[cr-india] Crisis reporting course open to Indian journalists

[George Lessard]

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Subject: [ZESTMedia] Crisis reporting course open to Indian journalists
From:    "Siddhartha Kumar" <mailsiddhartha.k at gmail.com>
Date:    Thu, June 25, 2009 07:40
To:      zestmedia at yahoogroups.com
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Crisis reporting course open to Indian journalists
Posted on: 24/06/2009

Disasters

Deadline: 28/09/2009

Region: Asia and the Pacific

Full-time Indian journalists working for Indian media organizations
are invited to apply for a Crisis and Disaster Reporting Course in
Delhi, India, which will take place October 12 to 16. Deadline:
September 28.

The course, sponsored by the Thomson Reuters Foundation, will address
the challenges and techniques of covering international-scale crises
and disasters using Reuters and other world news organizations as
models. The course will help journalists improve their skills within
an interactive group environment.

Bursaries covering travel and budget are available for journalists
from the developing world/countries in political transition who are
working for organizations with no resources for training.

Applicants must also be able to demonstrate a commitment to a career
in journalism in their country, have at least two years' professional
experience and have a good level in spoken and written English.

For more information, visit
http://www.reuterslink.org/courses/disaster_delhi_oct09.htm


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