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Akintola Fatoyinbo African Education Reporting Awards
Organised by the Association for the Development of Education in Africa. The objectives of the award are to encourage African journalists to write relevant and reliable articles on education, encourage African newspapers to publish regular columns and supplements on education, foster the development of a network of African journalists specialized in covering education topics, and strengthen ADEA's ties with African media.
E-mail: alfredopubor@yahoo.com

Alfred Friendly Press Fellowships (AFPF)
Takes approximately 10 journalists each year for six months in American newsrooms. All fellowships, including the Daniel Pearl Fellowships, are awarded to young and mid-career print journalists from developing world countries with an emerging free press.

The program begins in March with a two-week orientation seminar in Washington designed to prepare the Fellows for the challenges of living and working in the United States; it includes a six-day course in American journalism. At the middle of the program, Fellows and staff come together in Florida for seminars focused on writing, editing and coaching.

A final seminar in Washington reunites the Fellows so that they may compare and evaluate their experiences and discuss their impressions of the American media. Fellows return to their home countries in early September.
www.pressfellowships.org/application.html

Alva Clarke Fellowship
The Alva Clarke fellowship is awarded to a broadcast journalist from the Caribbean for a 3-month period of study at Oxford University.
www.cba.org.uk/alvaclarke.htm

AMF Media Achiever Award
Organised by the Advertising Media Forum
www.amf.org.za/awards

AMF Platinum Award
Organised by the Advertising Media Forum
www.amf.org.za/awards

Asia Pacific Journalism Fellowships
Initiated in 1998 for the purpose of expanding mutual understanding between Asia and the United States through study, dialogue and field study in Asia Pacific for six American broadcast and print journalists. The program is co-sponsored by the East-West Centre, the Singapore International Foundation and the Pacific Cultural Foundation of Taipei.

In Singapore and Taipei the journalists meet with government, business, civic and cultural leaders to garner a better understanding of these important economies and societies. The Singapore International Foundation and the Pacific Cultural Foundation of Taipei organize and host the programs in their respective countries.
www.eastwestcenter.org/sem-mp.asp

ASNE International Journalism Exchange
Organised by the International Centre for Journalists and the American Society of Newspapers. Principal editors of daily newspapers are invited to apply. Priority will be given to editors from democracies in the developing world.

The ideal applicant is an editor-in-chief or deputy editor-in-chief. Applicant must show high proficiency in English and demonstrate goals for participation in the programme. Should have at least five years of newspaper experience.
www.icfj.org

ASNE-ICFJ Journalism Fellowship
Organised by the American Society of Newspaper Editors and the International Centre for Journalism. Ten top newsroom managers of daily newspapers are invited to the US for a five-week programme, the core of which is four weeks at a US newspaper.
www.icfj.org

Assegai Awards
The Assegai Awards, while focussing on Return-On-Investment as its primary yardstick in selecting its winners, recognise, reward and promote creativity and excellence in direct and interactive marketing which utilises various channels and media to bring marketers into direct contact with customers.

The multiple direct disciplines that share the common goals of measurable, cost-efficient, one-to-one marketing are integrated under the Assegai Awards.
www.assegai.co.za

Atkinson Fellowship in Public Policy
The Atkinson Fellowship in Public Policy is designed to further both the tradition of liberal journalism in Canada and the commitment to social and economic justice of Joseph E. Atkinson. The Fellowship provides a grant for a Canadian journalist to undertake a year-long research project on topical public policy issue.

While the Fellowship is interested in any number of topics, and is open to new and imaginative ideas for research, it favours issues that are in the forefront of public debate and have implications for Canadian society at large (e.g., poverty, unemployment, trade agreements, welfare, child care, etc.). The Fellowship will not consider projects in history, anthropology, literature, folklore and related areas.
www.atkinsonfoundation.ca/what_we_fund?PROGRAM_ID=10

Award for Excellence in Economic Reporting
The Award for Excellence in Economic Reporting is presented to a magazine or newspaper writer who has done the most to shape public opinion by giving the public a better understanding of economic theory and reality.

The Institute on Political Journalism, an intensive summer study and internship opportunity in Washington, D.C., sponsors the award. The award is open to both reporters and analysts, but the judges seek to reward writing that features outstanding original reporting and fact-finding married to superior analysis.
www.tfas.org/programs/ipjawards.htm

Bastiat Prize for Journalism
The Bastiat Prize ($10,000) was developed in 2002 to encourage and reward writers whose published works promote the institutions of a free society: limited government, free markets, rule of law brokered by an independent judiciary, protection of private property, free speech, and sound science. Full details of rules, judging criteria and how to submit entries can be found at www.bastiatprize.org

Biodiversity Reporting Award
This contest is coordinated by the North American organization of Conservation International in collaboration with the International Centre for Journalists (ICFJ) The award's objective is it to improve written articles in the area of environmental journalism by journalists from Guatemala and Guyana.

