Deadline: 5 July 2017
The YaLa Academy’s Aileen Getty School of Citizen Journalism, in partnership with the European Union Peacebuilding Initiative, is currently inviting applicants to undergo a 4-month online training program (starting late August 2017) featuring journalists and new media experts from the New York Times, the Associated Press, Facebook & more! The program will be held in English and participants must come from, or live in, Israel, Palestine or another country in the Middle East or North Africa, and be between the ages of 17 and 36. The program is free and takes place online.
Each year, the School has two four-month semesters, bringing together 400 students per year from Israel, Palestine, Algeria, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Libya, Morocco, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, Yemen and all across the Middle East and Africa.
Program Structure
The School recruited journalism and new media experts to train and engage young leaders (aged 1736) from across the Middle East and Africa in the following topics:
- ‘Journalism 101’ – writing, editing, interviewing, and ethical journalism;
- Photojournalism – photography and photo-editing to tell a story through images;
- Video Journalism – shooting, editing and presenting video-based stories;
- New Media – leveraging the power of social media (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, blogs, etc.) to spread citizen journalism blogs, articles, videos and photography.
Program Activities
- A series of video lectures by journalism and new media experts in the four topics;
- Biweekly live online discussions among students and School staff on our interactive online learning platforms;
- Periodic online Q&A sessions between students and lecturers;
- Collaborative assignments in writing, photography and video shared, edited and discussed together by students and Staff in private Facebook working groups;
- Opportunities for excelling students to win prizes and participate in further study;
- Local workshops on citizen journalism topics in five countries (Israel, Palestine, Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt);
- Publication of the best blogs, videos and photos on YaLa Press and YaLa’s Facebook, Twitter and Instagram pages, as well as other media outlets such as Huffington Post.
How to Apply
Interested applicants must submit an online application form available in the given website.
For more information, please visit Aileen Getty School of Citizen Journalism.