OPPORTUNITIES: Youth Journalism International annual award

To spotlight some of the exceptional journalism done by students across the globe, Youth Journalism International sponsors an annual contest. Our hope is that by calling attention to the best work in English by student reporters, cartoonists and photographers, we can further our mission of promoting a free youth press. It is yet another way to showcase the voices of the next generation. This year’s student journalism contest will recognize outstanding work published between January 1, 2012 and December 31, 2012.

DEADLINE:

Entries must be received via email or the postal service by 5 p.m., Eastern Standard Time, Friday, Feb. 8, 2013. We strongly encourage emailing your entries.

No late entries will be accepted.

Any journalist age 19 or under in any country who was not working professionally at the time the entry was published is eligible. Submissions become the property of YJI and will not be returned. Although entries must have been published online or in print, it is not required that they appeared in a school publication. Underground papers, blogs, online papers and other venues for journalism are all acceptable. Judges have the right to move an entry from one category to a more appropriate category and the right not to make an award in any particular category.

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OPPORTUNITIES / CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: The Monteverde new media expedition

A new media expedition?

• expand your media skills
• support restoration of habitats
• support conservation of endangered species
• support the livelihoods of local people
• help extend the Bellbird Biological Corridor into schools and homes worldwide

Costa Rica’s Monteverde cloud forest is one of the most biologically diverse places on our planet. But like wild places around the world, its fragile ecosystems are under enormous stress.

Come join our new media expedition in Costa Rica this July 8th-21^st to expand your new media production skills, while helping to create a sustainable environment for animals, plants, and people.

During a one or two-week program, you’ll work with journalists, educators, artists and travelers who’ll create a multimedia project for local conservation and community groups working on the “Bellbird Biological Corridor”– a project to reforest & re-connect a patchwork of forests, farms and communities from the Monteverde cloud forest down to the Pacific Ocean.

The goal of the expedition is to digitally illustrate the ecosystems and communities in the corridor — through short documentary filmmaking, digital animation & mapping, photos, audio and educational resources –  and make these tools accessible locally and to homes and classrooms worldwide.  By creating networks of learning and support, we will join forces with local communities to protect ecosystems and endangered species, and ultimately, the health of our planet.

APPLY NOW!!!