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US stringers for the BBC (r)



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