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  • Environmental reporters to hone their skills

    Date: 2/22/06

    Journalists in Kazakhstan can attend either of two upcoming workshops that focus on coverage of environmental issues. The workshops are scheduled for March 3 to 5 in Atyrau and March 9 to 11 in Karaganda.

    The reporting workshop will focus on issues such as revenues from natural resources, environmental protection, and cleaning up communities affected by environmental hazards. The organizer is ISAR: Resources for Environmental Activists, an NGO active in former Soviet countries.

  • Would-be trainers in environmental journalism get workshop

    Date: 2/15/06

    A group of environmental journalists should be able to share their expertise with colleagues after an upcoming train-the-trainers workshop in Malaysia. The event is scheduled for February 20 to 22 in Kuala Lumpur.

    The Asian Institute for Development Communication (Aidcom) is organizing the workshop in partnership with Universiti Sains Malaysia and the Danish consultancy firm Arne Wangel Consult. Danish and Malaysian trainers will lead the workshop.

  • Environmental journalists to meet in Dominican Republic

    Deadline:

    2/10/06

    Climate, water, health and economics are among the central themes of an international seminar for environmental journalists, to be held in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. Registration deadline: February 10.

    The seminar is scheduled for March 19 to 25 and is intended for journalists and editors who cover environmental themes and have a good grasp of English. The purpose of the seminar is to help journalists make sense out of environmental research, which is often complicated or conflicts with other research.

  • Event gathers Asian colleagues to discuss water issues

    Date: 1/26/06

    The organizers of a large, regional workshop expect about 400 journalists from across Asia to gather and discuss how to cover water issues as important news stories. The event is scheduled for February 5 to 8 in Bangkok, Thailand.

    This larger workshop will follow up on a series of national and regional workshops that the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has organized over the past three years. Journalists who participated in those previous workshops have been invited to the Bangkok event.

  • February deadline for environmental journalism contest

    Deadline:

    2/10/06

    The challenges and opportunities of the Amazon region are the main theme of a national competition for environmental journalists in Peru. Submission deadline: February 10.

    Peru’s National Council of Environment (CONAM, in Spanish) is organizing the competition. The goal is to recognize media professionals whose work has helped protect the environment and promote sustainable development in the country. The categories are TV, radio, print and online.

  • Environmental journalism awards include Turkmenistan

    Date: 1/9/06

    Central Asia

    Four journalists from Turkmenistan – a country considered by watchdogs to be a “black hole” for news – recently received honors for their environmental reporting.

    The journalists received awards at the Central Asian Festival of Environmental Journalism, which took place in November in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Colleagues from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan also participated.

  • North American environmental prize open to Mexican journalists

    Deadline:

    3/15/06

    Mexican print, broadcast and online journalists are eligible to enter an international competition for environmental coverage. The winner will attend a symposium at Stanford University in California.

  • East African journalists discuss impact of climate change

    Date: 12/19/05

    Journalists from Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda were discussing the impact of climate change in East Africa at a two-day conference that started December 19.

    The Tanzania office of the Media Institute for Southern Africa (MISA) organized the conference in the historic town of Bagamoyo, according to the Guardian newspaper of Tanzania. The aim is to recommend ways that news media can get information about climate change out to poorer, more vulnerable communities.