Next Journalism [2011-04-17] 

  • Banipal Magazine Releases Banipal 40: Libyan Fiction

    Banipal publishes its fortieth issue, and by amazing coincidence the issue celebrates Libyan literature at this extraordinary historical moment of uprising and change in the Arab world, especially in Libya. Page 1 is given over to a statement by hundreds of Arab intellectuals, writers and journalists that is circulating online, a …

  • Deadline: 6 June 2011Going to the River (GTTR) was founded in 1999 at the Ensemble Studio Theatre by the late Curt Dempster and Elizabeth Van Dyke. The primary goal of Going to the River is to provide a major New York City forum in which professional African-American female playwrights may develop, refine and present their work.Th…

  • Quickfox Publishing Poetry Contest (South Africa)

    Deadline: 30 June 2011About the QuickFox 2011 Poetry AnthologyWhy produce a poetry anthology, you may be asking? Well, for starters, we love poetry. We also realise how difficult it is getting an entire book of your own poetry published. Our solution to this problem is to produce an anthology featuring the best of everyone's work,…

  • Farm Radio Scriptwriting Competition on Healthy Communities (Africa-wide)

    Deadline: 1 November 2011Who Can Participate?The competition is open to organizations and individuals that work with radio in Africa, including radio stations, broadcasters, production organizations, NGOs with a radio project, farmers’ associations with a radio program, health NGOs interested in collaborating with a local radio st…

  • Deadline: 13 May 2011OP Koerante is the leading publisher of community newspapers in the Eastern Cape and has exciting career opportunities available for two bilingual news reporters in Port Elizabeth.Requirements:The ideal candidate must have a journalism qualification and at least one year reporting experience at a newspaper;He/…

  • Deadline: 1 October 2011Coming out of the closet and announcing your sexual orientation is a process that affects and impacts individuals in very different and specific ways. This process of coming out can be both positive and negative depending greatly on the circumstances and the audience. For some professors who are teaching in…

  • Offsite/ Part-time Editor Wanted for The Independent Institute of Education (South Africa)

    The Independent Institute of Education (IIE) serves as the overarching academic body for the following educational brands, Varsity College, Vega The Brand Communications School, College Campus and Rosebank College.The position is not office based and not on full time basis. The off-site editor will assist the current editing team …

  • Deadline: 5 May 2011The main responsibility is to sub-edit all copy for publication, ensuring that it is in House and Leisure style and tone and that it is factually and grammatically correct. The job also entails working with the chief copy editor to ensure that deadlines are met, and with the promotions department to write text …

  • Deadline: 1 May 2011IPS is an international news agency that produces news features and analyses about development, the environment and rights. The news agency has a strong focus on developing countries, emerging economies and South-South co-operation.Overall Purpose of the JobThe editor in Africa will join a global pool of editor…

  • Deadline: 27 April 2011DRUM magazine has a vacancy for a Fashion Editor in its Cape Town office.Responsibilities:-Conceptualising, writing and producing the fashion pages and supplements in line with DRUM's editorial style and strategy-Organise and styling of fashion shoots including briefing of photographers, artists and models-D…

  • Deadline Extended: The $1,300 Mahdiya/ Aga Khan Museum International Essay Writing Contest

    Deadline: 30 April 2011The contest will be known as the “Mahdiya Essay Writing Contest,” and the awards will include US$1,000 in cash prizes for the 4 winners of two short essays. The name Mahdiya has been chosen in recognition of the first capital city of the Fatimids which was founded in North Africa by Imam al-Mahdi, the 11th I…

  • Deadline: 30 June 2011RFI is happy to partner with the BLACK WOMEN'S ENTERTAINMENT NETWORK (BWE NETWORK) on this amazing new opportunity for both emerging and established writers to have their work produced for broadcast on the web. This contest was created and is sponsored by BWE Network, whose goal is to support, encourage and p…

  • Do you have knowledge and experience in African American hair, skin, or make up? Are you interested in writing articles about hair and beauty and sharing your knowledge?Hairstarzonline.com is a new social networking site for beauty industry professionals. Hairstarzonline.com will profile the best of the best stylists, barbers, mak…

