Language:

Reuters offers course on economic and political reporting [Southeast Europe]

Deadline:

2/10/13

Journalists from Southeast Europe can apply for a spot in this program.

TrustMedia, a Thomson Reuters Foundation Service, is offering a course, "Economic and Political Reporting from Southeast Europe," April 15 - 26.

For the first time, Reuters is accepting applications from Greece and Turkey as well as the usual countries from the Balkans: Albania, Bulgaria, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, and Slovenia.

During the program, 16 selected journalists will attend two 10-day training courses in London and Berlin, run by ex-Reuters journalists. Participants will also travel to Brussels and Frankfurt to meet policymakers and journalists covering European financial and political affairs.

The course will cover the following broader topics: writing about emerging market economies; markets reporting and covering companies; and practical exercises based on current European themes.

The deadline is February 10.

For more information, here.