Next Journalism [2010-09-19] 

  • Top-paying writing job(s):This list is provided daily and entries are not recycled. We review all writing job/contest announcements and calls for submissions daily and include those offering decent payment to writers. Best of luck.1. From Workingbase, topic: affiliate marketing, pays $40 per 400-word article2. From Peopleperhour, …

  • Deadline: until filledA forthcoming newspaper requires freelance writers to contribute articles, features and reports. Educational qualifications are unimportant. Excellent verbal communication skills and a demonstrated ability to write succinct, error-free articles is a must. Applicants must be intrepid newshounds and should have…

  • Deadline: 31 December 2010A PUBLICATION OF THE CENTRE FOR GENDER & SOCIAL POLICY STUDIES,OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY, ILE-IFE, NIGERIAGENDER ISSUES IN POLITICAL PARTICIPATION AND LEADRSHIPGlobally, unequal participation by men and women in elected positions and other areas of decision making is evident in the predominance of men am…

  • Deadline: 11 October 2010Applicants must reside in a developing region (Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe, Latin America, the Caribbean, or the Middle East).The Population Reference Bureau is once again inviting applications to its Women's Edition program. Launched in 1993, Women's Edition brings together senior-level women journalists…

  • Deadline: 1 February 20112011 TOPIC: The Rights of Children and International Human Rights LawAbout the AwardThe Human Rights Essay Award is an annual competition sponsored by the Academy and seeks to stimulate the production of scholarly work in international human rights law. Participants have the flexibility to choose any subje…

  • Deadline: 30 September 2010THE NIGERIAN ACADEMY OF LETTERS (NAL) in collaboration with NIGERIAN LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS (NLNG), are planning a Creating Writing Workshop for budding writers. This is scheduled to take place at Ibadan from Monday, November 8 to Friday 12, 2010. Participants are expected to arrive on Sunday, November 7 …

  • Deadline: 15 October 2010Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism Call for Review ArticlesThe Impact of Colonial Legacies on Ethnic Violence in AfricaStudies in Ethnicity and Nationalism (SEN) is currently seeking authors to write a review on the current state of the literature about the impact of colonial legacies on ethnic violence …

  • Deadline: 1 October 2010African Same-Sex Sexualities and Gender Diversity: Practices, Identities and CommunitiesPretoria, South Africa, February 13-16, 2011Conference objectives:• To promote understanding and further study of male and female same-sex sexual practices, identities and communities, including expressions of gender div…

  • Deadline: 15 October 2010Salary: £50.46 per hourDepartment: Dept of Modern & Applied LanguagesLocation: Regent SiteThe Department of Modern and Applied Languages (School of Social Sciences Humanities and Languages) at the University of Westminster is seeking to appoint Visiting Lecturers in Arabic to teach various language and app…

  • Deadline: openVolunteerPAAJAF welcomes your interest in raising the quality of life for neglected children, youth, and women in Ghana. Some of the benefits that come from volunteering include contributing to sustain human development and working in a diverse environment. A volunteer is an individual who commits their time, offerin…

  • Deadline: 3 October 2010Senior Lecturer: Linguistics (FACULTY OF EDUCATION)MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS AND COMPETENCIES: PhD/ DEd in Language Education (English). Extensive teaching and research experience in Language Education; Research and publications record; Postgraduate supervision experience; Ability to provide academic leadership …

  • Deadline: 30 September 2010CIO EAST AFRICA is the leading magazine for the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) industry in East Africa, published by Kommunication Ultimate Limited in conjunction with the International Data Group (IDG), a world-renowned publisher of legendary brands. CIO East Africa consists of a monthl…

  • Deadline: until filledDetailsWe are seeking part-time English Instructors for a newly established university in Casablanca, Morocco. The appointment is for an initial period of one year with the possibility of extension.The English Trainer will be responsible for delivering lesson plans to students from A1 through B1 proficiency o…

