<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">Please spread the word for our Journalists-in-Residence Programme to colleagues in need all over Europe!<div>Thank you<br><div><br><div><blockquote type="cite"><span style="color: rgb(32, 32, 32); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 24px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important; float: none;">We have extended the deadline for applications for the next cycle of our Journalists-in-Residence (JiR) Programme. Applications are now invited until </span><strong style="color: rgb(32, 32, 32); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 24px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Friday, 19 May 2017</strong><span style="color: rgb(32, 32, 32); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 24px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important; float: none;">.</span><br style="color: rgb(32, 32, 32); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 24px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br style="color: rgb(32, 32, 32); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 24px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="color: rgb(32, 32, 32); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 24px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important; float: none;">The ECPMF's Journalists-in-Residence programme is designed to host journalists from across geographical Europe who face harrassment and intimidation in their home country. It provides a temporary refuge, a safe place to rest and to continue one's work and – if so desired by those being hosted – a platform to highlight threats to media freedom back home.</span><br style="color: rgb(32, 32, 32); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 24px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br style="color: rgb(32, 32, 32); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 24px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="color: rgb(32, 32, 32); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 24px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important; float: none;">Key info at a glance:</span><ul style="color: rgb(32, 32, 32); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 24px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><li>Eligible countries:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><strong>EU28, Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova, Turkey, countries of the western Balkans and the Caucasus region</strong></li><li>Timeframe of the upcoming residency cycle: July 2017 to January 2018 (individual arrangements within this timeframe possible to a certain extent)</li><li>Command of either English or German desirable (at least at B2 level)</li><li>ECPMF provides free accomodation in Leipzig, Germany, as well as a monthly grant of 1.000 EUR</li><li>Costs are covered for visa fees (if applicable), travel to and from Leipzig, as well as for health insurance</li><li>The deadline to apply is<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><strong>Friday 19 May 2017</strong></li></ul><span style="color: rgb(32, 32, 32); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 24px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important; float: none;">In-depth info on the programme, a downloadable FAQ sheet as well as the application form are available on our<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://ecpmf.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=19a477fc4886d51a09341ccbe&id=a4dc68833e&e=808b947b93" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(43, 170, 223); font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 24px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">website</a><span style="color: rgb(32, 32, 32); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 24px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important; float: none;">.</span><br style="color: rgb(32, 32, 32); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 24px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br style="color: rgb(32, 32, 32); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; 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Have any follow-up questions? Contact Christian at +49 341 200 403 13 or<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="mailto:journalistsinresidence@ecpmf.eu" style="color: rgb(43, 170, 223); font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 24px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">journalistsinresidence@ecpmf.eu</a><span style="color: rgb(32, 32, 32); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 24px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important; float: none;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>, PGP key available<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://ecpmf.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=19a477fc4886d51a09341ccbe&id=1f5263c2ad&e=808b947b93" style="color: rgb(43, 170, 223); font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 24px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">here</a></blockquote></div><br></div></div></body></html>