Deadline: 15 January 2020
Call for Applications DW Akademie is currently implementing a project to bring together 15 well-selected media entrepreneurs from all over the world. From January until June 2020 the startups will get access to a consultant who helps them in improving their media enterprises.
PEN AMERICA SEEKING NEW DIGITAL FREEDOM SPECIALIST
Deadline: Rolling Basis
Job Opportunity PEN America, a nonprofit organisation that stands at the intersection of literature and human rights to protect open expression in the US and worldwide, seeks a Digital Freedom Specialist to work on issues at the intersection of free expression and technology.
STARS4MEDIA EXCHANGE AND TRAINING PROGRAMME
Deadline: 20 January 2020
Call for Applications Applications are open for the “Stars4Media” training and exchange programme for young media professionals between cooperating media organisations, organised by EFJ, WAN-IFRA, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, and Foundation Euractiv.
CIVITATES SEEKING BRUSSELS-BASED PROGRAMME OFFICER
Deadline: 19 January 2020
Job Opportunity Civitates, a philanthropic initiative for democracy and solidarity in Europe, is looking for a Programme Officer for a one-year temporary position (renewable) based in Brussels to coordinate a new sub-fund to support independent, public interest journalism in Europe.
APPLICATIONS OPEN FOR IWMF’S KIM WALL MEMORIAL FUND 2020
Deadline: 17 December 2019
Funding Opportunity The International Women’s Media Foundation are searching for a journalist whose work embodies the spirit of Kim Wall’s reporting while covering subculture and what Kim described as “the undercurrents of rebellion.”
WAN-IFRA WOMEN IN NEWS AFRICA ACCELERATOR 2020
Deadline: 15 December 2019
Call for Applications The WIN Accelerator is an intensive, 9-month long career and leadership programme for women journalists and editors from Botswana, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe who wish to develop their leadership skills.
GUILLERMO CANO WORLD PRESS FREEDOM PRIZE 2020
Deadline: 15 February 2020
Award UNESCO invites the governments of UN member states, as well as international and regional professional non-governmental organisations active in the field of press freedom, to nominate candidates for the UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize.
2020 CANADIAN HILLMAN PRIZE FOR EXCELLENCE IN JOURNALISM
Deadline: 15 January 2020
Award The Sidney Hillman Foundation is seeking nominations for the 2020 edition of its “Canadian Hillman Prize” which seeks out excellence in investigative reporting that draws attention to social or economic injustice and hopefully leads to corrective measures.
ECPMF JOURNALISTS-IN-RESIDENCE PROGRAMME 2020
Deadline: 31 December 2019
Call for Applications The European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF) is extending its Journalists-in-Residence programme to include up to three more media professionals from Turkey and Eurasia who will spend six months in residence in Leipzig.
WORLD PRESS FREEDOM CONFERENCE 2020 CALL FOR PROPOSALS
Deadline: 10 January 2020
Call for Proposals UNESCO and the Kingdom of the Netherlands are jointly organising the World Press Freedom Conference to celebrate the 27th edition of World Press Freedom Day. The hosts call on organisations to submit session proposals before 10 January 2020.
APPLICATIONS OPEN FOR THE FUTURE NEWS PILOT FUND
Deadline: 08 December 2019
Research Fund The government-backed Future News Pilot Fund tests new approaches to public interest news so communities across England have access to reliable and accurate news about the issues that matter most to them. The fund will provide grants of £20,000 to £100,000.
CIMA SEARCHING FOR RESEARCH MANAGER AND EDITOR
Deadline: Rolling Basis
Job Opportunity The Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA), a specialised think tank with links to international cooperation on democracy and governance, is searching for a new Research Manager and Editor to join their team based in Washington D.C.
2020 EDITION OF PUBLIC MEDIA ALLIANCE GLOBAL GRANT
Deadline: 25 January 2020
Grant Applications are open for a grant of up to £1,500 for employees of Public Media Alliance (PMA) members to visit another country and work on a media project that benefits society. Grantees can come from a wide range of backgrounds including producers, radio reporters, editors, and managers.
APPLICATIONS OPEN FOR EUROPEAN PRESS PRIZE 2020
Deadline: 13 December 2019
Call for Applications Every year, the European Press Prize awards the highest achievements in European journalism across four categories: The Investigative Reporting Award, The Distinguished Reporting Award, The Opinion Award, and The Innovation Award.
ARTICLE 19 LAUNCH GLOBAL EXPRESSION REPORT 18/19
On December 2nd, 2019, ARTICLE 19 released the most recent edition of their Global Expression Report which outlines and summarises all major developments in freedom of expression around the world, noting that freedom of expression is at its lowest point in a decade.