  • Deadline: 2 May 2011The overall purpose of the job is to deputize the Editorial Manager in managing the writing, editing and production of various Board publications.The ideal candidate will have the following qualifications and person characteristics:* A university degree with a post-graduate qualification in journalism.* A minim…

  • Deadline: 28 April 2011Enjoying its 19th year of publication, Wine is no longer just a magazine. It has evolved into a multimedia information source for wine and food lovers. It captivates a diverse audience, speaking to those with the love of the world around wine, curious to know more, keen to understand all aspects, and eager t…

  • Deadline: 30 April 2011WANTED: Journalist (Business Journalist)As a journalist your work duties will include the following:o Journalism - Interviews + writingo Doing research on organisations and writing articles according to the standards of the Magazine, paying attention to content, style and target readership.o Generate ideas f…

  • Deadline: 25 April 2011YOU magazine has a vacancy for a sub-editor/proofreader in its Cape Town office.JOB SUMMARYResponsibilities will include handling production aspects of all editorial,copy-editing, headline writing and proofing and ensuring timeous copy flow to meet the demanding production deadlines of a weekly magazine.COMP…

  • Dates: 4 - 8 July 2011, 18 - 22, July 2011Presented by Media Monitoring Africa in conjunction with Wits Journalism, this course aims to challenge the common representation of children and their issues in and by the media, as well as open up new possibilities for alternative representations. It will allow participants to develop pr…

  • The Guardian 2011 International Development Journalism Competition on Global Poverty

    Deadline: 13 June 2011Many crucial issues facing the developing world are often overlooked or underrepresented by the media. The Guardian International Development Journalism competition 2011 aims to highlight some of them. We are searching for enthusiastic writers who want to demonstrate their journalistic abilities by examining …

  • Deadline: 30 August 2011Our next open anthology will begin accepting submissions on June 1, 2011, and we will take stories until August 30, 2011. The theme of this anthology is “Fish”. We want your mythic adventures and modern retellings. We want Dagan, not of Lovecraft but of the Phillistines. We want Ku-ula, of Hawaii, and Hatme…

  • Puddletown Publishing Group has modeled itself to be a part of the digital publishing revolution. They are influencing the industry as an early adopter of the digital delivery system and creating a market for new and established authors. They sell cross platform and cross genre. They are securing the e-publishing rights of author-…

  • Call for Prose/ Poetry: Inaugural Issue of ShuoMii LGBT Magazine for People of Color

    Deadline: 16 May 2011ShuoMii is a dynamic, responsive and collaborative not-for-profit based media Mega-source set with the purpose of changing the LGBT dynamic within itself and society. ShuoMii’s goal is to revolutionize the stereotypical opinion of our community by enabling a platform that will facilitate a positive image by in…

  • New Book - America in An Arab Mirror: Images of America in Arabic Travel Literature, 1668 to 9/11 and Beyond

    This distinguished anthology presents for the first time in English travel accounts by Arab writers who have visited America between 1668 and 2009. The view of America which emerges from these accounts is at once fascinating and illuminating, but never monolithic. The writers hail from a variety of viewpoints, regions, and backgro…

  • Saraba Literary Magazine: Issue 8 and Call for Submissions (Nigeria/ Africa-wide)

    Saraba, an electronic literary magazine, currently based in Ile-Ife, Nigeria is in its 8th Issue. In these issues, we have exlpored themes as diverse as Family, City Life, Economy, Niger Delta,Religion/God,Technology, and Fashion.Our goal, from the onset, has been to encourage young emerging writers - although our contributors hav…

  • Deadline: 30 September 20111. Buy any novel written by a Nigerian published between June 1, 2010 and May 31st 20112. Read the book and write a critical review not less than 1,000 words but not more than 1,500 words.3. Submit the review to sentinel@sentinelpoetry.org.uk make sure that in the subject line you specify SENTINEL NIGERI…

  • Deadline: 25 April 2011Job descriptionHeat, South Africa's premier celebrity and entertainment magazine is looking for an experienced journalist with solid editing and managing experience to join its team in Sandton. The position requires a senior journalist who is both creative and organised, and can stay calm and positive under …