The winner from each country will participate in the VII conference of the International Federation of the Environmental Journalism in Columbia and the award will cover the costs of the trip. The second and third place winners will receive a cash prize, 2 years membership of IFEJ and a kit of professional training materials from the International Centre for Journalists.
E-mail: r.briggs@conservation.org

The Caine Prize for African Writing
The Prize is awarded to a short story by an African writer published in English, whether in Africa or elsewhere. (Indicative length, between 3000 and 10,000 words).
www.caineprize.com/rules.htm

CASE Media Fellowship Program
Organised by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education. Awarded to working journalists at newspapers, magazines, radio and television stations, and online news sites.
www.case.org

Centre for Policy Studies International Policy Fellowship
Organised by the Central European University Centre for Policy Studies.
www.osi.hu/ipf

Chevening Scholarships Scheme
Managed by the British Council, the Chevening scholarships provide opportunities for Ukrainian professionals to undertake postgraduate study or research in the United Kingdom for between three and twelve months.

International flights, course fees and living costs are all covered in full. Each year, the British Government offers up to ten scholarships, to be awarded through open competition, in several subject areas including media studies.

Successful candidates must be Ukrainian professionals under 35 with excellent written and spoken English skills. Applicants must have also received their 'first degree' (Diploma of Specialist).
www.chevening.com

Civic Education Project Fellowships
The Civic Education Project offers three main fellowship programs. The Visiting Faculty Fellowship Program provides support for foreign academics to teach one of several subjects, including media studies/journalism, at an institution in one of the participating countries.

The Local Faculty Fellowship Program provides support for academics who have received graduate education at a western-accredited university and who are seeking to return to teach in their own country, to teach one of several subject areas, including media studies/journalism, at an institution in their own country.

The Support for Community Outreach and University Teaching (SCOUT) Program provides follow-on support to alumni of Edmund S. Muskie/Freedom Support Act Graduate Fellowship Program.
www.cep.org.hu

Clark Mollenhoff Award for Investigative Reporting
Annually to the best newspaper or magazine story that conforms both to the definition of investigative reporting as originally defined by Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE) and to the professional standards articulated by Clark Mollenhoff in his critiques of journalism craft. The award carries a cash prize of $5,000.
www.tfas.org/programs/ipjawards.htm

Clive Menell Fellowship to Duke University in the United States.
The prestigious fellowship - for mid-career or senior journalists provides a unique opportunity for two South African journalists to participate in a stimulating programme of discussion and study on international media issues.

The two South African fellows will join colleagues from major media (mainly from Europe and the US) at Duke University's DeWitt Wallace Centre for Communication and Journalism. The Centre's media fellows' programme is the largest and most international of its kind in the US and offers a wide selection of opportunities and resources.

At the core of the programme are a series of seminars designed to address the most important policy issues on the media agenda in the coming years. These discussions - led by prominent journalists, scholars and key policy makers - focus on issues such as journalism and media, public policy, economics, international relations and new media technologies.
www.iaj.org.za/online_hub/scholarships.htm

The Common Ground Media Fellows Programme
Awarded to journalists who through their work contribute to finding collaborative solutions to conflicts or controversial issues by giving voice to all opinions, by highlighting the common interests of the parties, not just their different positions, by exploring creative ways to reconcile the parties and solve the problem, and by educating their audiences on collaborative approaches to conflict resolution.

The Fellowships are available to journalists working in print and radio. Fellows my write or produce opinion pieces, as well as factual and analytical reports. Placement of articles will remain the responsibility of the author, through Search for Common Ground will provide assistance when possible.
www.sfcg.org

CV Starr Fellows Programme for mid-career professionals
Organised by George Washington University's Elliott School in International Affairs. Candidates must have a BA, plus either 8 years of professional work experience or an advanced degree.
www.gwu.edu/~elliott/studentservices/finassist/starr.html

DACST-AAAS Science Radio Journalism Fellowship
The South African Department of Arts, Culture, Science, and Technology (DACST) and the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) offer five fellowships each year for South African journalists in an effort to increase public awareness and understanding of science, engineering, and technology.

Following an orientation in Pretoria, fellows are in-residence at the AAAS headquarters in Washington, DC, the U.S. capital, for four weeks where they learn how to research, write and produce science stories to the highest industry standards. Upon their return to South Africa, the fellows write and broadcast stories reporting on scientific research and issues of local interest, with facilitation and modest support from DACST and/or other agencies.
www.aaas.org/international/africa/radioproject.shtml

The Dag Hammarskjold Memorial Scholarship Fund
The fellowships offer a unique opportunity for promising young journalists from Asia, Africa and Latin America to see the United Nations at work and to report on its proceedings for news media in their home countries. Over the past 41 years, fellowships have been awarded to over 150 journalists from the developing world.

