[Reader-list] CHANGE OF DATES: Workshop for women journalists in Sri Lanka, Maldives, India

Kanti Kumar kanti.kumar at oneworld.net
Tue Sep 30 01:41:56 IST 2003


Dear all,

Please note that the workshop dates have been advanced to November 2-8 due
to some unavoidable circumstances. All other specifics remain unchanged,
including the last date for submitting nominations.

Best wishes.

Kanti Kumar
Editor, Digital Opportunity Channel
www.digitalopportunity.org
email: kanti.kumar at oneworld.net

-----Original Message-----
From: Kanti Kumar [mailto:kanti.kumar at oneworld.net]
Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2003 1:49 PM
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Subject: Workshop for women journalists in Sri Lanka, Maldives, India

Hi

This is an announcement call for nominations for women development
journalists in Sri Lanka, Maldives and India.

One World South Asia and its media partners are organizing a 7-day workshop
for women journalists working in the field of environment and human rights
in Bangalore from November 8- 14, 2003. This is the second in a series of
workshops meant for women journalists in South Asia.

Many journalists use the Internet and other web-based technology very
cursorily in their work. This has led to a huge under-utilisation of this
very powerful technology. The workshop is to familiarise women journalists
with the utility of Internet based technologies with a view to improving
their skills.

There are two aspects to the workshop. The first is communicating more
effectively using web-based technology through websites, mailing lists,
discussion forums, web radio and video by producing content for these media.
The second is to use the Internet more effectively as a research tool that
looks at better use of the existing search engines, news groups and mailing
lists. We will send you a schedule of the workshop and the topics that we
will cover shortly.

You could apply or nominate a suitable candidate from your organization for
the workshop. The last day for nominations is October 8, 2003.

Please ensure that the nominations are complete in all respects in order to
help us decide better.
We also require a CV of the nominee and an undertaking by her on publishing
3 articles on how the workshop has helped her perform better at work. These
publications should take place within 4 months of the nominee returning to
work after the workshop.

We will pay for travel by economy airfare to and from Bangalore and also
provide food and accommodation during the workshop. We will pay ONLY for the
room rent and not for other incidental expenses such as telephone calls,
laundry, food, etc.

Nomination criteria

1.         The nominee needs to have reported consistently on topics related
to human rights and sustainable development including, but not limited to,
environment, children, education, gender issues, population, poverty,
refugees, water and sanitation, wildlife, biodiversity, climate change,
forests, genetics, pollution, energy, AIDS and other diseases, narcotics,
civil liberties, media freedom and ownership, ethics and value systems, law,
crime, corruption, conflict and conflict resolution, nuclear issues, peace
and terrorism.

2.         The nominee needs to have reported over the last three or four
years on these topics and should have evidence of this, either online, in
print or in radio/TV.

If you or people you know of, fit the bill, please contact Anu Kumar at
anu.kumar at oneworld.net <mailto:anu.kumar at oneworld.net>  and we will send
her/them the form. Do not want to burden the list with an attachment.

Kanti Kumar
Editor, Digital Opportunity Channel
www.digitalopportunity.org
email: kanti.kumar at oneworld.net

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