Quill awards close

Entries for the Melbourne Press Club's Quill Awards and Young Journalist of the Year close today.

Osteoporosis awards

Entries for the International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) 2005 Journalism Awards close tomorrow 31 January 2006. Winners of the top two of the 20 prizes get USD 5,000 plus an all-expenses paid trip to Toronto.

Media Report resumes

The Media Report proper resumes tomorrow at 8.30 am on ABC Radio National with a look at how the media treated Kerry Packer's demise. You can listen to it live over the web here and the podcast/MP3 audio and transcripts are available very quickly after broadcast.

Net book

UNESCO has just published Net for Journalists: a practical guide to the internet for journalists in developing countries by UK journalist Martin Huckerby. It is 141 pages of good, practical, basic advice and is a free download from here.

Photo sales online

Snitcher Desk is a new place to sell you cameraphone newsworthy shots online. Two others are Scoopt and Spy Media. Lulop handles sales of video footage online. Scoopt is based in the UK and the rest in the USA.

International awards for women journalists

The International Women’s Media Foundation is seeking nominations from around the world for its 2006 Courage in Journalism Awards and Lifetime Achievement Award. Nominations close on 15 March 2006 and the results are announed in May.

Words & Images Award

An interesting new journalism award organised by Commonwealth Press Union to celebrate and fuse the crafts of writing and photojournalism is now open for entries. The theme for the competition is 'the forgotten commonwealth' and details are here. It is backed by Rolls-Royce and closes on 30 April 2006.

World press photo award

Entries for the 49TH World Press Photo Award close tomorrow. Winner announced on 10 February 2006.