These awards require the presence of the journalist selected in New York for the duration of the General Assembly Session and should be regarded as an opportunity for employers and journalists to provide their audiences with special assignment news coverage from U.N. Headquarters. Successful applicants must obtain a leave of absence from their employers. Applicants must be full-time, professional journalists between 25 and 35 years old and employed by recognized print and broadcast media organisations.
www.un.org/other/unca/communique.pdf

The Daniel Pearl Fellowship
To encourage dialogue among people of different cultures, reduce cultural and religious hatred and create a platform for responsible and creative journalism. Part of the Alfred Friendly Press Fellowships
www.danielpearl.org

The Diageo African Business Reporting Awards
The Diageo Africa Business Reporting Awards recognise and reward journalists, editors and photographers providing high quality coverage of the business environment in Africa. They are a practical contribution to addressing the marginalisation of Africa in the international media.

The six awards - for Best Published Feature, Best Television Feature, Best Radio Feature, Best Publication, Best Website and Best Journalist - are open to all journalists covering business in Africa. They will be presented in London on 29 June 2006. The closing date for entries is 31 May 2006.

www.diageoafricabusinessreportingawards.com

Donner / CFJE Journalist at Risk Fellowship
Organised by the Donner Canadian Foundation and Massey College. Applicants must be fluent in English with five years experience in print, broadcasting or Internet.
www.cjfe.org/eng/massey/massey.html

Duke University Visiting Media Fellows Programme
Organised by DeWitt Wallace Centre for communications and Journalism. Offers short and long-term study opportunities for journalists from all over the world.
www.pubpol.duke.edu/centers/dewitt/fellows/about.html

Fellowships in International Human Rights
Each year, Human Rights Watch awards five Fellowships to recent graduates of law schools or graduate programs (master's and above) in journalism, international relations, area studies, or other relevant disciplines.

Fellows work full time for one year with one or more divisions of Human Rights Watch, based in New York City or Washington, DC. Fellows monitor human rights developments in various countries, conduct on-site investigations, draft reports on human rights conditions, and engage in advocacy aimed at publicizing and curtailing human rights violations.

Two of the fellowships, the Orville Schell and the Alan R. Finberg Fellowships, are open to recent graduates from any university worldwide at the master's level and above. The three remaining fellowships are restricted to graduates of specific schools: the Michael Bloomberg Fellowship, for graduates of graduate programs at John Hopkins University, including the John Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS); the Furman Fellowship, for graduates of New York University School of Law; and the Leonard H. Sandler Fellowship, for graduates of Columbia Law School.
www.hrw.org/about/info/fellows.html

Ford Foundation International Fellowships Program
The International Fellowships Program provides support for up to three years of formal graduate-level study leading to a masters or doctoral degree. Fellows are selected from countries in Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Latin America, and Russia, where the Ford Foundation maintains active overseas programs. U.S. nationals are not eligible, although Fellows may study in the United States.
www.fordfound.org/news/more/11272000ifp/index.cfm

Foreign Correspondents' Association Annual Award
www.fcasa.co.za

Foster Davis Fellowships for African Journalists
The fellowship program (formally know as the Poynter Institute Southern and South Africa Journalism Fellows Program) assists in funding the travel and related needs of five African journalists each year. Participants do not need to be full-time trainers, but they do need to have a passion to teach fellow journalists. Therefore, they need to have acquired some repute as newsroom coaches and mentors
www.poynter.org/content/content_view.asp?id=4799

Frederic Bastiat Prize for Journalism
Journalists from any country are can apply for the Frédéric Bastiat Prize for Journalism, named in honour of the 19th century liberal French satirist and advocate of civil liberties. The prize, administered by the International Policy Network, awards journalism that promotes the institutions of a free society, including free expression.

The award carries a US$10,000 cash prize. Entries, which should take the form of one or more published articles, are judged according to their intellectual content, the persuasiveness of the language and the type of publication in which they appeared.
www.policynetwork.net

Freedom of Expression Awards
Index on Censorship offers four different awards: the most courageous defense of freedom of expression, international whistleblower of the year, best circumvention of censorship and the Golden Raspberry Award for "services to censorship." The Golden Raspberry Award is meant to lampoon a person, institution or government that has done the most to suppress freedom of expression.
www.indexonline.org/awards.shtml

Frewin & McCall Trophies or Typography and Layout
Organised by the Newspaper Association, and awarded for typography, layout pictures, graphics, printing and production, advertisements for daily and weekly national newspapers with circulation above/below 50 000
E-mail: cathyp@printmedia.org.za

Fund for Investigative Journalism
The Fund for Investigative Journalism gives grants, ranging from $500 to $10,000, to reporters working outside the protection and backing of major news organizations. Grants are limited to journalists seeking pre-publication help for investigative pieces involving corruption, malfeasance, incompetence and societal ills in general as well as for media criticism.

