http://matadoru.com Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:48:46 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Duties: Work as part of the team at Matador Sports by finding and editing photos, formatting pieces, doing research, proofreading, and assisting writers and editors as they put together features. May be occasionally asked to write posts. Qualifications: Interest in writing and sports/outdoors journalism a necessity, experience a definite plus. Understanding ... http://matadoru.com/matador-is-looking-for-a-sports-intern/ http://matadoru.com/downloads/ Here are the details: 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 http://matadoru.com/gpsmycity-com-seeking-writers-for-iphone-apps/ Focus For Humanity, a non-profit organization that provides grants to photographers working with our planet’s most vulnerable peoples, launches a $15,000 grant contest for an aspiring travel and humanitarian photographer, announced today co-founders Marco Ryan and Loren Roberts. "Our aim is simple. We want to help aspiring photographers realize their full ... http://matadoru.com/15000-fellowship-for-aspiring-travel-humanitarian-photographer/ Gayot is an online "guide to the good life." The site has travel, restaurant, hotel, lifestyle, wine, event, and food departments. 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 ... http://matadoru.com/gayot-hiring-editorial-assistant-editorial-intern/ Note - This photography competition is open to legal residents of UK and Ireland. 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. ... http://matadoru.com/national-geographic-magazine-canon-wants-your-story/ Globe Pequot's hiring again--they've been acquiring lots of new titles lately. 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 ... http://matadoru.com/globe-pequot-hiring-again-various-guide-books/ Yankee Magazine, a glossy mag whose geographic concentration is the US Northeast, has announced an editors' choice photo contest. 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 ... http://matadoru.com/yankee-magazine-photo-contest/ The website Road Junky has put out a call for travel guides: 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 ... http://matadoru.com/write-a-country-guide-win-cash/ GuideGecko is sponsoring a guide book writing contest for the second year in a row. Heavily dependent upon social media and your ability to get votes for the guide(s) you submit, you'll get a trip to the Frankfurt Book Fair if you win. Full details are on the GuideGecko site. ... http://matadoru.com/guidegeckos-guide-book-writing-contest-opens/