Australian opinion site The Big Smoke expands to the US, covering American election

The Big Smoke’s US website

Australian opinion site The Big Smoke is expanding into the US two years after its local launch and has already signed a number of contributors including a Purple Heart awarded Iraq War veteran and drag queen Bianca Del Rio.

In Australia the site launched in November 2013 and has since published pieces by the likes of Anthony Albanese, Maggie Beer, Adam Spencer and Derryn Hinch.

Founder and publisher Alexandrea Tselios told Mumbrella the company looks to create a “fair playing field” for a variety of voices by purposely not hiring journalists and instead working with a network of 200, mostly unpaid, contributors.