aaus-list @ ukrainianstudies.org -- [aaus-list] Summer journalism & media courses

[Sarka Rausova <rausovas@tol.org>]

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TOL is pleased to announce its summer journalism and media
training
courses. All the courses will be held in

Prague

 in July 2007 and 
feature training from highly-experienced journalists and
media 
professionals. Details can be found at http://journalism-courses.tol.org.

 

 
Investigative Journalism, July 21-30

 

This 10-day course covers everything from investigative
methodology and
tactics to interviewing skills, writing the story and
adapting it for 
multiple media. The course will be led by Mark Schapiro,
editorial 
director of the Center for Investigative Journalism.

 
Foreign Correspondent Training Course, July 21-30

 

A highly-popular 10-day course featuring practical training
and advice
from experienced foreign correspondents. Last summer
participants came
from 22 countries to be trained by journalists who have
contributed to
internationally-respected media outlets such as the BBC, The
Economist,
Newsweek, The Independent and The

Boston

 Globe.

 

New Media Essentials, July 8-13

 

Everything you need to know about online media – including
podcasting,
RSS feeds, blogging and online promotion. This new five-day
course
features a mixture of practical training and roundtable
discussions on
current and future media trends. The course will be led by
Evgeny Morozov,
who has written commentaries on new media, politics and
society for
publications such as The International Herald Tribune and Le
Monde.

 

Scholarships – A limited number of half-scholarships are
available to
participants from

Albania

,

Armenia

,

Azerbaijan

,

Belarus

,

Bosnia

 &

Herzegovina

,

Bulgaria

,

Croatia

,

Czech Republic

,

Estonia

,

Georgia

,

Hungary

,

Kazakhstan

,

Kyrgyzstan

,

Latvia

,

Lithuania

,

Macedonia

,

Moldova

,

Mongolia

,

Montenegro

,

Poland

,

Romania

,

Russia

,

Serbia

,

Slovakia

,

Slovenia

,

Tajikistan

,

Turkmenistan

,

Ukraine

 and

Uzbekistan

.

 

More details about the courses can be found at http://journalism-courses.tol.org.
If you have any questions, please contact Sergei Zhmako (zhmakos@tol.org).

 

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TOL (Transitions Online) is a non-profit organisation based
in

Prague

,
created to support the development of a strong, independent
media. Last 
year, TOL trained over 300 journalists and journalism
students from some 
50 countries. Our trainers are professional journalists who
have reported 
for highly-respected media outlets such as the BBC, Reuters,
The

Boston

Globe, Dow Jones Newswires, The Economist and Newsweek.
-- 
Sarka Rausova
Marketing Director 
Transitions Online
http://www.tol.org
Chlumova 22, 130 00 Praha 3
Czech Republic
420 22278-0805 (phone)
420 22278-0804 (fax)