Seeking a chance to improve your skills and expand your world? Tired of the everyday routine in your newsroom? We’ve updated our guide to grants and fellowships of special interest to investigative journalists around the world. There are plenty of short-term and long-term opportunities, both for staff and freelance reporters. Follow the links for information on deadlines and background on the various programs.
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Speech delivered by FAIR Board chairperson Mzilikazi wa Afrika at the National Seminar and AGM for Community Newspapers, Birchwood Hotel, Johannesburg, South Africa, 24 May 2013.
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CNN International and MultiChoice have officially launched the CNN MultiChoice African Journalist Awards 2013. Journalists who are entering this year’s competition have until 17th April 2013 to send in their completed entry forms and supporting material.
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State House has warned Malawian journalists, editors and human rights defenders that they risk facing unspecified action if they continue ‘twisting information’ and in the process discrediting president Bingu wa Mutharika.
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Tripoli – Two British journalists working for Iran’s Press TV who were detained late last month in Libya are suspected of being spies, the head of the militia which is holding them said on Sunday. Faraj al-Swelhi, commander of the Swelhi brigade, said they had found among the journalists’ possessions official Libyan documents, equipment used by the Israeli military and footage of them firing weapons.
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