Rinat Akhmetov's Foundation for Development of Ukraine and Mohyla School of Journalism (NaUKMA) keep on admitting applications for the project Digital Future of Journalism. We’d like to remind you that the student admission for the project started on 13 September and will last till 26 October.

For participation in the open contest the applicants must provide the following documents:

• Filled-out application form specifying the applicant's education, his/her work experience and type of media activity, PC skills and the level of English knowledge.
• The applicant must provide a support letter from the employer confirming that he/she does not object to the employee's absence from the work place during the training period (the entire period is 8 weeks within 8 months).
• Samples of digital creative works (photos, audio or video materials, blogs or websites) demonstrating the applicant's interest in digital technologies.

The interviews with the admission committee members are scheduled for 1-5 November, 2010. The training starts on 8 November, 2010. The training under the project is free of charge. The training under the project is free of charge. We'd like to remind that Digital Future of Journalism is a joint project of Rinat Akhmetov's Foundation for Development of Ukraine and Kyiv Mohyla Academy National University. Over 3 years of the project’s operation, 60 graduates gained unique knowledge that assisted their professional and career growth. 20 graduates are now employed as editors-in-chief, editorial directors, and managers of media holdings. The Foundation for Development of Ukraine has already invested over USD 1, 300, 000 in the project.

For more information, please visit:

www.fdu.org.ua; http://j-school.kiev.ua/

Application form is available here:

(http://j-school.kiev.ua/images/uploads/application_form_dfj.pdf )

Contact persons:

Svetlana Panyushkina, Project Manager, Rinat Akhmetov’s Foundation for Development of Ukraine;
tel. +38 (044) 502-52-16, +38 (050) 348-47-43
e-mail: spanushkina@fdu.org.ua

Ruslan Deynichenko, Programme Manager, NaUKMA, Mohyla School of Journalism
tel./fax +38 (044) 463-77-02
e-mail: info@dfj.org.ua

Media centre DFJ:
04070 Kyiv, 8/5 Voloshskaya st.

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11|10|2010