Deadline: 15-Oct-21
The Thomson Reuters Foundation (TRF) is accepting applications for its Reporting on Migration Cambodia.
Thomson Reuters Foundation’s five-day Online ‘Reporting on Migration’ course is a unique chance for journalists from Cambodia to gain practical skills and knowledge and work on your story ideas with guidance from experienced Thomson Reuter’s journalists.
With support from the Laudes Foundation, the workshop offers a combination of specialist expertise and hands-on training, with an emphasis on producing high-impact stories for widespread dissemination.
They will discuss the role of media in raising awareness, reducing vulnerability and holding to account governments, law enforcement and businesses.
Attendees will look at innovative approaches to fighting trafficking and forced labour and reporting on migration and scrutinize the quest for integrated policy responses across borders.
A major focus will be on the ethics of reporting slavery, from how to interact sensitively with traumatized survivors to getting past journalists’ own preconceived notions and stereotypes. They will cover safety issues, particularly when it comes to dealing with sources and reporting on organized crime. They will have speakers with expert knowledge on the migration crisis.
Requirements
- The training will be remote learning, and all interactions with trainers and other participants will be done over Zoom.
- Participants should be able to commit to 4 hours of live classes per day during the week, with 1-2 hours of offline reading or assignments done on their own schedule
- Participants must have access to reliable internet for video conferencing; a modest stipend is available for anyone who might need extra data during the course period
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicants must be full-time journalists or regular contributors to media organisations in Cambodia.
- Applicants must be able to demonstrate a commitment to a career in journalism in their country must be a senior journalist with a minimum of two years’ professional experience and have a good level in spoken and written English.
Submission Criteria
- When applying you will be asked to upload the following documents – please have these ready:
- 2 relevant work samples (maximum file size 5 MB) – in English if possible. For stories not in English, please include a 250-word English summary about the story.
- Please note you will be asked to submit one or more story ideas within your application. The migration story has already been well covered so they will look for journalists with ideas that approach the issue from a new angle. They will not share your ideas with anyone.
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