  • Deadline: 14 October 2010Positions: 2Location:Freetown, Sierra LeoneTerm:7 monthsStart Date: Early November 2010Remuneration: monthly living stipend, plus flight and visaPosition Summary:Two Senior Trainers will be hired to conduct journalism training activities (including training seminars, preparing curriculum, lecturing, mentor…

  • Deadline: 21 October 2010Several journals exist in the virtual marketplace. But few fully embrace the new voices and visions of writers of color. Fewer still offer a permanent home for our short stories, poetry and essays. Kweli Journal hopes to change that paradigm.Our premiere issue featured the poetry of Patricia Spears Jones, …

  • Deadline: until filledIf you can write, loves to be online and have some background in environment, then you are the one we are looking for. The platform's goal is to be a reference point on environmental data in Nigeria. Are you game? then reach me on on davidsonee@hotmail.com. Residents of Port Harcourt would be preferred. …

  • Deadline: until filledNew York based electronics company is looking for an Arabic speaking Journalist. Radio and TV experience is plus. This is a fulltime position with immediate starting date. …

  • Deadline: until filledRemuneration: to be discussedProvince: Western CapeType: ContractJob descriptionAfrikaans copy editor for leading décor magazine. Experience as magazine copy editor (working with Afrikaans text) and Indesign skills essential.Contact detailsHR Managerhrm719@gmail.com …

  • Deadline: 31 October 20102011 Africa Forum - Call for PapersThe IDP and the Ghana Blind Union (GBU) are proud to announce the call for papers for the Fifth Africa Forum, which will be held at the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) Accra Ghana, on July 3 – 8, 2011.Papers for this important forum should …

  • Deadline: 29 October 2010Young Reporters Against Poverty is a chance for European journalism students to receive hands-on training about development, the EU and how to report live from the European Development Days.A handpicked group of 33 finalists will be selected to attend this year's European Development Days, to be held in Br…

  • Deadline: 9 November 2010High school juniors and seniors are invited to participate in an essay writing contest focused on the achievements of outstanding African Americans as part of Dominion's 2010 "Strong Men & Women: Excellence in Leadership" series.The contest is open to students in Dominion's service areas in North Carolina …

  • Deadline: 15 November 2010The Margaret B. Sevcenko Prize in Islamic Art and CultureThe Historians of Islamic Art is pleased to invite submissions for the award of the Margaret B. Sevcenko prize for 2011 for the best unpublished article written by a young scholar (pre-dissertation to three years after the Ph.D. degree) on any aspec…

  • Deadline: 27 September 2010Blackpublicmedia.Org reviews and considers for distribution on a rolling basis films about the black experience globally. Our content priorities include films in contemporary settings depicting black life and experience in a rare and often overlooked context. We are most thrilled by those cinematic gems …

  • Deadline: 20 May and 20 October of each yearIdentity, Culture & Politics: an afro-asian dialogue (ICP) is pleased to invite submissions for its next issues to be published at the end of July and December of each year. Deadline for submissions is May 20 and October 20 of each year. Only original contributions (approximately 5,000 t…

  • Deadline: 30 September 20101. Print, online, radio and TV journalists employed by the local media in African countries are invited to submit an application (individually OR in a group).2. Applicants can only enter once (individually OR in a group) each contest. The laureates of previous competitions may present a fresh application…

  • Deadline: 1 November 2010Farm Radio International, in collaboration with the Commonwealth of Learning (COL) and other partners, is launching a scriptwriting competition on healthy communities in sub-Saharan Africa. The competition is open to organisations and individuals that work with radio in Africa, including radio stations, br…

  • Deadline: 31 January 2011Programme DescriptionThe next selection of IJP-Fellows will be 2011.The International Journalists‘ Programmes (IJP) offer a bursary to up to six young Southern African (SADC-Member States: Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of Congo, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, South Afr…

  • Deadline: until filledBloomberg, the U.S. financial news agency, is seeking journalists with the ability to file breaking news in the following cities/countries:* Maseru, Lesotho* Mbabane, Swaziland* Kivu, DRC* Lubumbashi, DRC* Brazzaville, Congo Republic* Malabo, Eq. Guinea* Bangui, Cent. African Republic* Abidjan, Ivory Coast* B…

