Online Journalism Awards - Opportunities

The Online Journalism Awards (OJAs), launched in May 2000 honour excellence in digital journalism around the world. Submission for 2016 OJAs entries is now open and will close on June 3, 2016 at 11:59 p.m. 

Journalism Academy 2016 for journalists from Bosnia Herzegovina - Opportunities

The Association of Journalists of Bosnia Herzegovina invites students of journalism and young journalists (up to 35 years old) from Bosnia and Herzegovina to apply for the Journalist Academy 2016

M100 Young European Journalists Workshop - Opportunities

The M100 Young European Journalists Workshop (M100YEJ) is part of the renowned annual international media conference M100 Sanssouci Colloquium in Potsdam, Germany. In 2016, the workshop will be devoted to the theme of “Investigative Journalism – Purposes, Techniques, and specific Challenges”.

Open Data Barometer Global Report - Reports

The Open Data Barometer analyses the prevalence and impact of Open Data initiatives around the world, providing comparative data on 92 countries

The Imperial Legacies of Television within Europe - Academic Sources

The study gives a postcolonial account of intra-European broadcast regions through industrial collaborations, imperial vestiges, and imperial connections

Columbia University Global Freedom of Expression Initiative - Stakeholders

The Columbia University Global Freedom of Expression Initiative  seeks to contribute to the development of an integrated and progressive jurisprudence and understanding on FoE and FoI around the world.

Columbia Global Freedom of Expression was established in 2014 by Columbia University President Lee C. Bollinger , a noted First Amendment scholar, bringing together international experts and activists with the University’s faculty and students to survey, document, and strengthen free expression. Dr. Agnès Callamard, a distinguished human rights advocate and former director of the organization ARTICLE 19, is executive director.

IPI Free Media Pioneer 2016: Medyascope.tv - HTML5 video

As the situation of media freedom in Turkey does not show any signal of improvement, this video by the International Press Institute pays tribute to the platform Medyascope.tv , giving voice to the journalists who contribute to it 

Direct Look photo contest - Opportunities

FOTODOC Center for Documentary Photography at Sakharov center is pleased to announce our Direct Look photo contest, accepting photo projects about problems pertaining to relations between people and society and state. Applications welcome until June 30, 2016

Captured news media: the case of Turkey - HTML5 video

Held at the International Journalism Festival 2016 in Perugia, this roundtable considers the current state of the media in Turkey

International News Safety Institute - Stakeholders

International News Safety Institute was founded in 2003 to provide safety advice and training to journalists to ensure safe working conditions also when covering conflict, civil unrest, corruption, or natural and man-made disasters. INSI counts as its members some of the world’s leading news organisations, such as Reuters, CNN, the BBC, Al Jazeera, ABC, NBC and the Guardian.