Georgian Institute of Public Affairs
Caucasus School of Journalism and Media Management
offers a two-year, English-language master’s degree program in journalism and media management.

Twenty students, selected in a Caucasus-wide competition, will be trained to assume news and management positions at newspapers, news agencies, broadcast outlets and Web-based publications. Instruction will be provided by American, European and Caucasian journalists and scholars. The journalism faculty and curriculum for the school will be provided by the International Center for Journalists, a Washington-based journalism organization, with the cooperation from Louisiana State University Manship School of Mass Communication. The program is funded by the U.S. Department of State, with supplementary funding from Open Society Institute, and embassies of France, Great Britain and Poland.

The program will be offered in four semesters from September 2006 to May 2008. Tuition is $1, 500. Partial tuition waivers and/or financial assistance available upon well substantiated request.

The curriculum is based on a hands-on, experiential approach, using the latest techniques of fact-based, professional reporting and writing for both print and broadcast media. Students have access to a computer laboratory, the Internet, photo, audio and video broadcast equipment and a journalism library. The students will publish a student newspaper, Brosse Street Journal, and its web version, BSJ.ge.

First and fourth semesters of the program will be held at the Caucasus School of Journalism and Media Management (for Georgian students), the Khazar Univresity (for Azerbaijani students).

AREAS COVERED IN THE CURRICULUM INCLUDE:

• Principles of Journalism
• Reporting and Writing
• Professional Standards and Ethics of Journalism
• Computer-assisted reporting
• Design, and publication and photo journalism
• Travel to regions as necessary
• Web reporting
• Business, courts and legal, election and political, energy, utilities and environmental reporting
• Television production theory and practice
• Radio fundamentals
• Media management
• Role of Advertising
• Economics
• Intensive English-language training
• Computer training
• Writing in English and Georgian

• English language test (valid TOEFL score accepted)
• Essay in native language
• Interview with the selection committee

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree; previous training or education in journalism not required
• Good command of English
• Commitment to pro-active journalism
• Commitment to study for two years

APPLICATIONS ACCEPTED:

Deadline for application is May 30, 2006.
In Georgia: Applications accepted at Caucasus School of Journalism and Media Management. Deadline is May 30, 2006.
In Azerbaijan: Contact Zaur Hasanov, program representative, at hasanovz@yahoo.com or (050) 5271347.

Pick up application forms at the Georgian Institute of Public Affairs in Tbilisi,
the Internews office in Yerevan at 3 Arshakuniats Ave., 3rd Floor,
and at the Soros Foundation office in Baku at 117A Akademik Gasan Alyev Street. Electronic version available at GIPA website.

Caucasus School of Journalism and Media Management at
Georgian Institute of Public Affairs
Address: 2 Brosse Street, Tbilisi, Georgia
Tel/fax: (99532) 93-14-66, mobile: (99599) 50-24-46
E-mail: jschool@gipa.ge
web: www.gipa.ge