Invitation for Tender:

Book Editor/ Project Manager

 

Contract period: Approximately 6 months

 

Deadline for tender: 31 March 2020

 

Role Description

 

The Foreign Correspondents’ Club (FCC) is seeking a temporary Editor to act as Project Manager for a commemorative book chronicling the Club’s nearly 75-year history in Hong Kong, from the time the first batch of foreign correspondents relocated from China in 1949 to the present. This is a temporary position and can be done part time as long as the project is completed in the agreed time frame. The Editor must have the skills to see the project through from inception to completion.

 

The FCC envisions the book to primarily consist of photographs; some short written vignettes by former and current members around a common theme (such as “My Favourite FCC Memory”/ FCC conversations); and a review of past memorable events using all the back issues of The Correspondent Magazine as the key resource. Much of the work would consist of creatively deciding and outlining the theme and optimal length for the vignettes; identifying and commissioning others to write the vignettes; pouring through back issues of The Correspondent; and identifying the best photographs to illustrate the rich history of the Club. The Editor is responsible for securing all requisite photo approvals. The Editor is not required to do any of the writing, but would be responsible for assuring accuracy, standards and editorial consistency for all articles and captions. The Editor need not be a professional proofreader and can request funding for a proofreader near the completion date. The Editor is responsible for all editorial content, but not design.

 

Duties and Responsibilities

 

• To manage the book project from start to finish
• To present the creative vision for the final project and a realistic timetable for completion
• To identify, locate and commission past and current FCC members to write short stories.
• To personally review back issues of The Correspondent Magazine to ensure that key Club events and highlights are reflected in the book

 

 

 

 

 

The Ideal Candidate

 

• Familiarity with the FCC, its history, and some of its past most memorable personalities
• Creative thinker able to conceptualise the final project and bring it to completion
• Good organisational skills, detail oriented and excellent time management abilities
• Good interpersonal skills to cajole contributors to write, and then chase them up on deadline
• Past experience as an editor or writer, or working on a book or similar sized project
• A good sense of humour, ability to troubleshoot with a smile, no drama

 

Reports To:  The Communications Committee or its designated representative

 

Summary of Book Design

 

A portable contemporary in style look and feel sized book (EG: A5) of approximately 200 pages, largely pictorial. Out in print and on sale by 2023 with a preview book launch at the FCC on the cusp of its 75 YR anniversary EG: in the autumn of 2023.

 

Interested parties please submit your tender & a copy of your business registration before the deadline to:

FCC

North Block

2 Lower Albert Road

Central HK

 

Any questions please contact our Administration Department Ms Joanne Chung at (tel) 2844 2830 or (email) [email protected].

 

FCC Communications Committee

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Coronavirus: FCC events update Given the situation in Hong Kong with the outbreak of the coronavirus, the FCC is postponing its annual journalism conference from March until the autumn, and a networking evening for early career journalists scheduled for February 11. We will monitor the situation and announce new dates in due course.

 

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In recent years, the Board has identified a need to reform and update the way in which the Club handles disciplinary complaints. The idea is to put in place a new system which improves on the existing arrangements, ensuring that the disciplinary process is fair, principled, objective and efficient. This will involve amendments to the Club’s Articles of Association.

 

The last Board voted to modernize our disciplinary process in 2019/2020 so that complaints can be handled in a more expeditious and proportionate manner. This initiative was highlighted at the Annual General Meeting in May.

 

Members are invited to a Q&A session in Bert’s at 6:30pm on November 25, where the proposals will be explained. This event had been scheduled for November 11 yet was postponed. We look forward to seeing you in Bert’s.

Q&A Session on Proposed Reforms to Disciplinary Process Postponed

 

The Q&A session on proposed changes to the club’s disciplinary process scheduled for 6:30 p.m. tonight, Monday November 11, has been postponed. It will be rescheduled for Monday November 25 at 6:30 p.m. in Bert’s.

 

The FCC will operate with limited service today, with only bar and lounge service. The Dining Room and Verandah will be closed.

 

Thank you.

 

FCC