The Fund's board meets four times a year to consider grant applications. Applications will be considered at meetings held in March, June, September and November. The deadline for submitting applications is the 15th day of the month preceding the board meeting.
http://fij.org

Global 500 Award
Created in 1987 by the United Nations Environment Program, the Global 500 Award is granted every year to individuals or organizations, including journalists, for outstanding achievements in the protections and improvement of the environment. It is a tribute to successes at the front line of environmental action, because it is at the community and local level where action to protect the environment acquires its full meaning.
www.global500.org

Global Award for Human Rights Journalism
Organised by Amnesty International Media Awards. Awarded annually for an article that has raised awareness and understanding of human rights issues at local, national or international level. Entries must be nominated and submitted by a non-governmental organisation in the form of a written article published in a newspaper, journal or magazine, or on the Internet.
http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/
ENGORG100012004?open&of=ENG-200

Global Health Excellence in Media Award
The awards are given each year to a journalist (print, electronic, or visual) who has in the prior year most effectively captured the essence of a major issue in global health and conveyed it to a broad audience
www.globalhealth.org/view_top.php3?id=358

Gordon N Fisher Fellowship
Organised by Massey College, University of Toronto. Awarded to journalists with five years experience in full time employment of a newspaper, magazine, or news agency in the New Commonwealth or developing countries.
www.utoronto.ca/massey

Hellman/Hammett Grants
Organised by Human Rights Watch for writers who have suffered political persecution and are in financial need, as well as for activists who write to advance human rights issues.
www.hrw.org/about/info/helham.html

Howard Chapnick Grant for the Advancement of Photojournalism
The Howard Chapnick Grant encourages and supports leadership in fields ancillary to photojournalism, such as editing research, education, and management. The annual $5,000 grant may be used to finance any of a range of qualified undertakings, which might include a program of further education, research, a special long-term sabbatical project, or an internship to work with a noteworthy group or individual. Special consideration is given to projects that promote social change and/or serve significant concerns of photojournalism.
www.smithfund.org/chapnick.html

Hubert H Humphrey Fellowship
Set up by the Department of State, Bureau of Educational & Cultural Affairs and the Institute of International Education. One-year grants are available for mid-career professional from developing countries.

Fellowships are awarded competitively to professional candidates in a variety of fields including print and broadcast journalism for one year of non-degree graduate study and related professional experiences in the US.
www.iie.org/pgms/hhh

Human Rights Journalism Awards
Organised by the South African Human Rights commission. Journalists and media organisations, which have made contributions to the promotion or protection of human rights in the country
www.sahrc.org.za

IAPA Awards for Journalistic Excellence
The IAPA Awards for Journalistic Excellence is open to newspapers and news agencies in 33 nations of North, Central and South America and the Caribbean. The winners later receive diplomas and cash prizes of up to $2,000, presented during the General Assembly held the following October.

Awards are made in 10 categories, including inter-American relations, human rights, news coverage, features, in-depth reporting, photography, cartoons, info-graphics, opinion and the newspaper in education. IAPA also awards a special prize called the IAPA Grand Prize for Freedom of the Press to a person or organization that has made outstanding efforts on behalf of freedom of the press in the Western Hemisphere. Submitted work must have been published during the previous year.
www.sipiapa.com/otheractivities/rules.cfm

ICIJ Award for Outstanding International Investigative Reporting
The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) Award for Outstanding International Investigative Reporting honours excellence in trans-national investigative journalism with a U.S. $20,000 cash prize.

The competition is open to any professional journalist or team of journalists of any nationality working in any medium pursuing an investigation - either a single work or a single-subject series - that involves reporting in at least two countries on a topic of world significance.
www.icij.org/dtaweb/index.asp?L1=30&L2=40&L3=30&L4="0"&L5="0"&State=

Indian Institute of Journalism and New Media Fellowship Program
The BS&G Foundation, a non-profit trust that runs the Indian Institute of Journalism and New Media, instituted this fellowship program in continuation of its efforts to further enhance the quality of journalism in the Indian sub-continent.

The program aims to help journalists take a break from routine newsroom chores and carry out detailed study in an area directly related to journalism and its practice or on issues and subjects that journalists may need to cope with. The fellowship is awarded annually to one working journalist or journalism educator for six months of study. The fellowship is open to journalists from only the Indian sub-continent
www.iijnm.org/pro-faculty.html

International Investigative Reporting Award
Organised by the Centre for Public Integrity. A professional journalist or team of journalists of any nationality may submit an individual investigative piece of work or single-subject series on a trans-national topic of world significance.
www.icij.org

International Journalism Exchange
Open to editors who have worked in journalism for at least five years, are currently employed by a daily newspaper, are proficient in English, but have little substantial previous travel to the United States.

Eligible applicants are from any nation outside Western Europe, the United States, and Canada. Priority is given to editors from countries in transition to democratic rule. The five-week program begins in Washington, D.C., with an orientation and professional seminars preceding a month-long newspaper assignment that offers exposure to all departments of an American newspaper. It concludes with a couple of days of professional group activities and the final evaluation of the program in New York City.
E-mail: ije@icfj.org

International Women's Media Foundation's Courage in Journalism Award
The annual prize honors women journalists "who have demonstrated extraordinary strength of character in pursuing their profession under difficult or dangerous circumstances," IWMF says. Up to three journalists are honoured at an annual ceremony with a sculpture and US$2,000 cash prize. The competition is open to full-time, part-time and freelance reporters, writers, editors, photographers or producers.
E-mail: ajohnson@iwmf.org

Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE) Awards
The IRE Awards recognize the best in investigative reporting -- by print, broadcast and online media. Categories include newspapers, television, magazines, books, radio, FOI work, student work and more. International entries will be placed into appropriate categories by IRE staff. Contest judges can then move entries into other categories.

