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Hello,
I am a french journalist, who happen to be working in London this week, and I am super interested in knowing more about the rise against gentrification in Brixton. I'd be happy to meet people who participated to the demonstration you made last year and/or who are active in that community. Best best, Anna
who is it for? what slant will you be putting on it? will you pay people to talk to you?
good luck on here
 
Hello, Not sure if this debate is humoristic or not, so sorry if I answer 1st degree : but no, journalists don't pay for interviews (fortunately, especially considering I am broke). People talk to me only if they think it worth spending time explaining their point of vue and convictions, so I can write about it in the newspapers. I just thought that the gentrification process happens in a lot of cities and it is quite new people react, so it's interesting and this debate in your community could inspire people elsewhere in the world. I got a facebook page with my name, I am easy to contact. Apologies for my -sometimes strange - english writing. Best, Anna Borrel
 
no probs, teuchter will be happy to help, he is the man in the dark hood holding the sign in this picture
not as angry as he looks here! no need to pay him either, a biscuit will do :)
good luck AB

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Hello, Not sure if this debate is humoristic or not, so sorry if I answer 1st degree : but no, journalists don't pay for interviews (fortunately, especially considering I am broke). People talk to me only if they think it worth spending time explaining their point of vue and convictions, so I can write about it in the newspapers. I just thought that the gentrification process happens in a lot of cities and it is quite new people react, so it's interesting and this debate in your community could inspire people elsewhere in the world. I got a facebook page with my name, I am easy to contact. Apologies for my -sometimes strange - english writing. Best, Anna Borrel

You could just read the Board, the Brixton forum in particular. There are many threads that would give you a flavour of what you are looking for; that would be better than expecting information to be served up on a plate for you.
 
You'd think that people genuinely interested in getting their views to a wider audience might be a bit more friendly to the journalist.
 
Hello, Not sure if this debate is humoristic or not, so sorry if I answer 1st degree : but no, journalists don't pay for interviews (fortunately, especially considering I am broke). People talk to me only if they think it worth spending time explaining their point of vue and convictions, so I can write about it in the newspapers. I just thought that the gentrification process happens in a lot of cities and it is quite new people react, so it's interesting and this debate in your community could inspire people elsewhere in the world. I got a facebook page with my name, I am easy to contact. Apologies for my -sometimes strange - english writing. Best, Anna Borrel
i got paid £10 for a short interview with german tv about 13 years ago.
 
You could just read the Board, the Brixton forum in particular. There are many threads that would give you a flavour of what you are looking for; that would be better than expecting information to be served up on a plate for you.
I think you've got this assways. How is a journalist asking people if they want to be interviewed expecting information on a plate? Isn't interviewing people and asking them questions part of the research that goes into an article?

Just reading the boards and forming an opinion seems lazy journalism to me. Many have done it in the past just lifting quotes from here. I might be wrong but it seems like this person is willing to do much more work than that and should be commended.
 
I think you've got this assways. How is a journalist asking people if they want to be interviewed expecting information on a plate? Isn't interviewing people and asking them questions part of the research that goes into an article?

Just reading the boards and forming an opinion seems lazy journalism to me. Many have done it in the past just lifting quotes from here. I might be wrong but it seems like this person is willing to do much more work than that and should be commended.
that'll be in laurie penny's piece within a week
 
I think you've got this assways. How is a journalist asking people if they want to be interviewed expecting information on a plate? Isn't interviewing people and asking them questions part of the research that goes into an article?

Just reading the boards and forming an opinion seems lazy journalism to me. Many have done it in the past just lifting quotes from here. I might be wrong but it seems like this person is willing to do much more work than that and should be commended.

It ought to be the first thing they do and it looks like they have not bothered.
 
Imagine how many more pages this epic thread would be if the owners of C&F had tried to engage with the U75 community, like the poor sods who run OTC did...
 
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