Myriam Scuttlebutt (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
cardboard_journalism) wrote2015-04-30 02:27 pm
cardboard_journalism) wrote2015-04-30 02:27 pm
Inbox [cerealia]
"Sss, sss, sss.
You've reached the desk of Myriam Scuttlebutt.
If you're calling to submit a story to the Cerealia Times, please press 1.
If you're calling to inquire about employment with the Cerealia Times, please press 2.
If you're calling to make a complaint about a story in the Cerealia Times, you are free to hang up. Complaints will only be accepted as submitted letters to the editor, delivered in physical form.
If you're calling for any other reason, please leave a message after the beep."
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[if 1 is pressed]
"You've reached the extension for submitting a story to the Cerealia Times. Please describe your story after the beep. For reference, please include your name and contact information. You may also make your tip anonymously, or ask for anonymity. As a source, your anonymity is protected by law, and will not be revealed without your express permission.
Kahk-kahk... Keep in mind, you cannot be financially compensated for information you provide, for reason of journalistic ethics. ...no, really, journalists aren't supposed to do that."
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[if 2 is pressed]
"The Cerealia Times is in need of correspondents, reporters, photojournalists, and delivery personnel.
Correspondent: you are expected to respond to stories that break out in an assigned section of Cerealia, report the information at the scene, interview witnesses, and supply written stories. Mild literacy is required.
Reporters: you are expected to actively pursue assigned stories and conduct related interviews in a timely manner. Mild interpersonal skills a plus, but not essential. With approval, you will be free to investigate your own stories.
Photojournalists: you are expected to record newsworthy events on film. This may require taking shots under suboptimal conditions.
Delivery personnel: you are expected to transport, unload, and fold bundles of newspaper around Cerealia.
All of these jobs take long hours and are very demanding... but they're worth it. --Except for the delivery job, that's just busywork. Sss, sss!
Leave your contact information, desired post, and brief description of your experience, if any!"
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You've reached the desk of Myriam Scuttlebutt.
If you're calling to submit a story to the Cerealia Times, please press 1.
If you're calling to inquire about employment with the Cerealia Times, please press 2.
If you're calling to make a complaint about a story in the Cerealia Times, you are free to hang up. Complaints will only be accepted as submitted letters to the editor, delivered in physical form.
If you're calling for any other reason, please leave a message after the beep."
[boop]
[if 1 is pressed]
"You've reached the extension for submitting a story to the Cerealia Times. Please describe your story after the beep. For reference, please include your name and contact information. You may also make your tip anonymously, or ask for anonymity. As a source, your anonymity is protected by law, and will not be revealed without your express permission.
Kahk-kahk... Keep in mind, you cannot be financially compensated for information you provide, for reason of journalistic ethics. ...no, really, journalists aren't supposed to do that."
[boop]
[if 2 is pressed]
"The Cerealia Times is in need of correspondents, reporters, photojournalists, and delivery personnel.
Correspondent: you are expected to respond to stories that break out in an assigned section of Cerealia, report the information at the scene, interview witnesses, and supply written stories. Mild literacy is required.
Reporters: you are expected to actively pursue assigned stories and conduct related interviews in a timely manner. Mild interpersonal skills a plus, but not essential. With approval, you will be free to investigate your own stories.
Photojournalists: you are expected to record newsworthy events on film. This may require taking shots under suboptimal conditions.
Delivery personnel: you are expected to transport, unload, and fold bundles of newspaper around Cerealia.
All of these jobs take long hours and are very demanding... but they're worth it. --Except for the delivery job, that's just busywork. Sss, sss!
Leave your contact information, desired post, and brief description of your experience, if any!"
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That's right! Do you have any official statement to make on behalf of Ms. Recreare or the CERES' corporation at this time? We anticipate an Extra edition will be published shortly.
Perhaps you would like to provide information for a proper obituary for the previous CEO?
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And a statement on what? You've already questioned our CEO. If you had anything new to ask, I can give our thoughts but otherwise, on the matter of Julius Vincere's murder, there isn't any new information at this time.
An obituary:
Julius Vincere, 32, was killed in an apparent homicide occurring in the early hours of the morning this past Saturday, January 17th. He will be missed by both friends and family alike and respected in death as a true visionary and honored CEO. A memorial service will be held off planet for those closest to him but any Cerealians wishing to pay their respects may visit the CERES established memorial at the local shrine located within the Pleasure District.
"After all, to the well-organized mind, death is but the next great adventure." - Unknown
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[good, possibly blood-stained hands...]
I mean a formal statement from CERES as an organization regarding the scene. "CERES is very shocked by this unjustified murder and mourns the loss of CEO Julius Vincere." Blah blah blah. "We look forward to announcing the person responsible is caught as we begin our investigation." Blah blah blah. "We anticipate changes as new CEO Miss Bellona Recreare restructures the company and ask for your patience." --You know. Put your best PR-spin on it!
Though if you want me to just reiterate what Miss Recreare said I'll do that.
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Otherwise, I would not dream to hold my words above Ms Recreare's. If she's already given you a statement, again why did you request me?
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Absolutely! The obituary you provided will be printed. Thanks!
Actually, there is one issue I was wondering if you could clarify. Miss Recreare made the point that us relocated are "visitors," to quote her. Which is fair enough.
What if, and pardon me for using hypotheticals, but what if someone relocated wished to voluntarily abandon plans to return home and instead live here permanently? Would there be a pathway to do this, and perhaps, leave the colony?
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I imagine this would be in the case of someone who was previously dead or in some kind of trouble at home, correct? Unfortunately at present time, this isn't a feasible option just because of the instability of the code and the threat of the Flamines. Yet CERES is still working very hard to make life here in Cerealia a bit more steady so in the future, I do not see any reason for this to not be an option. Are you wishing to relocate, Miss Scuttlebutt?
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[surely life in Cerealia hadn't been that bad. She had made friends, enemies, and put together a real newspaper. Not just a newspaper of her own like in Themis, but in a world where she controlled the only bastion of print journalism to be found. And-- she had to face facts: even if she went home, it was likely she wouldn't see Juniper, Robin, or Hugh again after graduation anyway...
Staying permanently did sound the tiniest bit tempting. The alternative was going home with her best career aspirations being to find work as a reporter on someone else's newspaper, or possibly go freelance and risk never having work.
--Then again, if being a "real Cerealian" meant working for the CERES PR department, then that wouldn't be fun either.]
Not at this time, thanks!
One last question! Everyone's very curious about these Flamines. Is there any visual reproduction of them you could provide? Perhaps a photo? Physical recreation? Artist's depiction?
[Couldn't get worse than a doodle on a napkin.]
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[ And then the video comes on, though it doesn't show much of Mosley. Just part of a torso sitting at a desk, wearing a suit. A very, very pale hand scribbles with a pen on a piece of paper and holds up the paper to the camera.
The paper just has an unhappy face on it. :( He switches back to text. ]
They're not very pleasant people.
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[Kahk-kahk-kahk]
Thank you for your time! Keep in touch. The Cerealia Times will always be there to bring the benefit of the free press to Cerealia.
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