IRE can award a special citation for deserving international work. After judging, all entries are placed in IRE's Resource Center story library so that IRE members may learn from others' triumphs and troubles. The contest helps identify techniques and resources used by the entrants.
www.ire.org/contest

Janie Guilbalt Scholarships
Janie Guilbault developed writing camps in South Africa. So two fellowships have been set aside each year for South African teachers. Two week-long scholarships awarded to South African teachers each year
www.iaj.org.za/online_hub/scholarships.htm

Jennings Randolph Program for International Peace Senior Fellowships
The program offers 14 fellowships to professionals of varying backgrounds (including journalism). Priority is given to applicants who propose projects that promise to make timely contributions to the understanding and resolution of ongoing and emerging international conflicts.

Fellows carry out their projects in residence at the Washington-based United States Institute of Peace and participate in public outreach efforts.

The competition is open to citizens of all nations. Women and members of minorities are especially encouraged to apply. Fellowships are usually awarded for 12 months, beginning in September.
www.usip.org/fellows

The Jefferson Fellowships
Founded by the East-West Centre in 1967, promotes better public understanding of the United States and Asia and Pacific through a program of dialogue, study and travel for mid- and senior-level print and broadcast journalists. The four-week program is an immersion course on cultures and current issues of the region.

During seminars and field study, the journalists selected from the United States and Asia Pacific, learn from each other, as well as from scholars, business and labour leaders, government policy-makers, political and civic leaders, lobbyists and public interest groups, social activists, cultural analysts, media experts and others whom they meet and interview during the course of the program.
www.eastwestcenter.org/sem-mp.asp

Joan Shorestein Fellowship on the Press, Politics and Public Policy
Set up by the Joan Shorenstein Centre and the Kennedy School of Government. Fellows are domestic and international journalists, scholars, and/or policy makers who are interested in the influence of the press on public policy and politics.
www.shorensteincenter.org

Joel Mervis Trophy for Typography and Layout
Organised by the Newspaper Association and awarded for typography, layout, pictures, graphics, printing and production, advertisements for newspapers circulation on a weekly basis.
E-mail: cathyp@printmedia.org.za

John S Knight Fellowship for Professional Journalists
Awarded to international applicants, whether journalists, reporters, or radio and television broadcasters
www.knight.stanford.edu

Journalism for Tolerance Prize
The Journalism for Tolerance Prize, organized by the International Federation of Journalists, is an annual competition among journalists from all sectors of media to promote the importance of tolerance and the defence of human rights, particularly when it comes to reporting on minorities.

The prize is awarded to journalists in five regions: Latin America, Central and Western Africa, Eastern and Southern Africa, South Asia, and Southeast Asia. Three separate categories, for television, radio and print/online journalism, will be recognized in each region
www.ifj.org/default.asp?Issue=TOLERANCE&Language=EN

The Kaizer Media Fellows in Health
Applicants should be journalists who have made a significant contribution to public education or the development of health awareness in southern Africa.
http://open.igc.org/kff/about/html

Knight-Bagehot Fellowship
For business or economics journalists
www.jm.columbia.edu

Knight Science Fellowship
Applicants should be full time broadcast, film, photo and print journalists with at least three years of full time experience covering science, medicine, technology or the environment, or five years of experience and the intention to cover these fields full time
web.mit.edu/knight-science/fellowships.html

The Knight-Wallace Fellowship
Fellows devise a plan of study and select classes from the full range of courses offered at the University of Michigan, and prominent journalists and leading academics give twice-weekly seminars.
www.mjfellows.org

Kurt Schork Awards in International Journalism
The awards, underwritten by the Kurt Schork Memorial Fund and Reuters and administered by Columbia University, were created to honour Kurt Schork, an American freelance journalist who was killed in a military ambush while on assignment for Reuters in May 2000.

Established in 2002, two $10,000 prizes are awarded each year, one to a local reporter in a developing country or nation in transition, and the other to a freelance journalist covering international news.
www.jrn.columbia.edu

Lorenzo Natali Prize
Journalists reporting human rights, democracy and development issues
www.ifj.org

Lucius W Nieman Fellowship for Journalists
For professionals already established in the field
www.news.harvard.edu

Manship Fellowships at Louisiana State University
One to two international journalists are selected annually for these 12-month fellowships (three semesters, including summer). Up to $10,500 are available for tuition and other expenses. Housing and travel expenses are not covered. Fellows earn a Master of Mass Communication degree upon completion of the program.
Call: Margaret DeFleur on (1-225) 578-2336

McGee Journalism Fellowship in Southern Africa
Each year, the McGee fellowship provides the opportunity for a U.S. journalist to be posted to a southern Africa for three to four months to share his or her expertise with colleagues in the region-consulting in newsrooms, leading workshops or teaching at a university. Upon returning, the fellow will share his or her experiences through lectures, seminars and published articles.

