DI Press Corps is looking for reporters

[theshadowknows]

I would love to contribute to this, I'm in a small village in Norway, but I do have time on my hand and are eager to do something to make a change.

Beautiful! The more of the international landscape we cover, the better.

[PiratesCut]

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We're looking for a few good members to build a Press Corps for the site. Members will receive Press credentials, including official badge, and will be expected to do occasional news stories and interviews in fields of their interest. There will be no number of story requirements, and members will discuss ideas amongst themselves as well as points of contact for potential interviews. Badges will come through the official United States Press Agency. They're a little on the expensive side to start, but will include a vehicle press pass, an official USPA press badge, and holder. These badges are officially recognized around the world, and along with a letter from the site can be used to get access to multiple events, and locations that you normally wouldn't be able to get in to. 

If you're interested, an official application will be placed on the site, to get you access to the new forums, where the "newsroom" will be located. I will be overseeing things as the "editor", but it will be a very informal and relaxed room, and all ideas will be looked at for stories. Things will be starting up in the coming days, so keep your eyes open, and feel free to reply if you are interested, and we'll put your name in the hat for when it starts to go live. 

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[eriathwen]

Hi Zaphod.

Do you remember me from ats, I put a couple of posts in short stories there.
I could possibly be of use when it comes to the ocean, I could be of help in a very broad way but especially commercial fishing.
I’ve done a lot of things during my 6 decades on this rock..
I am interested in discussing the possibilities.



Cheers……da pirate

Ooops, I responded to the wrong post, sorry ;)

[eriathwen]

Beautiful! The more of the international landscape we cover, the better.

Hi, I commented on this post earlier and said I might be willing to contribute. I'm not sure if I fully understand what you're looking for, or if my contributions would be what you're looking for. I'm deeply involved in what's happening in the world from an observer's perspective, but I don't know if that's exactly what you're looking for, so before I apply for a press pass, I thought I'd give you a taste of how I might contribute. Here's an example of what a report from me might look like, with varied topics of course ;)


The Programming of a Pandemic:

Reflections from an ObserverI’m no expert, just someone who watches the world and thinks about what I see. Over the years, I’ve noticed patterns—threads that tie together the chaos we’re fed and the control it breeds. The pandemic was no exception. It wasn’t just a virus; it was a stage, and we were all handed scripts we didn’t write.
Back in 2009, something felt off with the swine flu. The hype didn’t match the reality—a mild bug turned into a “pandemi” with a few keystrokes when the World Health Organization changed its definition. Gone was the need for severity; all it took was spread. That’s when the bells started ringing for me. Why the rush? Then came the Baxter incident—high-security flu material “accidentally” mixed with H5N1, a bird flu that could kill. They called it a mistake, but in a system that tight, mistakes like that don’t just happen. I wondered: if it hadn’t been caught by chance, would it have slipped into vaccines, sparked a real crisis, and given them more chaos to control?
Fast forward to 2020. The script flipped bigger. Lockdowns, masks, vaccines in record time—things I’d seen coming, like checking off a list from a decade ago. I watched leaders roll up to EU meetings in Brussels, masks on for the cameras, off the second the doors closed. It was theater, not safety. Meanwhile, I asked a simple, logical question on a government page—nothing wild, just common sense about their handling. Blocked. Post deleted. No answer needed; the silence said it all.
This isn’t about one event. It’s about a system—a hierarchy that’s been growing for centuries, rooted in blood ties and greed. They’ve said it themselves: too many people on this earth. Not for resources—there’s plenty if they’d share—but too many to control. Pandemics, economic stress, media noise—it keeps us in fight-or-flight, too tired to question. They push synthetic food, patented medicine, and “green” deals that blame us while they pollute. It’s a dance: create the sickness, sell the cure, and pocket the cash.
But here’s the thing—I believe in people. Cracks are showing. Whistleblowers speak up. Folks ditch the news for their own eyes. The net’s tightening, sure, but it might strangle itself. I tossed my TV in 2008, stopped chasing their programming. Found peace in crocheting a wonky sweater for my dog, painting messy canvases, learning piano from scratch. It’s not perfect, but it’s mine. That’s where the roots grow strong—in the small, the real.
What’s the way out? Start close. Grow a potato. Share with a neighbor. Skip the next upgrade. Let kids play without a scoreboard. It’s simple, but hard—takes guts to face the fear and shame they’ve baked into us. If the big shots laid their cards down, owned their mess, we’d forgive them. But it starts with us, one by one, until it snowballs.
I don’t have all the answers. I’m just watching, thinking, and maybe nudging a few to wake up. The world’s not lost yet—strong roots can still break stone.

