UNESCO invites journalists and media professionals to participate in a seminar on media and violence in Brazil, scheduled for March 24 in São Paulo and March 26 and 27 in Rio de Janeiro.

Journalists and journalism students can attend a symposium on March 9 in Nairobi, Kenya, organized to discuss the implications of the new Kenyan Communications (Amendment) Act, which grants the government the sole right to distribute media licenses, control media programs and penalize media infractions with prison terms.

A Nicaraguan journalists association, which promotes excellence in the country’s journalism, recently launched a Spanish-language Web site.

Indian journalists have until November 20 to register for a five-day training course on court reporting, scheduled for December 7 to 11 at the Indira Gandhi National Open University in New Delhi.

The course, “Reporting of Court Proceedings by Media and Administration of Justice,” has 50 spots for legal correspondents and journalists. There is no registration fee.