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Offer: Call for Applications: New Media Women Entrepreneurs Fund

by Breese | January 3, 2012 at 2:16 PM | Funding

J-Lab: The Institute for Interactive Journalism and the McCormick Foundation are seeking to fund four women-led projects that will rock the world of journalism. … Read More»

Offer: Grants for documentary film makers from the Ford Foundation

by Breese | January 3, 2012 at 12:47 PM | Funding

THE CHALLENGE … Read More»

Offer: Leading African Media Organization Announces $1 Million Fund for News Innovation

by Breese | December 20, 2011 at 11:01 AM | Funding

The African Media Initiative (AMI), the continent's largest association of media owners and operators, has announced a $1 million fund to spur innovation in the news industry. … Read More»

Offer: Thomson Reuters Foundation: funded Writing and Reporting News course

by Breese | December 16, 2011 at 1:01 PM | Funding

Applications now open for Thomson Reuters Foundation's "Writing and Reporting News" course in London. … Read More»

Offer: African Media Initiative Launches $1 Million News Innovation Competition

by Breese | December 13, 2011 at 4:08 PM | Opportunities

The African Media Initiative has announced a competition designed to promote digital experimentation and innovation that strengthens news organizations on the continent. … Read More»

Conference: Culture. Education. Media. Shaping a sustainable world

by Breese | June 25, 2011 (All day) - June 27, 2011 (All day)

Approximately 850 million people around the world are illiterate, most of them in crisis regions and war zones. … Read More»

Offer: Thomson Reuters Foundation: Business News and Tracking Down Corruption

by JournalistsforD... | November 16, 2011 at 9:08 AM | Mentorship and Training

Location: Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina Language: English … Read More»

Women and the News Media

Discussion on the representations of women in the news. Where are the women? Why does it matter? What’s the solution? And who's working toward change?

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Mrs. Dictatorship, criminals are not stylish

by Hummingbird | October 22, 2011 at 2:21 AM

I was moved by an article I read about how the efforts of Human Rights Watch led to cancel a planned fashion show by Uzbekistan dictator's daughter in New York Fashion Week. … Read More»

Offer: Call For Proposals: Arab Women, Media, And Sexuality Conference at the University of York

by Breese | October 19, 2011 at 5:00 PM | Opportunities

You are invited to the Arab Women, Media, and Sexuality one-day conference at the University of York, to be held on the 26th of May 2012. … Read More»