Deadline: November 2, 2015
Professional journalists are invited to apply for the fully funded Cross Border Journalism Programme. The new digital era of media, and the globalisation of economic and political processes have brought new challenges to journalism. To reflect the needs of journalists Perspektivy is launching a new scheme which aims to connect journalists in cross-border collaboration. This is an opportunity for journalists in the early stages of their career looking for the chance to develop their skills in international reporting and enhance their professional network abroad. Journalists will be offered grants, distance mentoring and seminars to help them to produce insightful stories.
Working in teams, journalists can produce joint or individual work. These stories can be on any topic, as long as they draw on examples from outside of their home country. For example, refugee and migrant crisis, climate changes, food products and its export/import, media, civil society etc. Other ideas are welcome and would be discussed.
Programme Scheme
This scheme will involve the following activities:
- December 3 – 4, 2015: A two day workshop in Moscow, where teams can meet up with Perspektivy mentors to discuss ideas, work on story angles and plan a road-map forward;
- December 5, 2015 – 1 February 2016: A mentoring phase, where the teams will work remotely with experienced mentors and senior journalists as they work on producing their stories;
- February 4 – 5, 2016: A two day wrap-up session where the teams meet again to finalize their pieces and present them to the other journalists on the scheme;
- Grants will be awarded to each team so that they can undertake travel or research to enable them to produce their story;
Costs
- The programme covers:
- Travel, Accommodation and per diem expenses of participants of the first kick off event,
- Their approximate 2 month team field research including traveling etc.,
- 2 days closing event in Moscow in February 2016.
Eligibility
- Open to journalists working for media in Russia, Eastern Europe and Central Asia, the Baltic and the Caucasus;
- Journalists must apply with a story idea that transcends a national border;
- They must be professional journalists with a minimum of three years working experience.
- The working language of the programme is Russian;
Application Process
- Complete the application form.
Please note that the size of any uploaded files must not exceed 5 MB.
For more information, visit Cross Border Journalism Programme.
