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GLOBAL VOICES SEEKING ENGLISH-LANGUAGE SUBEDITORS

Global Forum for Media Development
Posted on 11 January 202111 January 2021
CategoriesJob Opportunities

Deadline: 24 January 2021
Job Vacancy Global Voices (GV) is seeking to hire subeditors who will be responsible for editing stories written by contributors or translated to English by them. GV stories focus on a range of topics including but not limited to internet culture, freedom of speech online, technology and digital rights, human rights, civics and political movements, diversity and representation, and language diversity.

Jordan Higgins
Posted on 29 October 202029 October 2020
CategoriesJob Opportunities

Deadline: Ongoing
Job Vacancy Internews’ Global Technology Programme is currently seeking a full-time, remote-working Digital Security Training Specialist to support Internews’ efforts to promote journalists’ security in Central Europe. This is a unique, multi-faceted role that offers the opportunity to advise the development and implementation of digital safety awareness-raising engagements for journalists.

Chiara Mantovano
Posted on 13 October 20202 November 2020
CategoriesAfrica, Asia, Awards and Prizes, Eastern Europe, Europe, Funding Opportunities, Latin America and Caribbean, Middle East and North Africa, North America, OPPORTUNITIES, Palestine, Regions, South Asia, South East Asia

Deadline: 31/10/2020
Grant The competition aims to promote quality reporting on labour migration issues. It will give awards to two published media pieces. For the first time it will also give prizes for two ‘synopses’ of stories to be developed on labour migration or fair recruitment.

Chiara Mantovano
Posted on 13 October 202012 November 2020
CategoriesEastern Europe, Europe, Funding Opportunities, Grants, Grants, OPPORTUNITIES

Deadline: 09/11/2020
Grant The Media Innovation Lab will gather lead experts in the field and provide different perspectives, teach new skills, and inspire participants to tackle new challenges! On the last day, participants will present their projects to a jury for a chance to receive seed funding of up to $5,000 USD to further develop their prototypes and ideas after the event into full-fledged tools and projects that can be rolled out for use by media across the region.

RIGHTSCON ONLINE 2020

27-31 July, 2020 – Online
Due to the travel restrictions imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic, RightsCon has moved entirely online for 2020. The ninth edition of the world’s leading summit on human rights in the digital age will now take place online from Monday, July 27 to Friday, July 31, 2020.

OPEN INTERNET FOR DEMOCRACY LEADERS PROGRAMME

Deadline: 22 June 2020
Leadership Programme The Open Internet for Democracy Leaders Programme is a ten-month non-resident leadership programme that empowers emerging leaders from all across the globe to build their advocacy and organising skills in order to protect internet freedom.

Global Forum for Media Development
Posted on 21 May 202022 May 2020
CategoriesJob Opportunities, OPPORTUNITIES

Deadline: Rolling basis
Job Opportunity The Wikimedia/Yale Law School Initiative on Intermediaries and the Internet, part of the Information Society Project at Yale Law School, is accepting applications for a summer student for 12 weeks between the beginning of June and the end of August.

Maria Tena
Posted on 6 May 202022 May 2020
CategoriesJob Opportunities, OPPORTUNITIES

Deadline: Rolling basis
Job Opportunity Internews is seeking a Technical Data and Information Specialist in Georgia that will coordinate efforts in countering disinformation; strengthen the capacity of local actors to put out fact-based messages, track, and respond to disinformation.

Maria Tena
Posted on 26 February 202026 February 2020
CategoriesJob Opportunities, OPPORTUNITIES

Deadline: Rolling Basis
Job Opportunity Internews is seeking a new External Evaluator to work with the Asia Program Officer to conduct a final evaluation for a project that seeks to promote fundamental freedoms of speech, association and peaceful assembly, human rights, and the free flow of information online in Thailand.

Global Forum for Media Development
Posted on 23 February 202024 February 2020
CategoriesJob Opportunities, OPPORTUNITIES

Deadline: 20 March 2020
Job Opportunity Internews is seeking to hire multiple individuals who can serve as advisors or subject matter experts in digital rights and/or digital safety programs to support their large portfolio of digital rights and digital safety programming around the world.

SECURITY ACROSS FACEBOOK’S MESSAGING SERVICES SUPPORTED

GFMD, along with over fifty other civil society organisations, signed an open letter to Facebook in support of their plans to increase end-to-end security across its services and products.

