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Zimbabwean authorities have accused former journalist Jestina Mukoko of a terrorist plot to overthrow President Robert Mugabe. She is now being held in a high-security prison and faces a possible death sentence.

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December 17, 2008 President Robert MugabeOffice of the PresidentPrivate Bag 7700Causeway, HarareZimbabweFax : +263 4 708 211 Dear President Mugabe: ...

Alicia Mokone, deputy permanent secretary in the ministry of comunications, science and technology, commended the media for their work to fight HIV/AIDS at an event to launch the IWMF's guide for training journalists.

Applications are now being accepted for Medicine in the Media: The Challenges of Reporting on Medical Research. The free annual training is presented by the National Institutes for Health to help develop journalists' and editors’ ability to evaluate and report on medical research. The training will be held June 24-27, 2009, in Bethesda, Md. Application deadline is Jan. 30. Read more about or apply for the NIH course.

The Harry Chapin Media Awards were created to encourage the media to "tell the story of hunger and poverty." The awards honor print and electronic media for outstanding coverage that positively impacts hunger, poverty and self-reliance. Entries for the 2008 Harry Chapin Media Awards are due Feb. 2, 2009. Visit World Hunger Year’s Web site for details.

Farida Nekzad, an Afghan journalist who received an IWMF 2008 Courage in Journalism Award, was featured on the BBC. Nekzad talked about the pressure she faces as a woman journalist and the threats she has received because of her job. Listen to the BBC interview.

Jenny Manrique, a Colombian journalist who is the 2008-09 Elizabeth Neuffer Fellow, presented a talk at the MIT Center for International Studies. Manrique’s presentation, held Dec. 9, was entitled, “The Colombian Diaspora: Refugees and Asylum Seekers in South and North America." Read about the event.