The Thomson Foundation will hold its 11th annual broadcast journalism course in Cardiff, Wales, in summer 1999, according to a notice on the foundation's web site. This 12-week course is open to 20 journalists from around the world who are at least 25 years old with at least three years' work experience. Applications are due in early 1999. The syllabus includes theory and practical sessions, working attachments with British broadcasters, individual research projects and group program-making exercises. Participants will have access to the newsroom, studios and editing suites at the Centre for Journalism Studies at Cardiff University.

More than 160 radio and television journalists from at least 65 countries have attended the courses. Many participants now occupy senior positions of at their stations, as program editors or managers. The foundation offers other courses in Cardiff as part of its in-country training projects. In 1998 it trained broadcast managers from Georgia and a group of TV documentary makers from Russia, and it provided training courses for media professionals from other Newly Independent States (NIS).

The Thomson Foundation was established by Lord Thomson of Fleet in 1962. It provides practical training for journalists from emerging countries of Africa, Asia, the Middle East, theSouth Pacific, the Caribbean, South America, Central and East Europe and NIS. The foundation also provides advanced courses in journalism, reporting and photojournalism.

For more information contact Ian Masters, Controller, Broadcasting, The Thomson Foundation, Bute Building, King Edward VII Avenue, Cardiff, CF1 3NB Wales, United Kingdom. Phone: (44-0-1222) 874-873, 664-902. Fax: (44-0-1222) 225-194. E-mail: Thomfound@cardiff.ac.uk. Applications can be found at http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/thomfound/funding/fees.html