BEIRUT — Tak­ing a break from all the news, I’d like to throw some­thing out there and see what gets picked up.
Would you like to be part of the B2I team? (Which, at the moment, is me.) Would you like to blog on Iraq, Syria, Egypt and the rest of the Mid­dle East? Would you like to make some cash while you’re doing it? (Assum­ing peo­ple donate, of course.)
I’m look­ing for one or two peo­ple who can help me out here with cov­er­ing Iraq, Syria and Egypt, although I’ll enter­tain other locales or if you move around. Some­one to blog from Wash­ing­ton or New York about how news in the Mid­dle East is play­ing would be great, too.
The ideal can­di­dates should be ener­getic, hun­gry and have some jour­nal­ism train­ing. Flu­ency in Eng­lish is a must, as well as the abil­ity to look at things as objec­tively as pos­si­ble. I want to con­tinue to give obser­va­tions and news as it’s seen, not as how most peo­ple want it to be seen. No left– or right-wing true believ­ers need apply.
If you’re a free­lance jour­nal­ist in the region and want to have a wider out­let than some of the trade jour­nals might offer, please con­sider sign­ing up. I’m work­ing out out a donations-sharing sys­tem, by which you would reap rewards for your work. It’s not much, but it can help.
Best of all, you get to be part of a blog that single-handedly started the the idea of reader-funded con­flict report­ing. B2I is still a strong brand and peo­ple in the jour­nal­ism world know it. It’s still read at news­pa­pers and mag­a­zines in New York, Wash­ing­ton and else­where. Here’s your chance to get some expo­sure, if you need it.
If you’re inter­ested, please email me with a CV, a cover let­ter and three writ­ing sam­ples.
Thanks very much,
The Management