  • Deadline: 16 May 2011The Wesley-Logan Prize in African diaspora history is jointly sponsored by the American Historical Association and the Association for the Study of African American Life & History. The prize is awarded annually for an outstanding book in African diaspora history.The AHA Committee on Minority Historians establi…

  • Deadline: 31 December 2010Hip Hop and the Literary: A special issue of African American ReviewCandice M. Jenkins, guest editorAfrican American Review solicits articles applying the tools of literary theory and criticism to hip hop artistry. Much early and important hip hop scholarship has taken a sociohistorical and documentary ap…

  • Deadline: 15 May 2011Announcing The Black Fantastic AnthologyTales of Space, Romance and Weirdness on the black hand side* READING PERIOD begins on November 15, 2010. Please do not submit your stories before then.* DEADLINE: May 15, 2011.* WORD LENGTH: Up to 6,000 words* No reprints* Theme: Speculative Fiction (includes science fi…

  • Deadline: to be announcedAs part of its general effort towards improving education in Africa ADEA has launched an award that recognizes the best articles on education published in the African press. This competition is organized by ADEA and its Working Group on Communication for Education and Development (WGCOMED), which promotes …

  • Deadline: no mentionI would like to announce that the November issue of Apex will be an entirely Arab/Muslim issue. It will be beautiful. It will showcase writers of Arab descent and Muslim writers. (I am aware that many folk not of Arab descent are Muslim, that's why I'm structuring it this way, so that writers from either cultur…

  • Call for Submissions: aaduna Journal for People of Color

    Deadline: 14 November 2010 and 30 May 2011aaduna seeks to uncover new and emerging creative visionaries, especially people of color, in the realm of fiction, poetry, non-fiction, and the visual artsSubmission Philosophy:aaduna seeks to broaden the current online paradigms associated with publishing works by emerging writers and ar…

  • Deadline: October 2010(Please advise us if we have translated the texts incorrectly)Writers in Arabic of all ages are welcome to participate. Send a hard copy of the manuscript to:Saad HadiHalmekatu 6c2440 320Jyvaskyla - FinlandPlease also send an electronic copy to prize@alrowee.com.The winning work will be printed in collaborati…

  • Deadline: 1 November 2010The Criterion: An International Journal in English, ISSN (0976-8165) invites academic articles, poetry, short fiction, book reviews, interviews with author or critic for its forthcoming issue, Vol. I, Issue. III ( December 2010) Deadline: 1st November 2010. send your submission/s to Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Vi…

  • Deadline: 30 November 2010The Center for Afroamerican and African Studies (CAAS) at the University of Michigan invites applications for the Du Bois-Mandela-Rodney Post-doctoral Fellowship Program from scholars working on Africa or the African diaspora.Consideration will be given to all disciplines including – but not limited to – …

  • Deadline: 15 October 2010If you are an African journalist or aspirant journalist under 30 and would relish the chance to study on the continent’s premier Journalism Programme and then join the Reuters news team for 6 months work experience, read on.With the FitzGerald Prize, Thomson Reuters is offering a scholarship to do a post g…

  • Diversity Essay Writing Contest

    Deadline: 8 October 2010The Abbotsford-Mission Times is presenting the Building an Inclusive, Diverse Community essay contest for the second straight year.When we speak about diversity, for the most part we are still getting to know one another. Our social environment is constantly changing and our diverse relationships are contin…

  • Deadline: until filledFemale African teachers needed urgently in Taiyuan, Lanzhou and so on for kindergartens.The conditions as follows:4000rmb per month20-25hours per weekFree housingHelp do visa5000-6000air fee one year contractAnd other bonus will be providedAny interests just send your resume,degree,passport(visa) copy, certif…

  • Deadline: openEditorial Staff—Kensington and Citadel:Selena James, Executive Editor, Dafina Books (African-American fiction and nonfiction, including inspirational, young adult, romance, and pop culture). sjames@kensingtonbooks.comMercedes Fernandez, Assistant Editor, Dafina Books (African-American and multicultural fiction, inclu…

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