OPPORTUNITIES: New course in New Media - call for applications (SOUTH CAUCASUS)

GO Group Media and Prague-based organization Transitions Online are inviting applications from young practicing journalists and journalism students from across the South Caucasus for an opportunity to be trained to use new media tools to produce impactful journalism.

Over the next ten months, the participants of the project 'Empowering Journalists to Promote Reconciliation in the South Caucasus’ will engage in the production of short multimedia featuring stories of lived experience told by their fellow community members.

Every participant will be presented with a smartphone for their filming sessions. Later on, trainees who will have demonstrated the greatest potential as learners will be rewarded with a chance to participate in an International Photojournalism Course in Prague.

Candidates are expected to speak Russian and have basic computer skills. Please send your CV and motivation letter writing ‘Multimedia Course’ in a subject line to maka.tsnobiladze@gogroupmedia.net 
The deadline is September 15, 2013.

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NEWS / EVENTS: How the media is protecting children’s rights in Georgia

TBILISI, Georgia - 19 November, 2010. On the occasion of the 21st Anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child the round-table discussion about reporting on children and media ethics in Georgia was held on 19 November at the Media Frontline Club.

The discussion was led by the prominent Georgian journalists Ia Antadze and Zviad Koridze who highlighted major areas of concern in regard to child-friendly reporting and brought the specific examples from the local media. The audience included active journalists, heads of newsrooms, editors, representatives of the public defenders' office, media associations and international organizations, university teachers and students.

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OPPORTUNITIES: Red Cross sponsors competition for young journalists

Young reporters interested in covering armed conflict and humanitarian action are invited to enter a competition sponsored by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). The deadline is October 1.

The four selected candidates will have the opportunity to attend a one-week ICRC delegation in Georgia, Lebanon, Liberia or the Philippines. The mission will take place January or February 2011, and the candidates will present their resulting news reports in Geneva, Switzerland on May 8.

Applicants must be between the ages of 18 and 25 and have demonstrated volunteer work in a humanitarian field. Candidates will be evaluated through a communications project, which can be submitted in English or French.

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Prix Jeunesse in Georgia

OPPORTUNITIES / EVENTS / SEMINARS: Young Media Makers Preach and Practice Peaceful Journalism (GEORGIA, ARMENIA, AZERBAIJAN, BELARUS, BIH, GERMANY, ITALY, MACEDONIA, MOLDOVA, POLAND, ROMANIA, RUSSIA, SERBIA, SPAIN)

Kobuleti, Georgia, 19-26 June 2010

European Youth Press – network of young media makers in cooperation with Academy for Peace and Development invites you to participate in the seminar “Young Media Makers Preach and Practice Peaceful Journalism”. The implementation of the seminar is possible due to kind support of the European Youth Foundation, Council of Europe.

The aim of the seminar is to explore what peace journalism is and how it can be used by young journalists to foster peace building and conflict transformation.

The seminar will consider the ways in which peace and conflict transformation is to be represented in the media and will discuss the the role of young media makers in engaging in promoting peace building, conflict prevention and transformation. The participants will not only get a better comprehension of the peaceful journalism concept, but also will have the opportunity to put into practice their freshly gained skills. In addition to that, the seminar will tackle the issues such as Cultural Diversity and Intercultural Dialogue as major factors in supporting stability and intercultural understanding in Europe. The workshops will be led by CoE trainers’s pool and experienced journalists in field of peace and conflict reporting.

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Who can participate: 22 young people (age 18-27) interested in peace journalism, journalists, bloggers from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Germany, Italy, Macedonia, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia and Spain.

Where: Kobuleti (20 km north of Batumi), Georgia.

When: 19 – 26 June 2010

Costs: Accommodation and food will be fully covered by organisers. Travel costs – participants will be reimbursed up to 200 euro upon presentation of relevant proofs.

Participation fee: 100 euro

If you are interested send your CV + letter of motivation (max 200 words) to Andrei Ioniță ( a.ionita@youthpress.org This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ) until Sunday 9 May 2010. Mention in the email subject: “Application Peace Journalism”

Applicants will be informed about the selection decision on 11 May and will be asked to confirm their participation in the seminar by 17 May.

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NEWS: Prix Jeunesse 2010 Regional Youth Jury held in Tbilisi, Georgia

TBILISI, Georgia - April 7/8, 2010

Ten Georgian teenagers became the latest members of the Prix Jeunesse International 2010 Youth Jury this week in Tbilisi.

Over two days, they watched 16 selected high-quality children's programmes and judged them to find a regional winner. Together with youth juries in Canada, Venezuela, Ghana, Italy, Nepal and Syria, they will determine who will be the international winner in the category for ages 12-15.

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NEWS: Our Express to be Aired on Mze TV from March 26 (GEORGIA)

Internews Georgia youth program Our Express is getting back on TV air. Starting from March 26 Our Express will be aired through Mze TV on Fridays at 19:30 hrs.

The program was left without TV air in January 2009 though the TV stories were posted on its website http://blog.teentv.ge.

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OPPORTUNITIES: Internews Georgia seeking youth for program in TV production

Internews Georgia seeking youth for program in TV production

Internews Georgia invites youth ages 14 to 18 to participate in the production of a TV program. Deadline: June 19.

Semi-finalists will receive a one-week training in the basics of journalism. Six selected participants will take part in the production of the TV program "Our Express," beginning in September.

Applicants must be sociable and creative and have a good command of Georgian and Russian.

Application forms are available at http://blog.teentv.ge. For information, visit www.internews.ge and http://media.ge.

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REPORTS / NEWS: Stereotyped reporting on children dominates the Georgian media, UNICEF report says

Stereotyped reporting on children dominates the Georgian media, UNICEF report says

TBILISI, Georgia - 20 February, 2009

A UNICEF commissioned research revealed that Georgian media lacks overall professional standards, which should be used by journalists and media managers while reporting on children. A research on protecting media ethics and journalistic professional standards while reporting on children called "Ethical reporting on children in Georgia - Situation Analysis" was presented at the media forum attended by leading journalists and news producers of Georgia on 20 February. The main idea of the media forum was to generate a discussion on the topic and to identify next steps on how to further enhance child-friendly reporting in Georgia.

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