<![CDATA[Write for io9! - io9 Comments]]> <![CDATA[Write for io9! - io9 Comments]]> <![CDATA[Write for io9!]]> Brings out the crazies! Have fun with those "resumes".

Liz Henry

]]> <![CDATA[Write for io9!]]> io9 - Im just throwing my name in for a chance, seeing as I dont exactly meet these requirements, but, like any desperate interviewee who knows they dont have a shot at the top, i'll play my trump cards.

Im currently studying a degree in Digital Animation and will hopefully doing some work placement at Framestore or another London (England) based FX house - so special effects work is covered. As you may have guessed, I live near london and intend on visiting the London Sci Fi Film Festival (I even intend on enterting the 2 day film shoot competition, as I hope to be a film creative (Director/Producer/Editor) in the future once im done with this course.

I also have a few contacts whom work in Hollywood, not being able to name names, I have access to people who work on, or who are close to, Speed Racer, Avatar, Battlestar Galactica and some other projects.

Worth a stab in the dark, eh?

DangerousDac

]]> <![CDATA[Write for io9!]]> dear io9, i will be sending you my resume shortly, i presently live in honolulu, i have been lucky enough to work for the film & stage industry for over 7 years now. i have worked on the set of LOST as an extra for 3 seasons, i also work as a technician for shows like aerosmith, the police, and some corporate gigs. i would make a great "fly on the wall" reporter. -blurey

blurey

]]> <![CDATA[Write for io9!]]> I nominate myself for the yet nonexistent position of Video Game Science analyst.

Project Thanatos

]]> <![CDATA[Write for io9!]]> @Lampbane: Well once we hire a couple more writers, we might be able to remedy that problem.

Annalee Newitz

]]> <![CDATA[Write for io9!]]> @Bluecell:

I hate how both this and Idolator shut down over the weekend. Okay, sure, we all have lives (or so we claim) but two days without anything new to read is just maddening.

...especially when you're stuck home on a Saturday night. Which does happen, from time to time.

Lampbane

]]> <![CDATA[Write for io9!]]> @Lampbane: I agree.

Save for the last weekend at Wondercon there's really no posts over the weekend on io9. Which is unfortunate, because that's when people are home longest to read them.

Bluecell

]]> <![CDATA[Write for io9!]]> @mik3cap: Full-time job. There are requirements for how many posts you do, but hey if you can do 8 amazing posts in one hour, you'll only work 5 hours a week. By the way, you would be shocked how long it takes to do one post. Not to mention all the time you'll spend chatting in comments when you should be working on the next post. Erg.

Annalee Newitz

]]> <![CDATA[Write for io9!]]> I'm excited that one of my favorite new blogs is expanding! I think the people you're looking to hire on sound like a prefect fit for you.

aghostinthemachine

]]> <![CDATA[Write for io9!]]> Don't worry -- you won't notice a giant leap in the number of posts. You'll just see a lot more meaty, well-researched stuff.

Annalee Newitz

]]> <![CDATA[Write for io9!]]> @Prest0: nth-ing this idea. Too many posts means the good stuff gets lost. I like that io9 takes a few hours off. We all need to sleep (at least for now).

Evil Tortie's Mom

]]> <![CDATA[Write for io9!]]> I must be the only person who thinks this blog doesn't post enough!

30 articles a day isn't bad, but when a lot of them are things I would never read, then the blog seems rather skimpy. Kotaku is of course, the exact opposite, flooding the reader like whoa. But at least that means I'll find something that's up my alley.

I can put up with only a handful of posts appearing every day, but they need to be meaty.

Lampbane

]]> <![CDATA[Write for io9!]]> Interesting stuff from Murder City! Oh Gosh, when would you like the landslide of dystopian images to begin? LOL. Let's hope Penguicon is cool. Can I get a press pass from io9 and a couple grand to throw a really nice io9 room party? Please? No, really, I'm being serious; parties are expensive!

Jeff-Minor

]]> <![CDATA[Write for io9!]]> Obi Kenobi is Magic! VERY cute kid. I find it interesting that this kid can deal with planets blowing up! I don't think I knew what a planet was when I was her age.

Jeff-Minor

]]> <![CDATA[Write for io9!]]> @Jeff-Minor: We have the tips@io9 email for that stuff! Please do send us pictures of Murder City - heh - and interesting stuff from Penguicon.

