The Aftermath Project is offering two special opportunities: a $20,000 grant for conflict photographers to share their experiences with the aftermath of covering conflict, and an additional $5,000 honorarium for a fixer/translator who wants to tell a story about their own experience. Full information is below. You can download the application form from their website. Deadline is October 1, 2011. Dear friends – I’m writing with news of a special grant cycle that’s a bit of a departure for the Aftermath Project – a grant that is open only to conflict photographers. As many of you know, the Aftermath Project was created to help photographers cover the aftermath of conflict, and was founded on the understanding that war is only half the story. But for quite some time I’ve been thinking about how the Aftermath Project could engage more meaningfully with conflict photographers – who, after all, are the ones telling the…

The Asian Center for Journalism at the Ateneo de Manila University is offering a new Multimedia Diploma program. The one year diploma is taught mainly online. It is designed for any professional journalist (writers, photographers, radio and TV reporters) wishing to diversify their story telling and embrace the world of new media. From their site: The Diploma in Multimedia Journalism program seeks to raise the bar in professionalism amongst Asian journalists in their ability to undertake ethical cross platform multimedia journalistic projects by providing comprehensive institutional training primarily to working journalists and editors. 10 Scholarships are available for Asian journalists. Deadline for applications is May 13. For more information on the programs, and for application information, visit http://acfj.ateneo.edu

The 2011 W. Eugene Smith Grant for Humanistic Photography is now open for entries. The deadline for the receipt of applications is May 31, 2011. Photographers interested in applying may obtain guidelines at the W. Eugene Smith Fund website. For 2011, the amount of the grant will be $30,000. An additional $5,000 in fellowship money will be dispersed, at the discretion of the jury, to one or more finalists deemed worthy of special recognition. Grants will be presented in a ceremony held in New York City in October. The W. Eugene Smith Grant for Humanistic Photography was established in 1979 following the death of Gene Smith, the legendary American photo essayist. Today, the grant represents the most prestigious honor in the field of documentary photography. The Judging: Every year, the fund's board of trustees appoints a three-member international jury to recognize a photographer who has demonstrated an exemplary commitment to documenting the…