Thomson Reuters Foundation are accepting applications for a “Reporting Crises and Disasters” course in Hanoi from 19-23 March 2012.
The course addresses challenges faced in covering international-scale crises and disasters, using Reuters and other news organisations as models. We will focus on natural disasters and humanitarian crises of all sorts, and the special problems that can arise in covering them.
The core activity concerns the challenges and techniques involved in covering international-scale crises and disasters, using Reuters and other world news organisations as a model.
Geographic Focus: South-East Asia
Open to journalists from south-east Asia and in particular from Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, Laos and Myanmar. You must currently be working full-time for media organisations within these regions. Applicants must also be able to demonstrate a commitment to a career in journalism in their country, have at least two years’ professional experience with a good level in spoken and written English.
Deadline: 20 February 2012
For more information, visit this link.