Annalee Newitz

]]> <![CDATA[Write for io9!]]> @EDread83:
I agree, but c'mon: digg, reddit, sphere, that yo-yo one...just seems like a regular user-generated niche thing.

although I would LOVE to know who is backing it. (and yes, too lazy to WHOIS.)

mitchel_stevens

]]> <![CDATA[Write for io9!]]> @tetracycloide: Well, maybe an economist that could write coherently. :)

Ourobolus

]]> <![CDATA[Write for io9!]]> @Dustin L.: That kid is ridiculously cute. I hope my kids develop a sci-fi love at a young age too.

EDread83

]]> <![CDATA[Write for io9!]]> Here's your girl, right here:


+ Watch video

Dustin L.

]]> <![CDATA[Write for io9!]]> @Annalee Newitz:

Wuv!

Seth L

]]> <![CDATA[Write for io9!]]> @mitchel_stevens: i'm not saying they are taking credit but what is the point of having a page that does nothing more but link to another page?

Stop cluttering the internet!

EDread83

]]> <![CDATA[Write for io9!]]> Is this a permanent type job? Or is it contracted work? Is there a weekly requirement in terms of hours to put in?

mik3cap

]]> <![CDATA[Write for io9!]]> Zeppelined, I thought it was actually for tips, you know, like donations to the site. Not that I'd mind paying to be here. I pay to use sff.net, why not here? Would I get a VIP card or a io9 T-shirt?

Jeff-Minor

]]> <![CDATA[Write for io9!]]> @Seth L: I've known Star Crunch from the original Man or Astroman lineup for years. I'll see what I can do.

Lynn Peril

]]> <![CDATA[Write for io9!]]> Oh, is that what the tips email is for? I thought it was so we could slip you guys a ducat via Paypal every now and then.

Ed Grabianowski

]]> <![CDATA[Write for io9!]]> Suggestion: Boing Boing has a suggestion box that people can send links to, which in turn the editor might find worthy of posting. This post may include the original bit someone has written to describe the post's subject. Also, you might get some people who live in places like Murder City (some people call it Detroit), where a movie like The Island had some location shots. I would have enjoyed taking a few picture and sending them to you. Or, the upcoming Penguicon 08. I think a few of us here will be going.

Jeff-Minor

]]> <![CDATA[Write for io9!]]> @geekgrrl: It is a lot -- and on high news days, we need somebody who can crank out a lot of good copy.

Annalee Newitz

]]> <![CDATA[Write for io9!]]> Hm. I'm a science writer. Several years' experience. Journalist background. Love sci-fi. Right then! That resume/cover letter is in the io9 inbox!

Ed Grabianowski

]]> <![CDATA[Write for io9!]]> @Seth L: We love your tips! And we've used a couple of them.

Annalee Newitz

]]> <![CDATA[Write for io9!]]> @EDread83: We should ask them to stop doing that. Sounds spammish.

Annalee Newitz

]]> <![CDATA[Write for io9!]]> @EDread83:
well, it isn't actually taking credit. In fact, it looks like some weird combo of reddit/digg and a site aggregator--just one that only picks up io9.

mitchel_stevens

]]> <![CDATA[Write for io9!]]> How about a few reviews published on AICN? Other than that, I'm a bit out of luck. Need any 23 year old corporate paralegals fresh outta college? Oh well. :(

PVIII

]]> <![CDATA[Write for io9!]]> @Annalee Newitz: i just visited their page and all it has is links to IO9. I guess its good that they point people this way but why not just take everything off their page and just have it say "VISIT IO9"?

EDread83

]]> <![CDATA[Write for io9!]]> I am fairly confident in my ability to take John Brownlee in a fight.

So, if you ever need someone to fight him, I'm your man.

mitchel_stevens

]]> <![CDATA[Write for io9!]]> @Tim Faulkner:

No, pick and choose, I think they all hit the spam bin.

I'm still waiting for an article on Man-or-Astro Man.

Seth L

]]> <![CDATA[Write for io9!]]> @Bryan Price: Sigh. Are they still sucking up our content?

Annalee Newitz

]]> <![CDATA[Write for io9!]]> @Prest0: I don't think this will necessarily lead to more posts on the blog... just let us keep the quality up. It would let me do more editing and help out Annalee with admin stuff. Plus maybe we could get outside and see the sun occasionally.

Charlie Jane Anders

]]> <![CDATA[Write for io9!]]> Does that including taking every article written here and posting it on SciFinds?

Bryan Price

]]> <![CDATA[Write for io9!]]> @Prest0: i have to agree. 8-10 posts a day is a lot, no matter how short they are.

geekgrrl

]]> <![CDATA[Write for io9!]]> @zerofritz: I 3rd (or is it 4th now?) that sentiment. Even with an RSS reader (or maybe because of it?) I'm drowning in io9 posts. I'd rather get a dozen highly relevant posts a day rather than a deluge of posts about semi-relevant topics.

io9: More is not better! Please put the brakes on postflooding.