I would appreciate feedback if this is something you think would be appropriate.

[Zaphod58]

Hi, I commented on this post earlier and said I might be willing to contribute. I'm not sure if I fully understand what you're looking for, or if my contributions would be what you're looking for. I'm deeply involved in what's happening in the world from an observer's perspective, but I don't know if that's exactly what you're looking for, so before I apply for a press pass, I thought I'd give you a taste of how I might contribute. Here's an example of what a report from me might look like, with varied topics of course ;)


The Programming of a Pandemic:

Reflections from an ObserverI’m no expert, just someone who watches the world and thinks about what I see. Over the years, I’ve noticed patterns—threads that tie together the chaos we’re fed and the control it breeds. The pandemic was no exception. It wasn’t just a virus; it was a stage, and we were all handed scripts we didn’t write.
Back in 2009, something felt off with the swine flu. The hype didn’t match the reality—a mild bug turned into a “pandemi” with a few keystrokes when the World Health Organization changed its definition. Gone was the need for severity; all it took was spread. That’s when the bells started ringing for me. Why the rush? Then came the Baxter incident—high-security flu material “accidentally” mixed with H5N1, a bird flu that could kill. They called it a mistake, but in a system that tight, mistakes like that don’t just happen. I wondered: if it hadn’t been caught by chance, would it have slipped into vaccines, sparked a real crisis, and given them more chaos to control?
Fast forward to 2020. The script flipped bigger. Lockdowns, masks, vaccines in record time—things I’d seen coming, like checking off a list from a decade ago. I watched leaders roll up to EU meetings in Brussels, masks on for the cameras, off the second the doors closed. It was theater, not safety. Meanwhile, I asked a simple, logical question on a government page—nothing wild, just common sense about their handling. Blocked. Post deleted. No answer needed; the silence said it all.
This isn’t about one event. It’s about a system—a hierarchy that’s been growing for centuries, rooted in blood ties and greed. They’ve said it themselves: too many people on this earth. Not for resources—there’s plenty if they’d share—but too many to control. Pandemics, economic stress, media noise—it keeps us in fight-or-flight, too tired to question. They push synthetic food, patented medicine, and “green” deals that blame us while they pollute. It’s a dance: create the sickness, sell the cure, and pocket the cash.
But here’s the thing—I believe in people. Cracks are showing. Whistleblowers speak up. Folks ditch the news for their own eyes. The net’s tightening, sure, but it might strangle itself. I tossed my TV in 2008, stopped chasing their programming. Found peace in crocheting a wonky sweater for my dog, painting messy canvases, learning piano from scratch. It’s not perfect, but it’s mine. That’s where the roots grow strong—in the small, the real.
What’s the way out? Start close. Grow a potato. Share with a neighbor. Skip the next upgrade. Let kids play without a scoreboard. It’s simple, but hard—takes guts to face the fear and shame they’ve baked into us. If the big shots laid their cards down, owned their mess, we’d forgive them. But it starts with us, one by one, until it snowballs.
I don’t have all the answers. I’m just watching, thinking, and maybe nudging a few to wake up. The world’s not lost yet—strong roots can still break stone.

I would appreciate feedback if this is something you think would be appropriate.

Sorry it took a couple days to get back to you.  I was out of town for a show. This is exactly the kind of thing we're looking for, and we'd love to have you write it. We want to set up almost an alternative news, covering everything from current events and mundane things, to breaking down walls on coverups and documenting things like the pandemic.  But we want to do the exact opposite of the media, and not push an agenda, and try to be unbiased about what we're writing.