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WEEKLY BULLETIN 11/13/2017 Featured on IJNet The Syrian photographer who showed the world a war By Alanna Dvorak Pakistan's Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy on pursuing the truth in the face of opposition By Sam Berkhead New app provides reporters with real-time speech-to-text transcriptions at low cost By Renata Johnson From the internet to paper: a digital platform’s experiment to raise awareness on human rights By Belén Arce Terceros Crowdsourcing coverage of hurricane recovery in the Caribbean By Farah Mohammed Your quick guide to using LinkedIn to distribute content By Liam Corcoran, NewsWhip ‘Trust in News’ study shows more trust for print publications than digital By Ian Gibbs, MediaShift Browse Topics New Opportunities by Region Worldwide Thomson Reuters Foundation organizes course on reporting transnational organized crime [Worldwide] Journalists with at least five years of experience who have covered organized crime can apply for a scholarship to attend this free training in Kampala, Uganda. Deadline: 11/24/2017 Human rights program open for journalists [Worldwide] Journalists and others from low-income countries can apply for this program at Columbia University in New York. Deadline: 01/31/2018 NewsU hosts webinar on curating newsletters [Worldwide] Media professionals and others interested in improving their newsletters can attend the online seminar "Editors as curators: how to engage audiences with nimble newsletters" at 2 p.m. EST Nov. 16. Poynter organizes leadership academy for women [Worldwide] The Leadership Academy for Women in Digital Media is a free program that aims to help women gain and polish the skills and knowledge needed to rise to the highest levels of media leadership. Deadline: 11/30/2017 Student film festival focuses on women’s issues [Worldwide] College and high school students can submit their short films and win cash prizes from the Harvard College Social Innovation Collaborative and Connecther. Deadline: 01/20/2018 Africa Journalists for Human Rights seeks media trainer [South Sudan] Journalists with at least three years of experience can apply for this position in Juba. Deadline: 11/17/2017 Media scholarships for women available [Africa] Aspiring media managers from Angola, Botswana, the DRC, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe can apply for a scholarship to study at Rhodes University’s Sol Plaatje Institute for Media Leadership.  Deadline: 11/24/2017 Asia Pacific Financial journalism competition open [India] Journalists who work in newspapers and magazines in Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kolkata and Mumbai are eligible. Deadline: 01/15/2018 China Radio International seeks journalists [China] English-speaking journalists can apply for several positions in Beijing. Europe Data hackathon for journalists open [Russia] Journalists, developers and designers ages 30 and younger can apply to attend this free event in Kazan. Deadline: 11/30/2017 Fellowship sends journalists to Russia [Germany, UK, US] Journalists ages 25 to 35 can apply for the Alfa Fellowship Program, a professional development exchange program that places qualified candidates at leading organizations in Russia.  Deadline: 12/01/2017 Film festival open [Central, Eastern Europe] Festival goEast, organized by the German Film Institute, will take place April 18 to 24, 2018 in Wiesbaden, Germany. Deadline: 12/31/2017 Workshop focuses on reporting on Islamic State [Spain] The Escuela de Periodismo UAM/El País is organizing the workshop "Journalism and the Islamic State" on Dec. 2 in Madrid. Latin America Online course focuses on how to write for the web [Latin America, Spain] Participants will learn to write, structure and optimize digital content in this course offered by the Center for Training in Digital Journalism at the University of Guadalajara. Deadline: 01/08/2018 Deadline approaching: online course on access to information law [Brazil] Journalists and journalism students can apply for this free course offered by the Brazilian Association of Investigative Journalism (Abraji). Deadline: 11/13/2017 Knight Center offers free online course on Python programming [Brazil] Journalists and others can participate in this four-week course in Portuguese. Middle East Arab Studies Journal calls for papers [MENA] Journalists, academics and students from the Arab world are invited to submit their papers. BBC seeks TV producer [Lebanon] Experienced journalists fluent in English can apply for this position in Beirut. US and Canada Google offers journalism fellowships [US] Undergraduate and graduate students interested in using technology to tell stories can apply for a 10-week summer program. Deadline: 01/15/2018 Scripps Howard Foundation offers fellowships [US] Budding journalists can apply for a 12-month fellowship at either Scripps News Washington Bureau/Newsy or ProPublica. Deadline: 12/15/2017 RTDNA scholarships, fellowships open [US] Journalism students and young journalists can apply for up to US$10,000 in grants. Deadline: 01/15/2018 Browse Opportunities Published by the International Center for Journalists. For questions or concerns,contact us. Copyright © 2017 International Center for Journalists. All rights reserved. IJNet material may not be reproduced or republished without express written permission.