Prest0

]]> <![CDATA[Write for io9!]]> It's bad enough that I live and breath sf to the extent that I come here and blather on...ah, like I'm doing now. After I get published (one day...), I'll see if I can do some science writing for y'all. I'm real big into the science of unintelligent design.

Jeff-Minor

]]> <![CDATA[Write for io9!]]> @zerofritz: Actually, I can admit that my love for kataku has waned significantly since the posts become so numerous I couldn't comfortable watch the front page.

JoeyTheHobo

]]> <![CDATA[Write for io9!]]> I'm waiting for an opening that doesn't require any actual original reporting, just finding crap online that you guys don't already have... like I do now, except I'd get paid for it. Plus write snarky copy and post images. That I can do quite well.

And I don't wanna move to L.A. or back to NYC; just want to stay in my secure, undisclosed location.

Lemme know, Annalee. I'll send you links and clips any time you want. I'm here for ya. (Charlie, too. Right Charlie?)

RRich

]]> <![CDATA[Write for io9!]]> (glares at his mistakes in above post. Pounds head on desk.)

Plague

]]> <![CDATA[Write for io9!]]> I'm disqualified by the fact that I get all my facts correct and am right in all opinions.

Plus, I have a job that only allows me to comment endlessly, not write full articles.

But this makes me wonder about the originally hiring process for this part of the Gawker empire...

;)

Plague

]]> <![CDATA[Write for io9!]]> @Seth L: Aren't those two observations contradictory?

Tim Faulkner

]]> <![CDATA[Write for io9!]]> @Seth L: If your blog post is longer than a memo, you're doing something wrong.

Gopherit

]]> <![CDATA[Write for io9!]]> Awww. I eat and breathe sci-fi, but my life is firmly grounded in regular, boring science. That, and moving to New York or L.A. would require I lobotomize myself, which might affect my writing.

Hope you pick a winner.

Gopherit

]]> <![CDATA[Write for io9!]]> I do submit tips all the time.

That never get printed...

@zerofritz:

Seconded.

Seth L

]]> <![CDATA[Write for io9!]]> @geekgrrl: No. That is exactly the argument that both your average Lawyer and your average Jedi would make.

The only difference is how many people end up believing it.

92BuickLeSabre

]]> <![CDATA[Write for io9!]]> just an aside, semi-related at best: please, please, PLEASE don't make this blog publish as many articles as (say) Kotaku and Gizmodo. I know you want to push clicks and page impressions, but the onslaught of content is killing those sites. it's impossible to keep up, even via an RSS reader.

I'm currently loving the news and original content available here, just like I enjoyed the content at other gawker blogs before they mostly turned into "link to press release" sites.

zerofritz

]]> <![CDATA[Write for io9!]]> @92BuickLeSabre:

I took English 101 and 120! Does that count? And I haven't written anything longer then a memo in four years?

Seth L

]]> <![CDATA[Write for io9!]]> @92BuickLeSabre: being a lawyer, you could argue that because you're not qualified, you are so qualified that there's no way you can't get the job. wait, i might be mixing up lawyers and jedis.

geekgrrl

]]> <![CDATA[Write for io9!]]> does the science writer position have to be based anywhere in particular?

geekgrrl

]]> <![CDATA[Write for io9!]]> @tetracycloide: Or lawyers.

I'm totally qualified...except insofar as I'm totally not qualified at all.

92BuickLeSabre

]]> <![CDATA[Write for io9!]]> ::sigh:: Yet again I question my love of science versus my love of writing. I wish I actually had more real-world experience so I could apply for the science position.

JoeyTheHobo

]]> <![CDATA[Write for io9!]]> I qualify! Excvept I have opinions instead of talent! And no connection to entertainment or science.

But yeah, opinions!

Seth L

]]> <![CDATA[Write for io9!]]> science fiction blogs are never interested in employing economists...

tetracycloide

]]> <![CDATA[Write for io9!]]> Sadly I'm a scientist, but not that much of a writer.

BloggyMcBlogBlog

]]> <![CDATA[Write for io9!]]> @ManchuCandidate: If you've got other writing samples, it sure wouldn't hurt that you've been posting a lot of comments!

Annalee Newitz

]]> <![CDATA[Write for io9!]]> Damn. Does posting comments count?

I think I could do the Science guy job. I rights guds and clere for an injinear...

ManchuCandidate

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