THE WIP(SM) INTERNET NEWS SERVICE
The Women’s International Perspective, The WIP, is a comprehensive news website of women contributors that reports world news, opinion, and commentary. Our mission is to provide quality news from the unique perspectives of women that is accessible worldwide and free to our readers.
The WIP is a balanced media source that promotes diversity and is not associated with any particular religion, political party, or cultural affiliation. As a worldwide collective of women writers, The WIP is an opportunity to eliminate the tremendous under-representation of women journalists and offers a greater diversity of background and opinion than typically found in one online news publication. The WIP strives to bring divergent cultures, opinions, and ideas together in solution-based dialog.
The WIP recognizes our global interconnectedness: our news stories offer a more humanistic view than traditional news stories; they are concerned with the human cost of global policy and the impact of events as they unfold.
The WIP honors underrepresented voices. We honor women, we honor the indigenous, we honor the poor, we honor the personal and the invisible, we honor stories that don’t get press and we honor the freedom that is the gift that comes with the open exchange of ideas, analysis, and opinion.
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SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
Working journalist. Emerging writer. Talented student. We are always eager to find and support strong and unique voices.
The WIP wants to hear from writers that can report and share local and world events. We value personal news stories from our writers' daily lives. We seek the global news that can reach far beyond any border.
Simply put, The WIP seeks quality writing that will:
• provide rich and diverse opinions,
• illuminate the issues,
• generate quality debate, and
• enhance human interaction.
The WIP's editorial team strongly encourages interested writers to read our exclusive articles before submitting to become familiar with our style and what we look for in our featured articles.
So let us hear from you. Please submit the following documents:
1. Cover Letter that clearly identifies your areas of interest and how you envision contributing
to The WIP.
2. Resume or Curriculum Vitae, including a list of publications. Even if you have not yet been published, we still encourage you to submit.
3. Analytic or Opinion Pieces, previously unpublished, 500-1500 words in length and fitting into any of our sections. Longer pieces will be considered and if published, may be published as a multi-part series. All factual and/or reference sources used by the writer must be documented and submitted with the piece.
4. Be sure to label each document clearly with your first name, last name, and country of residence. All documents should be sent in one of the following file formats:
• .rtf (Rich Text Format)
• .doc (Microsoft Word)
• .txt (Text)
Currently, we can only accept articles written in English. In the future, we will be able to accept and publish pieces written in many different languages.
We look forward to reading your unique, courageous, and challenging work! All submissions will be acknowledged within 3 business days.
For further information, to request our Writer Guidelines, to learn more about The WIP style or to submit your work, please contact:
Jacquie at submissions@thewip.net
Or call +1 831 644 0116
