Thomson Reuters offers bursaries for conference on rural poverty, development

Print, broadcast and online journalists can apply for fellowships to participate in a three-day event in Rome.

The Thomson Reuters Foundation, with funding from the United Nation’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), will select journalists to attend the IFAD’s conference on Nov. 2 to 4.

Participants will build expertise and increase knowledge of issues faced by rural communities. Journalists will have access to high profile delegates, leading experts in the issues, including IFAD and UN technical experts, as well as small holder farmers.

Applicants must be working as journalists or regular contributors to print, broadcast or online media organizations. They must have at least two years of experience and a good level in spoken and written English. Candidates should include professional evidence of their interest in rural peoples’ issues and development.

Fellowships cover air travel, accommodation, meals and local transportation for journalists from developing countries. After the workshop, the selected journalists are expected to pursue stories along rural development issues in their home countries.

The application deadline is Sept. 30.

For more information, click here.

(sursa: International Journalists’ Nework)