SALEM, Ore. — The nation’s first law to help protect Oregon high school and college journalists from censorship by school administrations will be signed Friday by Gov. Ted Kulongoski The Oregon law makes student journalists responsible for determining the content of school-sponsored media, and gives them the right to sue schools if they feel free-press rights have been violated. It is the country...
The deadline for applications for 2007 Dart Center Ochberg Fellowships in Journalism and Trauma is July 20. Fellowships are open to print, broadcast and online and reporters, photographers, editors and producers with at least five years of journalism experience. Reporting responsibly and credibly on violence and traumatic events — on crime, family violence, natural disasters and accidents, war and...
Good salaries combined with the social prestige that comes with being part of a booming industry have made media courses some of the most sought after in the Indian capital today. Admission seekers are thronging the over 100 government and private institutes offering undergraduate and post-graduate degrees and diplomas that are seen as the first steps to striking it big in journalism. A 20 percent...
The World Press Institute (WPI), which trained journalists from around the world about the role and responsibilities of a free press for 46 years, is shutting down, the victim of dwindling financial support from American news organisations. "This is a sad development," the institute's board chairman, Howard Tyner, said in a statement on the institute's website. "But in the short term at least...
University journalism programs are stepping up to meet newsroom demands for students with online skills. Schools are adding programs to teach print students to use words, audio, video and other tools needed for the quickly evolving world of online news. “The more they know, the more marketable they’re going to be,” said Wayne Wanta, president of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass...
The Times of India has been awarded the World Young Reader Newspaper of the Year prize by the World Association of Newspapers (WAN). The prize was given away at a ceremony Monday in Washington, DC. In addition to taking the top award, the Times of India was also awarded the World Young Reader Prize in the Newspapers in Education category, which honoured its effective use of the newspaper as a...
The International Institute for Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) Journalism Penplusbytes has announced a three month (April 20 to July 20, 2007) online training opportunity for journalists in the area of ICT Journalism. Participants will be exposed to the wider context of ICTs assisted journalism including its history, how these technologies are impacting on the world of journalism...
The Commonwealth Broadcasting Association invites applications from full-time staff of member broadcasting organisations for the 2007 - 8 Commonwealth Professional Fellowships. The fellowships are in specific categories and must be of practical value. The Professional Fellowships Programme seeks to enhance the skills of mid-career practitioners in developing countries. Priority will be given to...
Race will not be used as a criterion for enrollment in more than two dozen urban journalism programs nationwide under settlement of a lawsuit filed for a white high school student from Virginia who was rejected. Dow Jones Newspaper Fund, which sponsors the programs, and other principals agreed to the settlement in return for the legal challenge being withdrawn by the Center for Individual Rights...
NEW DELHI: The first-ever South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) editors' conference, organised by the External Affairs Ministry and the Media Development Foundation (MDF), a not-for-profit public trust that runs the prestigious Asian College of Journalism (ACJ) in Chennai, will be held here on February 9 and 10. Giving this information, External Affairs Ministry spokesman Navtej...
