Today a journalist in London applied to be a stringer (correspondent) for the "trade paper" I edit [a "trade" is for people who make movies, not those who watch them]. He wants to cover The Times/bfi 48th London Film Festival. My publication, although small, is well-respected: festivals usually give its stringers Press credentials.
The Bombay stringer is working out fine, readers appreciate his rather breathless reports on Bollywood. I had no idea that readers (mostly North Americans and Europeans) would be interested in the subject; so I am a little surprised that his work has attracted favorable notice.
Last Spring a man applied to cover the Copenhagen International Film Festival. I didn't hear a word from him for four months. I thought he had flaked out. Then, last month he contacted me. I arranged for a Press pass for him. He has been churning out reports and reviews -- about one a day, which is considerable.
This year I have recruited stringers to cover festivals in Birmingham, England; Boston; Chattanooga, Tennessee; Copenhagen; Los Angeles; London; New York; Seattle; and Singapore. So far, so good!
I would like to have more stringers: someone to cover Nollywood (movie-making in Nigeria); someone to cover the Rio de Janeiro Film Festival; someone to cover movie making in China; in Afghanistan (yes, there is activity in Afghanistan); in Turkey; in Pakistan; in Bangladesh; in Arabic-speaking countries. I would also like to have someone to report from Cannes,or better, La quinzaine des réalizateurs (Directors Fortnight) which takes place near Cannes at the same time as the Festival.
The Bombay stringer is working out fine, readers appreciate his rather breathless reports on Bollywood. I had no idea that readers (mostly North Americans and Europeans) would be interested in the subject; so I am a little surprised that his work has attracted favorable notice.
Last Spring a man applied to cover the Copenhagen International Film Festival. I didn't hear a word from him for four months. I thought he had flaked out. Then, last month he contacted me. I arranged for a Press pass for him. He has been churning out reports and reviews -- about one a day, which is considerable.
This year I have recruited stringers to cover festivals in Birmingham, England; Boston; Chattanooga, Tennessee; Copenhagen; Los Angeles; London; New York; Seattle; and Singapore. So far, so good!
I would like to have more stringers: someone to cover Nollywood (movie-making in Nigeria); someone to cover the Rio de Janeiro Film Festival; someone to cover movie making in China; in Afghanistan (yes, there is activity in Afghanistan); in Turkey; in Pakistan; in Bangladesh; in Arabic-speaking countries. I would also like to have someone to report from Cannes,or better, La quinzaine des réalizateurs (Directors Fortnight) which takes place near Cannes at the same time as the Festival.
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