The Black Rock Beacon is looking for a few good columnists to contribute to our 2006 Playa newspapers and our website.
A few, in this case, means 2.
One can be anybody who has anything interesting to say and can say it in a witty yet concise way.
The other is more adult themed (message me for details).
Experience is not necessary -- if you get a lot of reaction to your posts on Tribe, you might have what we're looking for. You can be of any political/philosophical persuasion, with this exception: the Black Rock Beacon is decidedly and determinedly pro-bacon. Therefore, you MUST like bacon, which means you must eat bacon. So, vegans and vegetarians (who can't put it aside for a couple of weeks) need not apply. Affinity for other processed pork products is a plus.
Other than outright satire, which would have to be awfully funny to make it into the paper, we don't make stuff up and we don't commit libel. Our columnists observe and/or report the goings-on of Black Rock City with as much absurdist spin as they can muster.
Besides the columnists, we're ALWAYS looking for regular reporters, editors and production people. This is a way for experienced journalists to give something to the community, for people who think they might like to try journalism as a career to become disenchanted without having to spend $20,000 on a master's degree, and if you ever wanted to see what it was like to be a shoe-string newspaper publisher in conditions of near-anarchy, this is your chance.
Message me for more information, or join our public Tribe at theblackrockbeacon.tribe.net/ and/or see our website at www.blackrockbeacon.org (where, if you were rolling in dough, you could make a small contribution to ensure that Black Rock City gets its daily news fix).
Lux. Veritas. Lardum.
