The Intajour Fellowship Program-Journalism in the Digital World

Deadline- May 7, 2012

Countries/Region- All Countries

The International Academy of Journalism develops and organises professional training for journalists from around the world. Course participants are given the opportunity to improve the tools of their trade and prepare for the digital future.

Intajour regards the digitisation of the media as an opportunity for good journalism rather than a threat. It opens up new options for press freedom and freedom of speech worldwide, along with new means of directly reaching journalists around the world and supporting them in their work.

By participating in the ‘Journalism in the Digital World’ program, Fellows acquire skills in the following fields:

• Investigative research
• Journalistic forms of presentation on the internet
• Technical production of web content
• Filming and editing webvideos
• Journalism and ethics: freedom and responsibility in the media
• Internet politics

Eligibility-

• The ‘Journalism in the Digital World’ program is aimed at professional journalists from countries where there is a shortage of continued training of this kind. Applicants will have demonstrated their journalistic talent as a member of an editorial team or as a freelance.
• Applicants should be interested in the new technical opportunities for doing research and publishing on the Internet. An understanding of the role of independent media in democratic societies is a given.
• Intajour expects salaried editorial staff to be released for the duration of the attendance phases while continuing to be paid by their employer, and to receive appropriate support from them during the e-learning phases.
• Freelance journalists should ensure that during their stay in Germany they are able to pay their ongoing costs in their home country, such as rent and maintenance of dependent family members, from their own financial reserves. Unfortunately, Intajour cannot fund these expenses.
• The attendance phases in Germany might require that the selected Fellows compromise on their traditional diet and daily routine, and that they adopt to the German way of life.
• Applicants must be in possession of valid international travel documents.

How to apply?

• Applicants can apply to the International Academy of Journalism online on this website.
• Upload full CV in tabular form and a letter of recommendation

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