Panos/Stop TB Media Fellowships www.panosaids.org/tb_fellowships The Panos Global AIDS Programme and Stop TB Partnership invite print and photo journalists from India, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Pakistan, Philippines, Zambia, Ethiopia, Malawi and Haiti to apply for a fellowship to write/photograph issues around TB, and TB & HIV/AIDS. Fellowships will run from June to October 2005. Each fellowship will involve working closely with the Panos Global AIDS Programme, the Stop TB Partnership and a panel of experts on TB and communication in TB and/or HIV/AIDS in the countries specified. The aim of the fellowships is to enable print and photojournalists in selected high burden countries in Asia, Africa and the Caribbean to better explore and understand the linkages between TB, HIV/AIDS, poverty, urbanisation and other socio economic vulnerabilities. In particular, in Africa the project will focus on highlighting the urgency for collaborative TB/HIV actions at all levels to counter the dual epidemics. Selected print journalists will be awarded a grant of 400 US dollars each, plus travel and data collection expenses, and will be expected to produce three 1000-word articles on issues around TB and TB & HIV/AIDS. Selected photojournalists will be awarded a grant of 1000 US dollars each, plus travel and data collection expenses, to produce one photo essay around the issue of TB and/or TB & HIV/AIDS. All selected fellows will be provided with editorial support in terms of storyline and production of photos, as well as information on medical and policy issues on TB. They will also receive potential contacts and resource material. Two fellowships will be awarded to print journalists in each country, and three fellowships will be awarded in India. A total of four photo fellowships will be awarded from within the specified countries. Applicants must submit the following no later than 2nd May 2005: - Curriculum vitae - Up to five samples of published work/ photographs on health/development issues. Photojournalists can also submit a portfolio of their work. - A 500-word write-up explaining why you should be considered for the fellowship. Please indicate briefly the TB and communication issues that you would like to research and report on, for which you might use the award if you received it. - Two references from persons who have known you professionally. - An undertaking to publish or print their photographs in their respective publications. Only journalists who are citizens of and resident in Bangladesh, India, the Philippines, Indonesia, Malawi, Zambia, Ethiopia and Haiti are eligible to apply. Journalists writing in regional languages are encouraged to apply. However, their CV and the write-up should be in English and at least one sample of their work must be translated into English. To apply, please e-mail all relevant documentation to: Panos.TBFellowship@panosaids.org. Panos will auto-acknowledge email entry/ies from each contestant. If you do not receive one within 48 hours, please send your entries again. Instructions for Submission Please give the following information with your submission: Name Sex Employment (eg 'Business reporter with the Zambia Daily News/Health reporter with The Hindu') Postal address e-mail address Telephone number About us: The Panos Global AIDS Programme is a network of Panos offices in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean and Europe, working on participation, ownership and accountability in the fight against HIV/AIDS. Panos works with the media and other information actors to enable developing countries to shape and communicate their own development agendas through informed public debate. The Stop TB Partnership is a global social movement with 325 members that include donor institutions, technical agencies, NGOs, universities, advocacy and patient activist groups. The Partnership aims to mobilize the political, financial and technical resources that are needed to meet the Millennium Development Goals targets of reducing TB prevalence and deaths by half by 2015, and eventually to eliminate TB as a public health threat by 2050. Johanna Hanefeld Panos Global AIDS Programme Email: Johanna.Hanefeld@panos.org.uk