Writers worldwide are invited to enter a global essay competition on the theme "the morality of profit." The first place winner will receive US$20,000. Deadline: February 28.

In light of the global economic crisis, a "discussion of the morality of profit is timely," according to the organizers, the SEVEN (Social.Equity.Venture) Fund.

Kuwaiti journalists are invited to participate in a three-day journalism training workshop on journalism basics and ethics in Kuwait City on December 7.

Organized by Freedom House, British Cultural Council in Kuwait and Thompson Reuters Foundation, the workshop aims to strengthen journalistics ethics in Kuwait.

Journalism and ethics will be the main topics of a seminar that will gather experts from Spain, Latin America and the U.S. from October 20 to 22 in Quito, Ecuador.

Media practitioners worldwide who are interested in indigenous media and communication can attend a three-day conference in Malaysia from October 13 to 15.

The event, the International Conference on Media and Communication, will discuss the relevance of indigenizing media knowledge in an era in which Western curricula has influenced media studies worldwide.