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Training on social media reporting open [Lebanon]
Date:

Thursday, May 23, 2013 - Saturday, June 22, 2013

Journalists, editors and bloggers can apply for a series of free workshops.
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Time seeks editor [US]
Date: 5/23/13

Editors with at least four years of experience, including a proven track record of using social media, can apply for a full-time position in New York.
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Red Cross offers award for humanitarian reporting [Philippines]
Deadline:

5/31/13

Professional and freelance journalists working for print, online, radio and television may submit news reports, features, documentaries or photographs.
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Journalism fellowship offers study tour in Korea [Worldwide]
Date:

Tuesday, September 3, 2013 - Friday, November 22, 2013

Deadline:

5/24/13

Journalists from Cambodia, Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Myanmar, South Africa, Thailand, The Philippines, Turkey and Vietnam can apply for a three-month fellowship in Korea.
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Environmental journalism week open [Brazil]
Date:

Tuesday, June 4, 2013 - Friday, June 7, 2013

Deadline:

5/24/13

Students who attend the event can compete for the Tetra Pak Award for Environmental Journalism.
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Journalism fellowship on poverty open [US]
Deadline:

5/24/13

Journalists and journalism students can apply for the Marguerite Casey Foundation Fellowship Program on Poverty.
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Is sensor journalism ethical?
5/17/13
by Margaret Looney
Sensor journalism lets newsrooms capture and report on their own data instead of depending on governments or other sources. The growing practice raises privacy and safety concerns.
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Sponsored content presents opportunities, ethical concerns for newsrooms
5/22/13
by Margaret Looney
With traditional advertising models falling flat, the news industry has to come up with new ways to make money. Is sponsored content the answer to sustainability?
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Five tips for managing a budget while reporting abroad
5/21/13 by David Francis
Foreign correspondents have to manage money in a way that produces quality journalism while satisfying funders. Seasoned freelance journalist David C. Francis explains how to develop a budget for your story.
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Measuring a story's impact across multiple platforms
5/20/13
by Margaret Looney
The more platforms you use to tell a story, the harder it is to measure the effect of your story on the audience.
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A new tool to analyze China's microblogging platform
5/17/13
by IJNet
Data journalists create a way to analyze Sina Weibo, how investing in long-form stories pays off for publishers, and more are found in this week's Digital Media Mash Up, produced by the Center for International Media Assistance.
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Preparing to report from a conflict zone
5/17/13
by Jessica Weiss
Hostile-environment training is essential for freelancers considering assignments in the world’s conflict zones.
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From idea to product: lessons learned at Online News Association's design camp
5/16/13
by Margaret Looney
The Online News Association led a day-long session on turning sparks of an idea into a working product.
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The Data Journalism Handbook is now available in Spanish
4/26/13 by Florencia Coelho
The free resource, authored by experts in using data for reporting, is now available in Spanish.
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New platforms automate photo verification
5/8/13
by Margaret Looney
Verifying photos is a vital practice. But increasingly, when it's not possible to confirm with someone on the ground, a machine can help.
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Online platform Newsmodo connects freelancers and newsrooms
4/29/13
by Margaret Looney
A new platform lets freelancers sell written content, photos and video directly to newsrooms and pick up assignments via a mobile app.
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Five tips for managing a budget while reporting abroad
5/21/13 by David Francis
Foreign correspondents have to manage money in a way that produces quality journalism while satisfying funders. Seasoned freelance journalist David C. Francis explains how to develop a budget for your story.
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Steal this story: Poderopedia invites users to republish its work, use its code
5/15/13 by Miguel Paz
Poderopedia, which reveals relationships among elites in a country or region, now makes it easy for users to republish, reuse and add to the platform's content and code.
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HackDash: a free platform for organizing collaborative projects
5/14/13 by Mariano Blejman
A new open source platform makes it easier to propose and put together a hackathon.
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