If you are:

• 16-25 years old,

• resident of Lori, Tavush, or Shirak Regions,

interested in

• journalism or civic journalism,

• filming and photography,

not indifferent to the issues

• in your community,

• you want to actively participate in the process of establishing civilian oversight over the activities of local government bodies,

APPLY

Peace Dialogue NGO invites young people aged from 16-25 from the three northern regions of Armenia, Lori, Shirak, and Tavush, to participate in the project of preparation of new generation of civic journalists. The project aims to provide young people from the northern regions of Armenia with filming and photography, journalism and civic journalism tools with the support of experienced professionals. Journalism and civic journalism training will be held at the beginning of October of this year in Gyumri. Filming and photography training will be held in December in Dilijan.

21 participants (7 from each of the above-mentioned regions) will attend two four-day trainings with the opportunity to implement their own journalistic, civic journalistic, photo, video or multimedia projects on-site (in their communities) within one month after each training. The best works will be published on the Peace Dialogue website, as well as in local, national printed and online media.

The organization covers all the expenses necessary for the participants’ transportation and accommodation.

If you meet all of the aforementioned requirements, you can apply for the project by September 15, 2019 by sending a CV and motivation letter (clearly mentioning 3 topics, issues, or phenomena related to your community that you would like to cover) to mailbox@peacedialogue. am address.

For more information, please, call Peace Dialogue office: +374 (322) 2 13 40 or +374 (55) 82 06 32.

“Preparing New Generation Civic Journalists in the Northern Regions of Armenia” project is supported by the Canadian Local Initiatives Support Fund.