Students & Education

The arrival of the Digital Revolution has fundamentally shifted the practice of journalism -- creating new forms of competition, introducing new reporting tools and changing the distribution of news. The question arises: How are journalism educators responding to this challenge of a changing information environment? To find out, a team of journalists and educational researchers is conducting a...

September 20 is the last day for Indian and Pakistani journalists in the middle of their careers to apply for the Saneeya Hussain Indo-Pak Media Fellowships. The fellowships offer a grant of US$600 plus financial support for an investigative project. The aim is to encourage rational, balanced reporting on issues related to the tensions between India and Pakistan. Panos South Asia is organizing the...

The Sanskriti Pratishthan is inviting applications for its annual Prabha Dutt Fellowship in Journalism from young women who wish to investigate and research on any topic of contemporary relevance. The Prabha Dutt Foundation initially administered the Fellowship. The scheme will now be managed by the Sanskriti Pratishthan, which has been giving similar awards for cultural, media and social activism...

Panos South Asia is offering fellowships to print journalists from India to research Dalit women's rights and health issues. The Fellowship will run from October 2005- May 2006. Selected Fellows will be provided editorial support by a panel of health and communication experts. Additionally, they will be awarded a grant of 1000 USD each, plus a modest budget for travel expenses. Based on their...

The A-level results have been declared; the usual suspects have droned on about grade inflation and the end of the gold standard; places have been confirmed for those who made the grades; and the phone banks in the clearing centres have sweated with the influx of calls. Now calm is descending for a week or so, as those with places contemplate their university careers. Approaching 5,000 of these...

NEW DELHI, August 24: The European Journalism Centre (EJC) will be organising a special information visit to India for journalists from the EU 25 Member States. According to EJC, Europe’s view of India has changed considerably over the last years from a focus on the exotic to the recognition of India as a serious global player and economic powerhouse. The EU remains India’s most important trading...

NEW DELHI, August 24: The International Federation of Environmental Journalists (IFEJ) will hold its annual congress in New Delhi on November 21-24, 2005 in collaboration with the Vatavaran annual film festival, organised by the Centre for Media Studies (CMS) here. This year the film festival is for all Asia (not South Asia alone), though the competing films will be exclusively Indian. The theme...

NEW DELHI, August 24: Hindustan Times has won a Special Mention award at the 2005 World Young Reader Prizes awarded by the World Association of Newspapers (WAN). The prize was given to HT's project " Learning for Life Aajivan Shiksha", produced by HT PACE ? the Hindustan Times NIE programmme. WAN said: "This is the latest in the illustrious series from the newspaper that has accomplished a great...

Journalists around the world can apply for fellowships to attend an upcoming conference on participatory media, scheduled for October 5 in New York City. August 22 is the last day to apply for the fellowships. The Associated Press is hosting the conference, titled "We the Media: Behold the Power of Us." The event will explore emerging ideas about participatory media or citizen journalism, ideas...

Action Aid International-India has been working on critical engagement with the media for many years now. Media campaigns have been carried out successfully on issues such as homelessness, dalit issues etc. To create a platform for critical engagement of the media, ActionAid offers 'Media for Change' fellowship programme. The fellowship is open to journalists working for national and regional...