Media Camp For Journalists – Lviv Media Forum

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Deadline: 31 August 2020
Open to: journalists of Ukraine, Moldova, Belarus, Armenia, Georgia, and a pool of experts
Benefits: the organizers cover the expenses on travel and health insurance

Description 

NGO Lviv Media Forum (Ukraine) is looking for participants for Media Camp, a project for journalists and media researchers. The project is aimed at developing and strengthening professional networking between journalists of Ukraine, Moldova, Belarus, Armenia, Georgia, and a pool of experts.

– If you are lacking professional contacts with the colleagues from abroad so you could produce qualitative content, receive help in data search and do fact checking;
– If you need to deepen the understanding of media processes in the post-Soviet region and find contacts of local experts;
– If your professional growth craves for exchange of experience with the colleagues from other countries —

Аpply to Media Camp For Journalists! During a week journalists and media experts from Moldova, Belarus, Armenia, Georgia, and Ukraine will attentively analyse media processes in former USSR countries, take part in meetings and discussions with experts, get acquainted with Ukrainian media outlets and NGOs. Also, the participants are expected to make short presentations for their camp counterparts about the political and economic situation in their own countries.

In case you’re interested to take part in the programme but you can’t go to Lviv because of the quarantine restrictions, it’s possible to participate in the Camp online.

Eligibility

The programme fits for journalists and analytics whose professional activity consists in covering and evaluation of post-Soviet region development. Team of Lviv Media Forum sincerely encourages you to apply for the Media Camp if you’re a journalist covering international affairs, if you are looking for new contacts with colleagues, if you are researching the issues of Central and Eastern Europe or the development of the media industry in the region.

Benefits 

Media Camp For Journalists takes place in Lviv on September 20-27, 2020. The organizers cover the expenses on travel and health insurance. The participants are provided with dwelling and meals. On top of that every Media Camp participant receives the free ticket to VIII Lviv Media Forum, the biggest media conference of CEE region, that gathers together about 1000 participants from more than 25 countries throughout the world. VIII Lviv Media Forum will be held in Lviv in May 2021.

Before travelling to Ukraine the selected participants must take COVID-19 tests. The cost of the test is reimbursed by the organizers.

How to Apply?

To apply, please, fill in the online application form 

For more information and in order to apply, please visit the official web page.