(Offre en anglais ) YaLa Academy lance un appel à candidature pour YaLa Citizen Journalism program عودة إلى الفرص

It’s time to make your voice heard! Today’s internet allows the voices of civil societies to be heard globally – a power once reserved for only the largest media and news corporations – we must make the best of this opportunity and use it to build bridges for a better, more peaceful future.

The program will train you to become a “citizen journalists” experienced in expressing yourself, telling your stories, writing blogs, taking photos, making videos, using new/social media tools and engaging in cross-border dialogue. The online training program focuses on video lectures by journalists/experts such as Alan Abbey, founder of Ynetnews; Rina Castelnuovo, photojournalist for the New York Times; Joe Federman, Editor of the Jerusalem Bureau of the Associated Press; John Temple, former Managing Editor of The Washington Post; David Fischer, Vice President of Facebook and many more!

During the program, you will be asked to take part in bi-monthly live online chat sessions about the video lectures, to participate in a private Facebook working group where the 4 mandatory assignments are posted and reviewed, and to regularly check your emails. Throughout the program, you will learn how to create content focusing on the issues important to you – such as gender, identity, social justice, coexistence, culture, etc. – and the best pieces will be published on YaLa Press . You will also earn a certificate from YaLa & the Aileen Getty Foundation!

So, what are you waiting for – it’s time to meet & hear the stories of young people from across the Middle East & Africa, and to join a network of empowered & informed citizen journalists who are using new & social media to promote understanding and important social causes – be a YaLa Citizen Journalist!