FREE: Basic Investigative Reporting Seminar

FREE:  Basic Investigative Reporting Seminar

The Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) invites you if you are one of the following:

•  mid-career and senior Filipino journalists
•  citizen media
•  bloggers 

to apply for a three-day training seminar-workshop on Basic Investigative Reporting. 

A series of four(4) three-day seminars will be conducted in Luzon, Visayas, Mindanao, and Metro Manila from June to September 2013. Please note that only Fifteen (15) participants will be invited to each of the seminars from across media platforms, gender, province of assignment, and media organization.

Through combined onsite and field learning sessions, the seminar aims to enhance the participants’ investigative reporting skills and practice and offer a framework for analyzing media killings and safety issues in the context of governance, the culture of impunity, and the presence of political clans and private armed groups in many parts of the country. The seminar also seeks to highlight the role of the police and the Commission on Human Rights as vital sources of journalists.

The seminar will feature lecture-discussions and workshops to identify potential risks and practical safety tips when covering dangerous assignments. A Story Development Workshop will give participants an opportunity to pitch story proposals that the PCIJ may consider for fellowship grants and editorial supervision.

Experts from the academe, national media organizations, the police, human rights agencies and organizations, and data repository agencies will lead the discussions.

The seminar graduates will be accorded priority slots in the subsquent Advanced Investigative Reporting Seminars that PCIJ will conduct in 2014.

This seminar series draws support from the US-based National Endowment for Democracy (NED).

Who Can Apply?

Mid-career and senior journalists with at least three years’ experience – freelance reporters, contributors, stringers, researchers, anchors, producers, editors, and news managers of print, TV, radio, and online media may apply. Citizen media and bloggers covering public policy issues are also eligible.

PCIJ will cover the following:

• Round-trip transportation from the participant’s place of work and/or residence to the seminar venue.
• Board and lodging during the three-day seminar.
• The PCIJ will also provide a modest fellowship grant for story proposals that will be approved during or immediately after the seminar.

Application Requirements

Completed application form with two references (download application form in .doc format).
One or two samples of work discussing public policy, development, human rights, or governance issues.

Deadline for Applications

Applications must be received not later than May 10, 2013, Friday.
Selection process
Applicants will be selected based on the following criteria:
Track record or experience in covering public policy issues.
Demonstrated interest in doing in-depth reports on governance, development, and human rights issues.
Potential for playing a key leadership role within his/her organization or media community.
Successful applicants will be notified by May 31, 2013. Only successful applicants will be contacted by the PCIJ.

You can send your application through:

By email:

Email address: training@pcij.org

Please state ‘Application to Basic IR Seminar’ on the subject line

Note: They will acknowledge receipt of all submissions. If you do not receive any reply within three working days, please resend your application and move a follow-up email or call (02) 410-4768.

By fax:

Telefax: (02) 410-4768

Please write- ‘ATTN: PCIJ Training Desk’ on the fax cover sheet

Note: After faxing, please call (02) 410-4768 to confirm if all the documents had been transmitted successfully.

By mail:

The Training Desk
Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism
3/F Criselda 2 Bldg., 107 Scout de Guia St.
Brgy. Sacred Heart, Quezon City 1104

Note: They will acknowledge receipt of mailed applications via email or text.

Applicants from print, TV, radio, and online media are welcome.

For Questions please contact the PCIJ Training Desk at (02) 410-4768 or training@pcij.org

Source: Ate Tin Gonzaga