Weekly bulletin Oct 19, 2020

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COVID-19 Reporting

New report offers a sobering snapshot of the pandemic's effects on journalism

by Taylor Mulcahey
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Specialized Topics

Key takeaways for covering the 2020 U.S. election

by Héloïse Hakimi Le Grand
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Local News

Voices of Rural India trains digital storytellers and helps offset lost tourism revenue

by Kritika Narula
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Specialized Topics

Election reporting lessons from the Dominican Republic and Haiti

by Indhira Suero Acosta
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New Opportunities by Region

Worldwide

IJNet and HackPack offer webinar on freelance journalism, corporate projects [Worldwide]

The webinar "#FreelanceHacks - juggling commercial work with journalism" will air at 2 p.m....

Journalism summit focuses on infectious diseases [Worldwide]

The Association of Health Care Journalists (AHCJ) is organizing this virtual event Nov. 16 to...

Deadline: Nov 15, 2020

Greenberg World Fellows Program open [Worldwide]

Midcareer professionals whose work is focused outside the United States can apply for this...

Deadline: Dec 2, 2020

Knight Center hosts MOOC on digital audio storytelling [Worldwide]

The free course "The Power of Digital Audio Storytelling: From podcasts to voice assistants"...

Journalism fellowship promotes innovation [Worldwide]

Media professionals can apply for a fellowship at the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute...

Deadline: Dec 18, 2020

Stanford fellowship for democracy, development open [Worldwide]

Midcareer professionals, especially from developing countries, can apply for a Draper Summer...

Deadline: Jan 11, 2021
Africa

Investigative journalism contest open [Nigeria]

Professional and freelance journalists or teams of journalists can apply for the Wole Soyinka...

Deadline: Oct 24, 2020

Training covers data journalism [Africa]

Women journalists in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger can apply for this training program organized...

Deadline: Oct 31, 2020

UK government offers media freedom fellowship [Sub-Saharan Africa]

Media professionals with demonstrable leadership skills can apply for this fellowship in...

Deadline: Nov 3, 2020
Asia Pacific

Forbes Asia seeks multimedia producer [China]

Experienced multimedia journalists can apply for this position in Hong Kong.

Maritime Fairtrade seeks freelance journalist [Taiwan]

Experienced journalists can apply for this position in Taiwan.

Europe

ICFJ seeks media consultants [Eastern Europe]

Media experts can apply for multiple positions with the Improving Broadcast and Online News in...

Deadline: Oct 30, 2020

Webradios Editions seeks radio journalist [France]

Radio journalists with at least two years of experience can apply for this position in Paris.

Film festival accepting entries [Central, Eastern Europe]

The goEast Film Festival, organized by the German Film Institute, will take place April 20 to...

Deadline: Dec 31, 2020

Project to support collaborative, crowdfunded journalism [Eastern Europe]

Teams of journalists from Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Poland, Slovenia, Croatia, Czech...

Deadline: Oct 31, 2020
Latin America

Workshop focuses on fact-checking, online research [Latin, America, Spain]

The UAM/El País Journalism School offers this online training on Nov. 6.

Online workshop covers skills to stand out in a digital environment [Latin America]

Taller Arteluz will offer this course in Spanish starting Nov. 7 in six sessions.

Contest highlights stories on jobs decline [Brazil]

Journalists and students can compete for the 37th annual Human Rights Journalism Prize.

Deadline: Nov 20, 2020

Online conference on education reporting open [Brazil]

The Association of Education Journalists (JEDUCA, in Portuguese) will host the International...

Middle East

Film festival accepting entries [MENA]

Filmmakers can submit their works to compete in this film festival in Tunisia.

Deadline: Nov 30, 2020

San Diego Arab Film Festival open [MENA]

Documentarians can submit films that offer honest and realistic portrayals of the peoples of the...

Deadline: Jan 15, 2021
US and Canada

The World seeks digital reporter/editor [US]

Digital journalists with at least three years of experience can apply for this position in...

Media startup program open [Canada]

The Canadian Association of Black Journalists (CABJ) offers a program that helps Black media...

Deadline: Nov 1, 2020

WUWM 89.7 offers reporting fellowship [US]

Recent journalism graduates can apply for this reporting fellowship in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Deadline: Oct 31, 2020
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