Apply for the “prebunking” training and gain the opportunity to earn a paid internship and participate in a study visit to the USA

The top six participants from the three workshops will have the opportunity to undertake a one-month paid internship in one of the Metamorphosis Foundation’s media outlets, namely Meta.mk, Portalb.mk or Truthmeter.mk. Additionally, the top three interns will go on a one-week study visit to the United States with the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) in Washington.

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We invite all young students, journalists, members of the civil society, activists or enthusiasts to apply for the training related to “prebunking”, i.e. various preventive strategies for preventing the spread of disinformation.

This is the last of three trainings within the framework of the “Journalism for a New Generation” program. The best six participants from the three workshops will have the opportunity to undertake a one-month paid internship in one of the media outlets of the Metamorphosis Foundation, namely Meta.mk, Portalb.mk or Truthmeter.mk. Additionally, the three best interns will go on a one-week study visit to the United States with the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) in Washington.

The prebunking training will be held from May 15 to 17 in Ohrid and will be in English, and all interested parties can register at the following link.

The trainers will be Celeste Sepessy from the USA, Assistant Professor at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, Vladimir Petreski, Editor of “Truthmeter.mk,” and Despina Kovachevska, Media Monitoring Specialist at the Metamorphosis Foundation.

Celeste Sepessy teaches courses in writing and reporting and digital media literacy. She holds a master’s degree in digital audience strategy from Arizona State University. She holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism and Italian, also from Arizona State University.

The event is part of the “Journalism for a New Generation” project, which the Metamorphosis Foundation is implementing in partnership with the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ), and with the support of the US Embassy in Skopje, in the period from September 2023 to July 2024.

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