Qualifications: Interest in writing and sports/outdoors journalism a necessity, experience a definite plus. Understanding of Wordpress and/or HTML preferred, but not necessary. Should be motivated, responsible, and willing to learn whatever he or she doesn’t already know.

What’s in it for you: A chance to learn more about writing and journalism, as well as gain behind-the-scenes experience at one of the internet’s coolest blogs with some of its coolest people.

Length of internship: Negotiable, but should ideally be available for a minimum of three months.

Please send cover letter to adam [at] matadornetwork [dot] com if interested. Resumes and writing samples are always welcome too.

GPSmyCity is looking for authors to work on the next generation of our city walking tour apps for the iPhone.

For more information about our program, you can review the Tour Author Information page and the Tour Author FAQ page on our website via the following links:

http://www.gpsmycity.com/author.html
http://www.gpsmycity.com/author-faq.html

“Our aim is simple. We want to help aspiring photographers realize their full potential in beginning a career in humanitarian and travel photography. We do this by helping them overcome that last barrier that is stopping them from turning full time. We provide them with the funds, the contacts, the opportunities and the support to ensure this critical hurdle is overcome and they begin their new career with the best possible head start,” states Marco Ryan.

One of two major awards to be offered annually by Focus for Humanity, the Foundation Fellowship is a grant of US$15,000 for a currently non full-time photographer keen to focus on photography as a career within the humanitarian or cultural field. The recipient may undertake their own photo assignment or work with a member of the Advisory Council on a new assignment with an NGO.

Included in the fellowship is a year’s membership of the IGVP (International Guild of Visual Peacemakers), a mentor from among the Guild’s members, marketing coaching and advice, and a stipend of up to US$5,000 towards new equipment.

The foundation is awarded by means of a competitive portfolio review and an assessment of an online application by the Foundation’s Advisory Council which is composed of acclaimed humanitarian and cultural photographers Gavin Gough, Matt Brandon, Jeffrey Chapman, Karl Grobl, Edoardo Agresti and David duChemin.

The fellowship is open to individual photographers who are not yet presently engaged in the full time business of creating and selling or licensing imagery. Additional details and eligibility requirements are available online at

http://www.focusforhumanity.org/grants-and-awards/

Applications may be submitted starting July 1, 2010 and must be uploaded to the FFH website before midnight (PDT) on August 30, 2010.

ABOUT FOCUS FOR HUMANITY
The hopes and struggles of people all over the globe are recorded by photographers whose profound commitment to their work is matched by their responsibility to their subjects. Our mission is to provide financial support, resources, and training for professional and amateur photographers who capture these stories of our shared humanity and to help fund their work with NGOs.

For more information, please contact:

Loren Roberts
loren.roberts@focusforhumanity.org

Marco Ryan
marco.ryan@focusforhumanity.org

The site is currently hiring an editorial assistant and is considering applications for an editorial intern. The specifications for each are below:

Editorial Assistant
This opening is an entry-level editorial position for a candidate with excellent command of the English language, a bachelor’s degree, and some previous experience writing and editing (published preferred, but unpublished no problem). We’re looking for someone self-motivated, organized, and efficient to provide support to the editors, create and maintain web pages, edit and proofread, optimize images for the web, give creative input as well as write occasional articles, blurbs, headlines etc. Working knowledge of Dreamweaver, Photoshop, HTML a plus. Salary based on skills and experience. Reply to Web Editor at: editorial@gayot.com.

Editorial/Tech Assistant

We have an opening for an in-house, full-time Editorial/Tech Assistant with an excellent command of the English language, a bachelor’s degree, some experience with websites and databases, such as HTML coding, PHP, Dreamweaver, and Photoshop, as well as experience writing and editing. We’re looking for someone self-motivated, organized, and efficient to provide support to the editors, create and maintain web pages and databases, edit and proofread, optimize images for the web, give creative input as well as write blurbs, headlines, etc. Salary based on skills and experience. Reply to Web Editor at: editorial@gayot.com.

Editorial Intern

We are looking for a bright editorial intern to assist editors in day-to-day tasks, fact-check and edit articles, optimize images for the web, and write occasional articles for our website. Applicants should have an excellent command of spoken and written English, computer literacy (Dreamweaver, Photoshop, web experience and HTML helpful), and be excited by world travel, fine dining and luxury living. Study in journalism, communications, or associated fields is a plus. Flexible schedule. Reply to Web Editor at: editorial@gayot.com.

