Labor Party advertises for editor for new ‘Crikey style’ news service
The Australian Labor Party (ALP) has hit its fundraising goal and started advertised for a “senior editor” to head up its daily online service, which the political party has described as its “own Crikey.”
The advertisement, posted this afternoon, calls for applicants capable of “writing, commissioning and presenting a complete news, features, commentary and information service to our direct audience of around 500,000 via email and social media.”
Last month, Labor national secretary George Wright announced in an email to members and supporters that the major political party was looking for subscribers to the “new online Labor Herald news service”, which at its launch will have one editor.
The new job advertisement make clear that the aim of the news service is around presenting content that will engage a readership beyond Labor’s supporters.
Isn’t the Daily Telegraph squealing like stuck pigs over the prospect of a newspaper for the working classes actually written by union/working people rather than an oligarch in a New York apartment building. I predict that shortly after the launch of this new publication, the Daily Telegraph and The Australian will scrap their print editions and a year or so later we will finally be rid of Akerman, Bolt, Blair and the other neo-fascist propaganda pushers masquerading as journalists.
http://www.facebook.com/AustralianLaborParty I have a good social media address for it. I own http://www.liberalnationalparty.com .org and .net too. I created the official PUP facebook group. Overqualified right? 🙂