AllAboutTheStory.com is offering a full journalism scholarship to the biggest and best web event in New Zealand – Webstock.
Webstock’s cool – and has a host of awesome and famous foreign and local speakers. In their own words:
Webstock 2011 will be the mostest bestest scientifically proven amazingest conference ever. In the history of the world. Fact.
The Allaboutthestory.com Media Scholar will get to attend Webstock 2011 (value $1195), interview big names from overseas tech companies (value: priceless), write at least 3 articles from the event (with career enhancing national and international interest in the topics and people) and swan up to the Onyas on Saturday night (Value $150, bring a camera for glamour and alcohol – always an entertaining mix)
You’ll need to prove your worth, writing:
- Why you would like to attend Webstock 2011
- Which speaker you most want to interview – and why
- Which publication you write for, or intend to pitch any Webstock-related stories to
- How the scholarship would help you in your career
- Why you’re the right person for the scholarship
You are a writer – so this stuff should be easy right? Email it to Julie Starr – julie@allaboutthestory.com – by January 30, 2011. More over at her blog
AllAboutTheStory matches work from quality writers with editors. It was founded by Julie Starr, who is assisted by a cast of co-owners including Rowan, Koz, and Amnon, Joshia Vial and Ensipral, Natalie from Decisive Flow and myself. We think it is almost as cool as Webstock, so if you are an editor or writer – head on over.
Lance Wiggs 