  • Ghana Voices Series Presents Kofi Akpabli (Goethe Institute)

    Date: 29 April 2011 (8pm)The Writers Project of Ghana and the Goethe Institute presents Kofi Akpabli as guest writer for the eighth reading in the Ghana Voices Series. These monthly book readings give you a chance to meet, read and hear Ghanaian writers.Kofi Akpabli is a freelance journalist and skilled writer and will read to us …

  • National Geographic Multimedia Grant for Minority-Culture Storytellers

    Deadlines: 15 June 2011, 15 September 2011, 15 December 2011National Geographic's All Roads Film ProjectA MULTIMEDIA FESTIVAL AND GRANTS PROGRAM CREATED TO PROVIDE A PLATFORM FOR INDIGENOUS AND UNDERREPRESENTED MINORITY-CULTURE STORYTELLERS.All Roads Seed GrantsThe Seed Grant Program funds film projects from indigenous and underre…

  • Call for Creative Writings/ Papers: Culture Section of Arab Studies Institute's Jadaliyya Ezine

    Jadaliyya is an independent ezine produced by ASI (Arab Studies Institute), a network of writers associated with the Arab Studies Journal (www.ArabStudiesJournal.org).Jadaliyya has launched its culture section; an open space for creative, original, and critical texts about culture(s) in Arabic and English. We seek to support cultu…

  • Deadline: 2 May 2011Rights Media Print Intern (Ghana)Positions: 1Location: Accra, GhanaTerm:6 monthsPosted: April 7, 2011Deadline: May 2, 2011Start Date: July 2011Remuneration: monthly living stipend, plus flight and visaDescription of Host Organization:The Daily Guide is Ghana’s second largest newspaper, with coverage and distrib…

  • Deadline: 30 November 2011"Something New out of Twenty-First-Century Africa?"A call for essays for a special issue of the Journal of Commonwealth and Postcolonial StudiesThe Journal of Commonwealth and Postcolonial Studies announces a special issue on new writing from Africa, to be guest-edited by Simon Lewis (College of Charlesto…

  • Deadline: 31 May 2011WHIRLWINDS: Emerging Communities of Sexual Minorities in Africa will be an anthology that will examine the ways that sexual minorities are organizing themselves in new ways to create groups, networks, organizations, and movements across sub-Saharan Africa. By sexual minorities, we understand not only lesbian, …

  • Deadline: 29 April 2011Arojah Concepts, an Abuja based edutainment outfit in collaboration with SOMETIN FO EVRIBODI has concluded plans to publish an Antoloji of Naija Puems (Poems in Nigerian Pidgin) and thereby wishes to invite interested Nigerians to send in their entries.The anthology which will be released in the third quarte…

  • Deadline: 1 August 2011The Pen Writing Competition is an international short story writing competition designed to find talent within our Muslim youth. This competition encourages creative writing that includes elements of Islamic morality. This unique opportunity will allow our young Muslim writers to use their talent in positive…

  • Deadline: 21 April 2011Reporting to the Group Head: eNews Division your key performance areas will include:* Sub news scripts, boards and crawlers* Liaise with reporter's to refine story angles and content* Assist Output Editors in checking content in bulletin rundowns* Write and voice local and international stories* Script headl…

  • This is an exciting opportunity to work in a unit providing communications support to our clients in the development sector, such as nonprofits, government and funders. You will be assisting the Communications Coordinator with this task.If you are have strong writing and editing skills and are interested in working with purpose on…

  • Duties:• Managing a team of writers, both in-house and outsourced. This will include:o Managing team performanceo Taking accountability for the team's outputo Compiling and communicating project briefs for writers• Writing and publishing content for a health and wellbeing website, as well as for email, print and other media types•…

  • Deadline: 20 April 2011Sunday Sun, the biggest and brightest Sunday tabloid, requires the services of a Revise Sub-Editor with that magic tabloid touch.The person will be responsible for the following key tasks:· Edit and deliver tidy, well-subbed copy and the revision of subbed copy· Provide punchy tabloid headlines for copy· Lea…

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