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Teletimes Writer's Guide
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3938 W. 30th Ave.
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Vancouver, BC, V6S 1X3
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Canada
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¥What is Teletimes?
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Teletimes is a monthly general interest magazine which showcases
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different ideas and view points from around the world. Each issue has a
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"cover" story that focuses on an important international topic. Even
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though it is electronically produced and distributed, Teletimes tries not
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to focus on computer related topics since the Internet is already clogged
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with that sort of material.
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¥What are its goals?
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Teletimes seeks to present informed opinion and observation drawn from
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the experience of living in a particular place. We do not, at this point,
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have professional journalists with expense accounts :ÂD
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¥Why should I contribute to Teletimes?
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The usual reasons, worldwide fame, prestige and notoriety...though sadly,
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not money. While we do not pay our contributors as yet, we do get
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comments on particularly insightful or well written articles. And,
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technically, one can claim to be "published".
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Teletimes offers two main sections for readers and contributors. The
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"Features" section is devoted to articles, photographs and graphics that
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address the topic for the month. For those who have more to say or show,
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the "Departments" section provides regular monthly columns that offer our
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readers commentary that may or may not address the issue's central theme
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(it is after all, difficult to create a recipe that addresses problems in
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education!)
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¥Where can I get it and how much does it cost?
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Teletimes is available for free by sending your name and computer type to
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ian@breez.wimsey.com or by FTP at sumex-aim.stanford.edu in the
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info-mac/per directory. The latter only carries the Macintosh version.
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Teletimes is also available by mail, on diskette. A small fee will be
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charged to cover the cost of the disk and mailing charges. Our mailing
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address is at the beginning of this document.
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¥What should I write my article about?
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Each issue has a specific theme which most of the writers use as a guide
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for the subject of their articles. The theme is decided about a month in
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advance. Each issue will always mention the next upcoming topic to give
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writers time to prepare and readers something to look forward to. A
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couple of previous topics-of-the-month were: Problems in Education,
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Tourism and Political Systems.
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Writers may also choose to write an article based on one of the existing
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columns or start up their own monthly column.
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¥How should I write my article?
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A reader should read your article and come away knowing a bit more about
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the region that it was written in or was written about. Other than that,
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the article can be written in any way you want.
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¥Where should submissions be sent?
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We encourage writers to submit work by e-mail to ian@breez.wimsey.com. If
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for some reason you cannot send your material by e-mail, we do also
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accept material through snail mail (see beginning for address).
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¥When are articles due?
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Articles should be submitted by the 15th of each month. An article
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received on or before the 15th of March would most likely appear in the
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April issue.
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¥Can I include illustrations with my article?
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Absolutely! We definately encourage writers to submit illustrations or
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photos along with their articles in either PICT or TIFF format. Please
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e-mail us for the Photographer & Illustrator Guide. |