Mention NPF and Get Free Credentials for ‘Social Good Summit’ at UN
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NPF’s blogger friends can be part of an influential international gathering of global leaders, technologists and UN experts meeting in New York next month. The Social Good Summit will be held during UN Week, September 19-22. Presented by the UN Foundation with Mashable and the 92Y, the summit focuses on the power of innovative technology and new media to solve the challenges facing our world.
Sessions will cover topics like the future of maternal health and mobile technology; how networks are changing global foreign policy and activism; the future of ethics in a connected world; micro-finance and social change; Skype in the classroom; social entrepreneurship, and more.
Highlights from Days 3 and 4 of the J2J Conference
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Our last two days in Cape Town for the Journalist to Journalist HIV/AIDS training were very busy and packed a lot of information for our fellows. A detailed account of what happened during days three and four of the conference comes after the jump. If you are interested finding resources from our time in Cape Town, we have uploaded PowerPoint as well as audio from a majority of the speakers to our website. Highlights from Day 3 7/17/09 9:15 – A group of care givers from the HOPE clinic, a local HIV/AIDS treatment facility in Cape Town, came to…
Live Blogging From the J2J Conference: Day 2
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10:00 AM - Aeras Global President and CEO Jerald Sadoff announced that on 15 July, 2009 Aeras conducted the first efficacy trial of a new vaccine for tuberculosis in more than 80 years, on a baby in South Africa. Dr. Sadoff's PowerPoint presentation is available now on our website, and audio will be uploaded shortly.
Live Blogging From the J2J Conference: Day 1
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4:30 PM - Two speakers today have made the point that HIV prevention is inextricably linked to poverty. Dr. Sharlene Swartz says that programs targeting orphans risk leaving out many other vulnerable children who are living in poverty. And Dr. Laura Guay pointed out that treating infected infants and children with antiretroviral drugs won’t make them grow and gain weight if they don’t have enough to eat. 2:30 PM - Eric Harper, Director of the Sex Worker Education and Advocacy Task Force argues that decriminalization of sex work will can help prevent HIV/AIDS. His comments have sparked questions from the…
APPLICATIONS DUE APRIL 6 FOR FREE RETIREMENT ISSUES PROGRAM
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Too often these days, the ABCs of journalism seem to be "Anxious, Beleaguered and Canned." But one of the best ways to secure your existing job or to find a new one is expand your knowledge and skill set. The motto of the National Press Foundation is "We Make Journalists Better." Well, better journalists have more job options. You're never too good, or too busy, or too broke, to consider the kind of mid-career training that can give you an edge. And that's what we offer, at no cost to you. For media types who cover financial, lifestyle and retirement…
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