The fellowship is open to experienced media professionals (print or broadcast) or journalism educators and covers expenses while on assignment.
www.icfj.org/mcgeebro.shtml

Michener-Deacon Fellowship
The Michener-Deacon Fellowship is open to career journalists who are interested in studies or projects that benefit the Canadian community at large and at the same time enhance their professional competence.

The fellowship provides up to $22,500 for a study leave of four months. Canadian citizens or residents of Canada who are active in Canadian journalism will be considered for the Fellowship.
www.michenerawards.ca/english/deacon.htm

MISA Africa Press Freedom Awards
For journalists excellence or exceptional media leadership to African journalists working in any of the 14 Southern African Development Community (SADC) countries
www.commonwealthwriters.com

Mondi Paper Magazine Awards
News Features, South African story of the year, Creative and Opinionated, Presentation and Layout, Photographic
www.mondipaper.co.za

National Journalism Awards
Set up by the Scripps Howard Foundation. The National Journalism Awards are given in 19 categories, winners of which are awarded a total of $105,000 in prize money.

The awards are given to print and broadcast journalists and among other categories, they also recognise college cartooning, excellence in Web reporting, distinguished service to the First Amendment and outstanding efforts in literacy.
www.scripps.com/foundation/programs/nja/nja.html

National Press Club Freedom of the Press Awards
The National Press Club recognizes members of the news media who have, through the publishing or broadcasting of news, promoted or helped to protect the freedom of the press during the previous calendar year.

Judges look at whether the nominee(s) risked loss of life, bodily harm, loss of job, imprisonment, loss of reputation or harm to family; and whether the nominee(s) exercised commitment to free press principles, professionalism, ethical news-gathering practices, perseverance, ingenuity and personal integrity.

Judges will seek evidence that the nominated works resulted in action, such as reform, grand jury investigations, resignation of public officials, imprisonment of story subject(s), passage of legislation or a change in public awareness of a situation due to the reporting work. Entrants may be either national or international journalists.
http://npc.press.org/programs/npcawards.shtml#Freedom

Nat Nakasa Awards
Organised by Print Media SA. South Africa's National Editors' Forum (Sanef) accepts nominations for its annual Nat Nakasa Award for Media Integrity to honour the work of exemplary media professionals who have upheld the highest professional standards in South Africa despite often overwhelming odds.

The R10 000 award, which is underwritten by Print Media SA's Media Freedom Committee and the Nieman Society of Southern Africa, is named in memory of prominent black consciousness writer and journalist Nat Nakasa. The award is open to journalists, editors, publishers, managers or owners, irrespective of whether they work for community / national newspapers, magazines, the Internet or any other print medium.
E-mail: cathyp@printmedia.org.za

Natali Prize for Journalism
Organised by the International Federation for Journalism. Focus on human rights, democracy and development.
www.ifj.org

Nelson Mandela Award
Organised by the Kaizer Media Fellowship. The award is usually given annually to a South African and an American in recognition of extraordinary dedication and achievement in improving the health of the disadvantaged populations of both countries.
www.kff.org/southafrica/20000829a-index.cfm

Net Media European Online Journalism Awards
The European Online Journalism (EOJ) Awards is an annual awards program created to recognize and reward excellence in online journalism. The awards focus on online journalism, that is, the practice of telling good stories using digital tools and techniques in an online medium. These awards are open to, all European journalists, online sites of traditional media (newspapers, TV, radio, magazines), custom online news sites, news/features agencies and news aggregators.
www.net-media.co.uk/awards

Nieman Fellowships
Applicants must be full-time staff or freelance journalists working for the news or editorial department or a newspaper, news service, radio, television, magazine of general public interest or Internet news site. Applicants should have at least five years experience.
www.nieman.harvard.edu

One World Broadcasting Trust Annual Media Awards
The Annual Media Awards honour the important achievements of media professionals in raising public understanding of international affairs, especially those journalists who have highlighted hidden issues of social development and human rights.
www.owbt.org

One World Broadcasting Trust Fellowship Scheme
The One World Broadcasting Trust Fellowship Scheme, aimed at senior broadcasters from developing Commonwealth countries, brings a select group of media professionals to the United Kingdom for two weeks.
www.owbt.org

Open Society Institute Grants and Fellowships
OSI initiatives award grants, scholarships, and fellowships on a regular basis throughout the year. The types of grant and eligibility requirements differ for each initiative.
www.soros.org

Pan-African Red Ribbon Award for Excellence in Journalism
United Nations Awards program to honour the best health and HIB/AIDS reporters in the 19 east and southern African nations hardest hit by the pandemic
www.aids-africa.org

PANOS-GKP Journalism Awards
Panos and the Global Knowledge Partnership (GKP) organise awards for 'Reporting on the Information Society'. Four prizes are awarded for the best journalism produced by journalists in developing and transition countries on a certain topic which is set annually by the organisers.

