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Monday marked the return of our Programme Director, Jo, who had been away at the annual NewsXChange conference in Cascais, Portugal from Wednesday to Friday November 2-4. The conference brings together senior executives from the news industry and from around the world to discuss and debate issues in the media.
Participants on last week’s Crises and Disaster Reporting course in Cascais were given the opportunity to attend some of News XChange sessions on ‘Japan’ and ‘A Disaster in Your Country’.
Other courses over the last week included Crises and Disaster Reporting in Hong Kong, and a Health Reporting course in Beijing in conjunction with Tsingua University. There have also been some great new alumni blog posts on the TrustMedia website, sharing experiences about climate change in Kenya and stories from our recent Writing and Reporting course in London.
Also see our brand new multimedia video sharing the stories of the fourteen African participants on our recent Women's Health and Opportunity Reporting course in Johannesburg in partnership with GBCHealth.
Coming up this weekend is the official launch of Aswat Masriya in Cairo. Aswat Masriya is TrustMedia’s new Egyptian Elections news and information website, which provides Egyptians with vital news and information about the upcoming elections in Egypt, and is run by a team of local journalists in Cairo.
We’ve had a wonderful response to the Arabic language Aswat Masriya site so far, and an English version will be officially available starting this Monday, November 14!
Also, there are several upcoming courses with open application deadlines! Take a look:
- Covering Extractive Industries – Beirut, 23-25 November Deadline: 12 November 2011.
- Ethics and Standards of Social Networking and New Media in the Arab World – Beirut, 12-16 December 2011 Deadline: 12 November 2011.
- Reportaje sobre Pobreza Rural - Bucaramanga, Colombia, 12-14 December 2011 Deadline: 18 November 2011.
- Writing Financial and Business News – London, 27 February-2 March 2012 Deadline: 25 November 2011.
For all the budding journalists out there, applications for the Reuters Journalism Trainee Programme 2012 and the Reuters Summer 2012 Global Journalism Internships are now open.
Keep following us on twitter and Facebook for the latest news and pictures from the team here and from our courses all over the world!
Until next week,
TrustMedia Team
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