Deadline- 11 September 2013
All eligible applicants are invited to submit applications for second edition of the Journalism Summer School organized by Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa (OSISA) and the Department Media Technology at the Polytechnic of Namibia. The mission of this program is to focus on five modules covering investigative reporting, online journalism, media management, journalism ethics and gender in the news and in the newsroom.
Objectives-
- preparing journalists with a minimum of five years’ experience (and not more than ten) for career movement within the newsroom and
- providing a platform for journalists to reflect on their years of practice/experience in the newsroom.
Eligibility & Criteria-
- OSISA and the Polytechnic of Namibia are calling for applications from mid-career journalists from the following SADC countries: Angola, Botswana, DRC, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe
- Competency in the English language
- A senior reporter with a minimum of five years’ journalism experience but not more than ten years
- Submission of a short resume (no more than two pages)
- Submission of a portfolio of two stories published over the past twelve months
- A letter of commitment from the Editor or Publisher
- Commitment to attending the full two-week course
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