These awards, which were launched by Panos and GKP in 2003, aim to encourage and bring to international recognition, thoughtful and incisive reporting that goes beyond describing information projects or new investment initiatives, to analyse their social and political impacts and policy implications. Print, radio, TV and web journalism are all eligible. www.panos.org.uk

Population Institute Global Media Awards
The Population Institute Global Media Awards are devoted to drawing attention to worldwide population issues. The Population Institute encourages editors, news directors and journalists to acquire a more in-depth knowledge of population issues. The awards honour those who have contributed to creating awareness of population problems through their journalistic endeavours.
www.populationinstitute.org/teampublish/71_362_1028.cfm

The Poynter Institute's Foster Davis Fellowships for African Fellows
Applicants should be accomplished journalists with a commitment to coach and train their colleagues.
www.poynter.org

Pringle Press Awards
Southern African Union of Journalists
www.sauj.apc.org

Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellows Program
The Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellows Program seeks to enhance the ability of journalists, democracy activists, practitioners, and scholars to promote democracy worldwide.

Fellows will be in residence at the International Forum for Democratic Studies, the research and publications arm of the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), located in Washington, D.C. The Forum hosts 12-15 fellows per year for three to 10 months each. Each fellow will receive a monthly stipend for living expenses, plus health insurance and reimbursement for travel to and from Washington.
www.ned.org

Reuters Foundation Fellowship Programme
The Reuters Foundation Fellowship Program at Oxford University offers academic guidance for experienced journalists wishing to undertake research projects on a a wide variety of subjects.

Up to 30 journalists study each year on fellowships varying from three months (one term) to nine months (an academic year). They are drawn from dozens of countries around the world from both print and broadcast media. Fellows have the status of Visiting Scholars at Green College and enjoy access to Oxford University's facilities and resources. No academic credits or qualifications can be obtained through the program.
www.foundation.reuters.com/Fellowships/oxford.htm

Rhodes MA Scholarship
Women journalists and media workers in Southern African countries outside South Africa are invited to apply for the five Open Society in Southern Africa grants
www.journ.ru.ac.za/degrees/ma/html

Rory Peck Training Fund Bursaries
This fund exists for the sole purpose of providing bursaries to enable freelance media workers worldwide to take safety-training courses. Courses should be booked directly through the approved course providers: AKE Ltd, Centurion Risk Assessment Services , Objective Team Ltd. (Hostile Environments) and Bruhn NewTech (CBR).

Any freelance media worker worldwide (broadcast or print) who has been working as a freelance for a minimum of 18 months can apply. The bursaries are approximately 75% on course costs (max. £750, approximately US$1330), which is paid directly to the course provider.
www.rorypecktrust.org

Rotary Foundation Academic Year Ambassadorial Scholarship/Cultural Scholarships/Multi-Year Ambassadorial Scholarships
Applicants should be proficient in the host country's language, as well as being a citizen of a country in which there is a Rotary Club. The should have completed at least two years of university course work when the scholarship begins
www.rotary.org/foundation/education/amb-scho/index.html

Sanlam Awards - Community Press Awards
Sanlam's awards for advertising, photography, journalism and publishing
www.sanlam.co.za

Sappi Magazine Publishers Association of SA PICA Magazine Awards
Awarded to local publications in the 46 different categories. The PICA Awards are an annual event honouring South Africa's publishers.
E-mail: nikkir@printmedia.org.za
Science and Journalism Program
Organised by the Marine Biological Laboratory (USA). Applicants must be professional science reporters or editors with at least two years experience.
www.mbl.edu/inside/what/news/scijournal

Scripps Howard Semester in Washington Internship Program
The Scripps Howard Semester in Washington Internship Program brings three international students per year to Washington, D.C., to work at the Scripps Howard News Service for 10 to 14 weeks each. For an application form www.icfj.org/shintern.html

Society of Environmental Journalists Awards
The Society of Environmental Awards recognize the very best journalism on environmental subjects in newspapers, magazines and newsletters and on television, radio and the Internet.

