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COURSES, PRIZES, FELLOWSHIPS AND MEDIA CONFERENCES
** denotes new entries
No deadline: Free climate change adaptation workshops for journalists in Africa. ContactMichelle Betz at the International Center for Journalists
No deadline: Journalists from Afghanistan, Colombia, Iran, Iraq, Nigeria, Pakistan, and Sudan interested in pursuing a peacebuilding project can apply for a United States Institute of Peace grant. Applications accepted on a rolling basis
No deadline: The Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting funds international travel costs for reporting projects on topics of global importance, especially stories under-reported in mainstream U.S. media. Contact the Pulitzer Center
No deadline: Journalists can enrol for career-building online classes and seminars offered byMediabistro.com website for media professionals
Journalism fellowships: The International Center for Journalists is seeking applicants for its one-year Knight Journalism Fellowships in Malawi, Indonesia, Malaysia and Mozambique. Applicants should be senior journalists fluent in local languages
Manual for investigative journalists: Free manual available in English, French and due to be published in Arabic
Online training: The International Journalists’ Network has a YouTube page allowing journalists across the world to access journalism training videos. The network also lists journalism courses here
Training courses in Tehran: The Training and Research Center of Hamshahri publications in Tehran is offering journalism workshops in online journalism, multimedia journalism and photojournalism
Investigative journalists in any country can apply for a reporting grant, sponsored by the Fund for Investigative Journalism. Click for more info
**Russian journalists are invited to enter a competition titled “The World of the Clean Water.” The contest is aimed to create awareness about water use and conservation. The competition is supported by the Russian Water & Sewer, the Federal Agency of Water Resources and theAssociation of the Environmental Journalists of Russia.
Oct. 14: Application deadline for Asia Journalism Fellowship. The fellowship, organised byNanyang Technological University, runs from Feb 27 – May 18, 2012
Oct. 15: Application deadline for Tim Hetherington grant worth €20,000 (about US$28,000) for photojournalists who document human rights issues