Colombia's "Carnaval de Barranquilla" will be the topic of a writing workshop scheduled for February 11 to 16. Deadline: January 25.

The workshop will provide a space for debate and reflection on the importance of culture for the news agenda. In 2003 Colombia's Carnaval de Barranquilla was proclaimed by UNESCO as a "masterpiece of the oral and intangible heritage of humanity."

Egyptian journalism academics are invited to attend a two-day workshop in Cairo on reporting diversity. Two workshops will be held between January 11 and 15, 2009.

Working journalists who are nationals of one of the 37 Euro-Mediterranean countries are invited to apply for the Journalist Prize for Cultural Dialogue competition.

Broadcast journalists are invited to attend a conference on cultural diversity in Birmingham, England, on November 14. The deadline for the early discount rate is October 17.

Titled “Bridging the Gap,” the conference will examine successful strategies in broadcast journalism recruiting, cultural diversity initiatives, and how to ensure difference is reflected in the output.