Gayot Publications
4311 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 405
Los Angeles, CA 90010
USA

The deadline is fast approaching – July 31 – so start working on your photo essays.

Tell us your story with your best photos and a story that captures the true nature of a person, place or event. The Grand prize winner will receive a trip to Perpignan, France for Visa pour l’image and the opportunity to work with a National Geographic photographer.

Prize Details

Experience the world’s most vibrant photojournalism festival, VISA POUR L’IMAGE in Perpignan and meet National Geographic photographer Gianluca Colla. Discover the world’s finest photojournalist talent while soaking up the ambiance in Perpignan, capital of France’s Pyrenees-Orientales.

Eligibility

Contest is open only to legal residents of the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, who have reached the age of majority in their jurisdiction of residence at the time of entry.

Copyright

You retain your rights to the photograph however; by entering the contest Canon UK and National Geographic have the right to publish your photo online or in print for advertising and promotional purposes.

Visit the official website for more details.

- Lola

This time, they’ve announced that they’re looking for writers for three new “Day Trips” guide books– one for Chicago, one for Portland, OR, and one for Toronto.

The description of the series is as follows:

“The Day Trips series features trip-planning information for one-day getaways, including information on where to eat, where to shop, and where to stop along the way. Each book in the series typically contains around 25 day trips and has a word count of 60-65,000.”

Editor Kevin Sirois is looking for natives or people with extensive local knowledge/experience to write these guides.

If that’s you, send your cover letter and credentials to him at:
kevin.sirois@globepequot.com

The topic, unsurprisingly, is … the US Northeast. The goal of the contest isn’t even to showcase the best photos; it’s actually kind of silly. Details are here.

You won’t win fame or fortune, but you could win an expenses-paid trip.

If you can’t be comprehensive you might as well be opinionated… Entries due by August 31, 2010.

We were looking at all of our country guides and realised there were some big gaps – how is it we have a guide to Kazakhstan and not France, for instance? Plus a lot of our country guides were written in the early days of Road Junky and we need some fresh blood.

So we decided to have a contest to fill up our list in one big go.

The winning travel writer will get $1000 and the 20 runner ups will get $100 and their guides will be published,

So if you think you know any of the countries listed below like the back of your hand then read the rules REALLY, REALLY, REALLY carefully and submit your guide.

Travel Contest Rules

1. Read some of our country guides first to understand what we’re talking about. Check out some of the better ones like The Philippines, Italy and Hong Kong to get the idea.

2. We said ‘read the country guides first’!

3. Send us the Intro page and the People page first (more on the specific sections ) and we will select 21 entries to go through to the next round and complete the rest of the guide.

DON’T write the whole 6000 word guide and send it in until we’ve approved the first 2 pages!

4. Any entry that uses phrases like ‘land of contrasts’, ‘bustling marketplace’, ‘boasts natural wonders’ will be deleted without a second thought.

5. Photos aren’t necessary but are a plus if they’re entertaining – DON’T send us any files though, just include the links to your flickr page or whatever.

6. If you want to have a chance of winning please understand that we’re looking for ironic, outspoken, original writing that shows us the country in a whole new light. Lonely Planet already did bland and politically correct.

7. Final submission deadline for the first 2 pages is August 31st 2010. Then we will choose 21 writers to complete the full country guide. Once all the guides are finished we’ll probably get everyone to vote on their favourite.

8. If selected as winner or runner up you give us exclusive online rights to the work though you can do anything you want with the piece in print. You can submit as many guides as you want.

9. Include a short bio.

10. Send entries to submissions@roadjunky.com and mark your entry ‘contest country guide’.

Countries available:

Afghanistan
Algeria
Bulgaria
Canada
Chile
China
Croatia
Cuba
Czech Republic
Egypt
Estonia
Ethiopia
Finland
France
Greece
Guatemala
Honduras
Iceland
Indonesia
Ireland
Italy
Jamaica
Jordan
Kenya
Laos
Mali
Madagascar
Mozambique
Namibia
Nepal
Nicaragua
Nigeria
Norway
Papau New Guinea
Poland
Portugal
Senegal
Serbia
Singapore
Somalia
South Africa
Spain
Sweden
Turkey
Ukraine
Vietnam
Yemen

and maybe we’d consider other ones if they were particularly biting.

Full details are on the GuideGecko site.