RDR LAUNCHES THE 2019 CORPORATE ACCOUNTABILITY INDEX

Ranking Digital Rights (RDR) launched their 2019 Corporate Accountability Index. It was found that most companies have taken steps to improve, but they have a long way to go before the Internet supports and sustains human rights for everyone.

MISINFOCON 5.0 TO FOCUS ON FIGHTING MISINFORMATION

24 October – London, UK Hosted by Mozilla and Hacks/Hackers, Misinfocon 5.0 will help take important strides in both exploring the global implications of misinformation as well as identifying methods of fighting it.

Global Forum for Media Development
Posted on 22 October 201824 October 2018
CategoriesOPPORTUNITIES

Deadline: 26 October
Internews is requesting proposals for small grants for Digital Rights Advocacy. The grants provided are up to US$5,000 each.

Global Forum for Media Development
Posted on 18 October 201819 October 2018
CategoriesJob Opportunities

Deadline: 28 October
ARTICLE 19 is hiring a new Head of European and Central Asia Program Leader to be based in either Amsterdam or London.

Global Forum for Media Development
Posted on 19 September 201819 September 2018
CategoriesAfrica, OPPORTUNITIES

Deadline: Ongoing
A new (free) online training course to help journalists in Africa become more aware of their rights and responsibilities in terms of copyright has launched on 19 September by the Ethical Journalism Network (EJN).

Global Forum for Media Development
Posted on 7 September 201810 September 2018
CategoriesEurope, Job Opportunities, OPPORTUNITIES

Deadline: 24 September
The Chevening Western Balkans Cyber Security Fellowship provides fellows with an understanding of policy and legislative approaches in cyber security and its implications for national security, commercial opportunity, crime prevention, and the right to privacy.

Global Forum for Media Development
Posted on 24 August 201823 May 2020
CategoriesFunding Opportunities, OPPORTUNITIES

Deadline ongoing
The Digital Freedom Fund supports strategic litigation on digital rights in Europe that contributes to advancing human rights in the digital sphere. They offer support for litigation support, pre-litigation research, and emergency support.

Michael J. Oghia
Posted on 29 November 201723 August 2018
CategoriesGFMD Network Activities, News and Updates

2017 was marked by a number of relevant new as well as ongoing developments to the global media landscape. From fake news and content policy, to the proliferation of artificial intelligence (AI) and the growth of cryptocurrencies, new issues are constantly emerging that challenge existing thought and practice.

Tag: Digital Rights and Security

GLOBAL VOICES SEEKING ENGLISH-LANGUAGE SUBEDITORS

INTERNEWS DIGITAL SECURITY TRAINING SPECIALIST

ILO SEEKING APPLICATIONS FOR GLOBAL MEDIA COMPETITION ON LABOUR MIGRATION & FAIR RECRUITMENT

USAID’S BMAP 3RD MEDIA INNOVATION LAB: REPORTING ETHICALLY DURING A PANDEMIC

RIGHTSCON ONLINE 2020

OPEN INTERNET FOR DEMOCRACY LEADERS PROGRAMME

WIKIMEDIA HIRING DIGITAL RIGHTS AND ADVOCACY RESEARCHER

INTERNEWS SEEKING A TECHNICAL DATA AND INFORMATION SPECIALIST

INTERNEWS RECRUITING NEW EXTERNAL EVALUATOR

INTERNEWS RECRUITING ADVISOR FOR DIGITAL RIGHTS AND DIGITAL SAFETY

SECURITY ACROSS FACEBOOK’S MESSAGING SERVICES SUPPORTED

RDR LAUNCHES THE 2019 CORPORATE ACCOUNTABILITY INDEX

MISINFOCON 5.0 TO FOCUS ON FIGHTING MISINFORMATION

INTERNEWS: REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR DIGITAL RIGHTS ADVOCACY

ARTICLE 19 SEEKS HEAD OF EUROPEAN AND CENTRAL ASIA PROGRAM

ONLINE COPYRIGHT COURSE LAUNCHED FOR AFRICAN JOURNALISTS – EJN

CHEVENING WESTERN BALKANS CYBER SECURITY FELLOWSHIP OPPORTUNITY

THE DIGITAL FREEDOM FUND OPEN FOR APPLICATIONS

MEDIA DEVELOPMENT AND DIGITAL POLICY ISSUES MEET AT IGF