You don't have to be an SEJ member or an environment specialist to enter. Reporters who cover health, politics, science, energy, local government or any other beat are encouraged to enter their work on environmental subjects. Students may enter work that was published or broadcast in a media outlet accessible to the general public. SEJ welcomes entries from outside the U.S
www.sej.org/contest

South African Award for Courageous Journalism
Organised by the Department of Journalism and Media Studies, Rhodes University. Honorary award for bold, independent, investigative, politically courageous, and personally engaged; and characterised as much by the social questions it raises as by the questions it gives.
www.nml.ru.ac.za

South African Development Community Media Awards
Open to journalists and media practitioners who are SADC nationals. Entries should have been published by a media agency in the SADC member states. The theme of the entry must be related to issues and activities promoting regional integration.
www.gcis.gov.za

Speaker Abbot Award 2006
This Award - named after the Speaker of the House of Commons in London who first allowed the Press access to Commons proceedings - is to honour each year a journalist who, in the opinion of a panel of judges, has suffered for the cause of democracy and to secure maximum exposure for his/her actions. This can be a publisher, editor, or reporter, in any media. Call for nominations usually in May.
Contact press.gallery@virgin.net

Steve Biko Scholarships
The scholarships are part of the IAJ's programme to help develop a democratic culture of vigorous and independent journalism in Africa and to foster a stronger working relationship among African journalists. By involving them more closely in training, we also hope to enhance the status of journalists and expand the ranks of media trainers.

Three categories of scholarship are available:

1. For South African journalists: they attend a week-long course at the IAJ; are seconded to a newsroom either in South Africa or in the region for a week; attend courses at other media training institutions in South Africa for a final week.
2. For external candidates: journalists from countries outside South Africa who will undergo the three-part programme in South Africa as above.
3. For overseas training: the scheme offers a small contribution to assist candidates in taking up media studies outside South Africa.

www.iaj.org.za/online_hub/scholarships.htm

UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize
The UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize is awarded annually to a person, organization or institution that has made an outstanding contribution to the defense and/or promotion of press freedom anywhere in the world. The US $25,000 UNESCO/Guillermo Cano Prize is awarded on the recommendation of an independent jury of 14 news professionals. Names are submitted by regional and international non-governmental organizations working for press freedom and by UNESCO Member States.
http://portal.unesco.org/ci/ev.php?URL_ID=1229
&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201&reload=1040512706

Visiting Fellows Program - Freedom House
Launched in 1990, Freedom House's Visiting Fellows Program is a professional training program that provides emerging leaders from developing democracies with the opportunity to work side-by-side in the United States with their American counterparts in media, government, non-governmental organizations, and business.

The program is intended to equip reformist forces with the experience needed to develop the infrastructure upon which a democratic society can be built and prosper. The media-training program introduces selected journalists to the organizational techniques and equipment used in managing and producing print and electronic news in the United States.
www.freedomhouse.org/programs/vfp.htm

Vodacom Journalist of the Year
Awarded to journalists and photographers in all media
www.vodacom.co.za

Webber Wentzel Bowens Legal Journalist of the Year
The Webber Wentzel Bowens (WWB) Legal Journalist of The Year Award, acknowledged by the journalistic profession as the most prestigious recognition of quality performance in the field of legal journalism, enters its sixth season in 2004.

The award encourages the development of skills in a difficult area of journalism and offers total prize money worth R34 000. WWB offers a first prize of R12 500 in each of the two categories - print and electronic - together with prizes of R3 500 each for the runners-up.
www.wwb.co.za/news.asp?newscatid=4&newsitemid=232

W Eugene Smith Grant in Humanistic Photography
The W. Eugene Smith Grant in Humanistic Photography is presented annually to a photographer whose past work and proposed project, as judged by a panel of experts, follows the tradition of W. Eugene Smith's compassionate dedication exhibited during his 45-year career as a photographic essayist.
www.smithfund.org/apply.html

Woodrow Wilson International Centre for Scholars Fellowships in the Social Sciences and Humanities
Applicants with outstanding capabilities and experience from a wide variety of backgrounds, including government, the corporate world, the professions and academia
www.wilsoncenter.org

World Press Freedom Prize
UNESCOs award to publications

World Press Institute Fellowships
The World Press Institute (WPI) annually offers a four-month journalism fellowship to 10 journalists from countries around the world. The WPI program provides immersion into the governance, politics, business, media, journalistic ethics and culture of the United States for experienced international journalists, through a demanding schedule of study, travel and interviews throughout the country. Candidates must have a minimum of five years of professional experience and must be fluent in English
www.worldpressinstitute.org/fellowship.htm

World Press Photographer
Every year World Press Photo invites press photographers and photojournalists throughout the world to participate in the World Press Photo Contest. All entries will be judged for their news value and for the creative skills of the photographer. For stories and portfolios the editing of the entered material will also be taken into account.
www.worldpressphoto.nl

Yale World Fellows Program
The Yale World Fellows Program brings 16 to 18 emerging international leaders from any field, including media and non-governmental sectors, to Yale to participate in a 13-week program designed to augment their careers.

The program provides an opportunity for fellows to broaden their knowledge, gain new perspectives, sharpen their skills, and build the networks needed to meet the demands of issues on local, national, and global scales. The program accepts applications from early, mid-career professionals (5-15 years professional experience), who have distinguished themselves within their own regions, countries, or internationally.

Applicants must have an established record of extraordinary achievement and integrity, a commitment to engage in crucial issues and to make a difference, and a special capacity for critical, creative, and strategic thinking.
www.yale.edu/worldfellows
For the CPU Awards, contact cpu@cpu.org.uk