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Foreign correspondent jobs: expert tips on how to prepare
7/19/11
by مي اليان
By many accounts, it’s becoming more dangerous to work as a foreign correspondent: 80 journalists are killed in the line of duty every year and many more are attacked or jailed. IJNet offers nine tips to keep in mind when covering news in far-flung places.
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  Deadline: 2013-05-29
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  Deadline: 2012-12-25
- World Press Photo creates Tim Hetherington grant
  
  Deadline: 2011-10-15 03:00
- Webcast to discuss dangers facing foreign correspondents [Worldwide]
  
  Deadline: 2011-06-21
YouTube channel honors slain journalists
5/17/11
by Dana Liebelson
A YouTube channel launched to honor fallen journalists has already received more than 70 video submissions. Video tributes have been uploaded from Greece, Thailand and Mexico.
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Journalist for independent news site faces criminal trial [Thailand]
2/2/11 by Nicole Martinelli
The Thai government is prosecuting the site's webmaster and director, known as Jiew, for critical comments that users posted about Thailand's monarchy.
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Report: High number of journalists targeted by kidnappers in 2010
1/11/11
by Dana Liebelson
Journalism is a dangerous profession in many parts of the world, concludes a 2010 report by Reporters Without Borders. In the past year, 51 journalists were kidnapped or used as bargaining chips.
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10 tips for reporting conflict and abuse
12/15/10 by Jaldeep Katwala, Media Helping Media
Journalist Jaldeep Katwala offers 10 tips on how to cover stories in conflict zones. Katwala, who has covered conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, says that reporting on conflict and abuse is complex and that the way facts are revealed often does not provide the level of understanding the situation demands.
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In the wake of Haiti disaster, Dart Center says newsroom support is key
3/1/10 by Sasha
In the aftermath of the Haiti earthquake, news bureaus and wire services are reassessing how to keep their offices efficient through crisis and best communicate with journalists in the field in disaster areas.
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Resources available for covering Haiti
1/20/10
by Jessica Weiss
Poynter’s News University has made a list of resources available for journalists traveling to Haiti or looking for the local angle to cover the news about the country's devastating earthquake.
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Understanding the Philippines massacre
12/4/09 by Chatrine Siswoyo, IJNet Writer
On November 23, reporters in the Philippines endured the deadliest single attack on journalists anywhere in the world. According to the latest reports, 29 journalists were assassinated along with 28 civilians in Maguindanao province.
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Russian journalist reacts to Politkovskaya verdict
2/26/09 by Alexander Yakhontov, Russian IJNet Editor
The trial in the murder of Novaya Gazeta journalist Anna Politkovskaya, killed in Moscow on October 7, 2006, ended February 19, in a result that shocked and saddened many of her friends and colleagues from across the world: all four suspects were acquitted and set free.
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