Media professionals and citizen journalists from Central Asia are encouraged to apply for a five-week online journalism course on covering inter-ethnic and inter-national issues, as well as other minority-related topics. Deadline: October 15.

Participants who complete the course successfully will be awarded with certificates. Successful participants may also be offered an opportunity to write for the organizer, TOL, on Central Asian issues. The best students will receive fully funded placement in the 2010 Summer School on New Media, organized by TOL in Prague, Czech Republic.

For more information (in Russian), click here. To apply, e-mail at balanovskayal@tol.org.