US stringers for the BBC (r)

[ktint@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]

Dear Ms. Marcia Poole,

Please give me more information regarding the US stringers. One of my
friend is interested in the job.
Thank you.

Regards,
K. Tint

At  7:04 AM 8/1/96 -0800, 100734.570@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>From: Marcia Poole <100734.570@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>To: Burma Net
>
>
>THE BBC BURMESE SERVICE IS LOOKING FOR STRINGERS IN THE US
>
>
>        We are looking for two people - one in Washington and one in New York -
>who would be interesting in filing reports, on a free-lance basis, for
>broadcast
>by the Burmese Service. 
>
>        The job:
>        You would file straight voice pieces, interviews, and radio features in
>Burmese for broadcast in our news and current-affairs programmes or in our
>weekly special interest features.
>        We are primarily interested in first-hand coverage of developments of
>interest/relevance to Burma (such as conferences on Burma; the consumer boycott
>campaign; the developments in US policy towards Burma; the activities in the US
>Congress/the UN, etc.), and on major US stories (the presidential campaign;
>American foreign policy, etc.). The Washington stringer would follow
>developments in Congress/the administration closely, and the New York stringer
>would concentrate on developments at the UN.
>        You would be paid per piece broadcast, according to the BBC stringer
>rates (currently a minimum of U$ 66.00 for a straight voice piece of up to four
>minutes).
>
>        The qualifications:
>        Ideally, you would be a journalist (radio, print or TV) but if you:
>        . are a graduate/under-graduate;
>        . are interested in journalism, and in international and Burmese
>current-affairs;
>        . have good English and your Burmese is of mother-tongue standard;
>        . are well-informed about US policy and developments and follows
>developments of         interest/relevance to Burma closely; 
>        . and  are interested in contributing to the  independent and objective
>news coverage that we   broadcast to Burma; 
>        we can provide training in radio broadcasting and BBC editorial policy
>and journalistic style. 
>
>        We are hoping to select the stringers by mid-October, in time to invite
>them to attend a five-day       BBC training course in Boston in late
>November/early December (at the expense of the BBC).
>
>        If you are interested and would like more details, contact 
>        Daw Kyi Kyi May (Executive Producer) or Marcia Poole (Section Head) at
>        BBC Burmese Service, Bush House, Strand, London WC2B 4PH, United
>Kingdom
>        e-mail: marcia.poole@xxxxxxxxx/ fax + 44 171 836 9466/ telephone + 44
>171
>257 2545
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