Writing Gig of the Month: Rolling Stone Meets MTV
Travel Blog • Jim Benning • 04.03.06 | 6:21 PM ET
It’s not travel writing, but it’s too good to pass up mentioning. From JournalismJobs.com: “Rolling Stone is looking for aspiring amateur journalists to compete for a one-year staff position with the magazine—while MTV tapes the competition for a new reality series. Working with the magazine’s top editors, competitors will hone their writing skills and secure interviews with major musicians, actors, and politicians.” Rolling Stone has more details. You can imagine the pitch meeting for this: “It’s ‘The Real World’ meets ‘The Apprentice’ meets Cameron Crowe’s ‘Almost Famous’!” When is National Geographic Traveler going to team up with the National Geographic Channel for a travel-writing version? Better yet, MTV: Have your people call our people. World Hum needs a plucky intern. We can put the candidates through the travel editorial paces. They can brood and squabble and battle their addictions and endure flying coach in front of the cameras. It’ll be great TV.
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Jim Benning is the editor and co-founder of World Hum.
Keith Bellows 04.04.06 | 10:53 AM ET
Jim—This is a terrific idea. We’re going to run with it and see what our brthren at the Channel thinks. Thanks for your brainstorm.
Best,
Keith, Editor, National Geographic Traveler
Jim 04.04.06 | 1:00 PM ET
Great, Keith! I look forward to hearing what comes of it!