Apply for IRP’s Fact-Finding Trip to Saudi Arabia Now
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The International Reporting Project (IRP) is pleased to announce a 13-day Gatekeeper Editors Trip to Saudi Arabia on May 5-18, 2012, for senior U.S. editors and producers interested in learning more about this important country in the Middle East.
Applications forms for this trip must be received by the IRP by March 16, 2012.
The trip is open to any senior U.S. journalists who determine editorial content at any type of media organization or who produce and manage editorial content in new media forms, including blogs and online commentary. Applicants must have at least seven years of editorial experience and must be U.S. citizens or else employed as staff editors in the U.S. for a U.S.-based news organization.
This trip to Saudi Arabia is a unique opportunity to better understand a key country that is the birthplace of Islam and hosts Islam’s two holiest shrines. With more than 20 percent of the world’s proven oil reserves, Saudi Arabia is the world’s largest oil exporter and plays a pivotal role in world energy policy. The trip will focus on issues such as energy, religion, environment, education and women’s issues. We will look at some of the unique public health issues the country faces, including in its role as host to the annual pilgrimage to Mecca. We will also explore how this country of 26 million is responding to widespread changes in the region.
The International Reporting Project (IRP) will take up to 12 U.S. gatekeepers on this trip to Saudi Arabia. The trip will follow the models of previous IRP Gatekeeper trips to Rwanda, Indonesia, Liberia, China, Peru, Kenya, Turkey, Uganda, Korea, Nigeria, Egypt, India, Lebanon/Syria, South Africa and Brazil.