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Britain’s Guardian newspaper is holding an international journalism competition for amateur or freelance journalists.
Journalists entering the competition, known as The Guardian International Development Journalism Competition, must pick one of the issues given and send in a 650-1000 word feature before the deadline of May 6. The overarching theme throughout the competition is the way any of these issues relate to the achievement of the United Nation’s Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
Among the prizes is the chance to be published in the newspaper, which is read by up to 450,000 people every day.
To learn more, go to http://www.guardian.co.uk/developmentcompetition/page/0,,2260233,00.html. For more information, e-mail Diana Thomas at diana.thomas@mariestopes.org.uk
Jack Shaffer was surprised when he found it necessary to detail to his readers why plagiarism is bad. So that I won’t be guilty of the crime myself, I’ll just link you to his story on Slate.
My latest piece in the Neighborhood Times section of the St. Pete Times made the front page!
The website “PopMatters” seeks essays (1,200 to 3,000 words, usually) about any aspect of popular culture, present or past. (If you are interested in pitching a review of some specific current work or performance, please contact the appropriate reviews editor.) We prefer careful analysis of the chosen subject matter with the intention of supporting an original thesis; we aren’t particularly interested in articles that merely want to promote their subject. An assessment of what ideological work a given pop culture phenomenon performs (i.e. what has allowed something to become popular, what’s at stake in its popularity besides money, how it is situated in a historical or geographical context, etc.) is especially welcome. Ideally essays will draw on sophisticated interpretive strategies derived from a theoretically informed point of view but will be presented for a general reader in lively, accessible language.
For details, click here.
