The
U.S. Embassy has invited award-winning journalist Sherry Ricchiardi, a
professor at Indiana University School of Journalism to lead a series of
day-long trainings for Pakistani journalists, which will be held in mid-May in
Islamabad. Journalists who have worked in the field for one-to-three years are
invited to apply. Please complete the attached application form by May 1. Submit to: infoisb@state.gov.
The
training will focus on:
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Journalist
ethics
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Investigative
journalism
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Source
development
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Reporting
from conflict zones
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Basic
techniques for well-written stories
Biography of Sherry Ricchiardi, Ph.D
Award-winning
journalist Sherry Ricchiardi, Ph.D., has trained journalists around the world,
including Pakistan, Yemen, Indonesia, China and Kyrgyzstan.
She worked in Pakistan in 2010 and has conducted workshops for Pakistani journalists for the International Center for Journalists in Washington, D.C.
She worked in Pakistan in 2010 and has conducted workshops for Pakistani journalists for the International Center for Journalists in Washington, D.C.
Ricchiardi is a senior writer for the American Journalism Review, specializing in international issues, and a professor at the Indiana University School of Journalism. She has written stories for AJR on media coverage of conflicts in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan, interviewing dozens of correspondents on assignment there.
She serves on the advisory committee of the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma at Columbia University and has conducted safety training for media working in conflict zones.
Ricchiardi was an investigative reporter and Sunday magazine writer for the Des Moines Register, the largest newspaper in Iowa. She later became city editor for the Columbia Missourian, a newspaper produced at the University of Missouri School of Journalism, her alma mater. She received her Ph.D. in 1986 from Iowa State University.
She has won the top National Press Club award for press criticism twice, including stories about violence against journalists in the West Bank, Afghanistan and Iraq. She has won numerous awards for excellence in teaching at Indiana University.
U.S. Embassy Journalist Training
Application Form
Applications due
Wednesday, May 2 at5 p.m. Please submit
by email to: infoisb@state.gov
Name:
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Phone Number:
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Organization:
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Title (Reporter,
Editor, etc.):_____________________________________________________
Experience in
Journalism: ______________________________________________________
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Why you are
interested in this training: ___________________________________________
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