<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=iso-8859-1"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><p>A SAFE HAVEN FOR JOURNALISTS UNDER THREAT: APPLY NOW FOR THE ECPMF'S JOURNALISTS-IN-RESIDENCE PROGRAMME<br></p><p>The Journalists-in-Residence Programme, run by the European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF), is designed to temporarily host journalists from across Europe who face harrassment and severe intimidations in their home country. It provides a safe place to continue ones work and -- if so desired by those hosted -- a platform to highlight threats to media freedom back home.</p><p>Here are all the key info at a glance:<o:p></o:p></p><ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal">Eligible countries: <b>EU28, Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova, Turkey, countries of the western Balkans and the Caucasus region</b><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Timeframe of the upcoming residency cycle: July 2017 to January 2018 (individual arrangements within this timeframe possible to a certain extent)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Command of either English or German desirable (at least on B2 level)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">ECPMF provides free accomodation and a monthly grant of 1.000 EUR<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">Costs are being covered for visa fees (if applicable), travel to and from Leipzig, as well as for health insurance<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal">The deadline to apply is <b>Friday 12 May 2017</b><o:p></o:p></li></ul><p>In-depth info on the programme, a downloadable FAQ sheet as well as the application form are available on <a href="https://ecpmf.eu/get-help/journalists-in-residence">ECPMF's website</a>.</p><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"></span><p>For more info please contact Christian at <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:journalistsinresidence@ecpmf.eu">journalistsinresidence@ecpmf.eu</a></p><div apple-content-edited="true"><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline">///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><p class="MsoNormal">European Centre for Press and Media Freedom</p><p class="MsoNormal">PR & Project Coordinator</p><p class="MsoNormal">Menckestraße 27</p><p class="MsoNormal">04155 Leipzig/Germany</p><p class="MsoNormal">Phone: +49 (0) 341 200 40315</p><p class="MsoNormal">Fax: +49 (0) 341 562 96 63</p><p class="MsoNormal">E-mail:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span> <a href="mailto:mikulcak@ecpmf.eu">mikulcak@ecpmf.eu</a></p><p class="MsoNormal">www: <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.ecpmf.eu">www.ecpmf.eu</a></p><p class="MsoNormal">twitter: @ECPMF</p><p class="MsoNormal">facebook: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/ECPMF1646424778911073/">www.facebook.com/ECPMF1646424778911073/</a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p>///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////</p><p class="MsoNormal">Secure communication/ PGP-Key: 622FE062</p></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><div style="font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;">
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