Fodor’s Travel is looking to expand its pool of writers for the New England guidebook, which covers Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine.
Fodor’s is a leading guidebook brand for American travelers with more than 300 titles covering most corners of the globe (www.fodors.com).
If you live in New England, or know any reporters/factcheckers who live there, please be in touch. Feel free to pass this request on to friends, colleagues and journalism listservs. Please note that we hire journalists who have local expertise, i.e. most writers live in the specific region. We’re looking to make assignments in the next month and assignments are due back in late March/early April. Topics include sights, restaurants, hotels, nightlife, the arts, sports, and shopping. Pay ranges from around $500 to $2,000+, depending on assignment scope.
If interested, please forward your resume and clips to Salwa Jabado at sjabado@fodors.com. Clips demonstrating experience writing restaurant, hotel, or site reviews are especially valuable. Please include a few lines about your topical expertise.
Longtime Courant copy editor Pete Tchakirides has died after a long and accomplished career. Here is his obituary.
I have to admit I did not know his first name was really John and that he was a PhD.
Services are Jan. 25.
More from the Hartford Magazine front:
Readers may not know (or care) that Hartford Magazine — recently acquired by The Courant — is run by the company’s marketing department.
Courant writers and photographers, however, are more than a little irritated that they are being made to contribute to the publication. Certainly the line between news and marketing has never been more blurry.
Such is the plight of the modern journalist/survivor.
Here’s a possible job for any journalist who enjoys the criminal justice system and working with state police. CIDRIS appears to be the Connecticut Impaired Driver Records Information System.
I had the pleasure of meeting with the Program Director last week and this position is related to the Petit trial. The position will work with The Department of Justice in informing the public, “Non Technical”, of the project on a on-going basis. The manager would like a person that has a publishing background as there will be a monthly and yearly news letter and on-going news releases. This will be a 4-5 year project. There is a high likelihood of the position going perm after the first year or two. This is a exciting position for someone who wants his or her work make a real difference.
Role – A writer is required to work directly with the 12 CT State Police Barracks to implement the CIDRIS project across the state of CT. The technical writer will act as the liaison between the CJIS Governing Board and the CT State Police Barracks, create system and training documentation, train, provide operational support and resolve issues for each of the 12 CT State Police Barracks.
· The desirable characteristics for this position are:
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