Edwin Black, the award-winning New York Times and international bestselling author of IBM and the Holocaust, War Against the Weak, The Transfer Agreement, Banking on Baghdad, Internal Combustion, The Plan, and Nazi Nexus, is now embarking upon his next project. He is recruiting volunteer researchers, reporters and web developers.
IBM and the Holocaust involved some 100 people in seven countries. Internal Combustion and War Against the Weak each involved more than 50 in five countries. Banking on Baghdad deployed 30 in five countries. With the advance of technology and collaborative working, both The Plan and Nazi Nexus required as few as a dozen assistants. A small number of new researchers will be needed for the next projects.
Project F. The very next book project code-named "Project F" for late 2010 release is one of sweeping history covering centuries and culminating in WWII. It requires delving into Holocaust-era records in several languages beyond English and German as well as 19th and 20th century materials. The timeframe for volunteers is August 2010 and requires a full-month of continuous availability and access to a physical library. We also need skilled Photoshop users who can make screen of grabs of academic content.
Project RL. The early 2011 book project code-named "Project RL" requires several crackerjack reporters and researchers skilled in the surgical extraction of information from corporations, government, and litigation records; topic is oil.
Project MD. The late 2011 and 2012 book project is code-named "Project MD" with the topic being technology. Locations will vary. Work will be mainly in English.
Acknowledgement credits in all three cases are available for sustained assistance.
TCEN. Beyond books, the main week-to-week project in 2010 and 2011 will be skilled editorial and content posting assistance at The Cutting Edge News, the online publication, with more than a million readers monthly. Online acknowledgement is available.
In addition, the following skills are sought: 1) Typists, especially those who can transcribe text from PDFs; 2) videomakers; 3) Graphic arts and designers, accomplished in C3 or C4.
Only those interested and ready to start immediately need apply. Continuity of availability is imperative. A non-disclosure agreement is required. Provide the following information:
- name
- phone for interview
- street contact information
- brief resume
- university database access
- availability for the next six months
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