television: Open to all young journalists working (or freelancing) with television news channels, (including CNN's broadcast...

The World Association of Newspapers has been studying the format change phenomenon, and will present the results at the World Editor & Marketeer Conference, to be held in Athens, Greece, on 17 and 18 November next. The study, part of the WAN Shaping the Future of the Newspaper project, examines the drivers, highlights the opportunities and determines the risk of format change. The SFN session...