Pitches wanted (Silicon Valley, technology, etc.) | $750+ per article
Added 2024-11-27 19:55:32 +0000 UTCCOMPANY/PUBLICATION: REST OF WORLD
Joanna Chiu, China Editor at Rest of World, is looking for pitches:
EXCLUSIVE: Microsoft and Google supported Chinese tech companies that provide censorship and policing technologies to Chinese law enforcement, according to documents we reviewed.
Chinese startups' tech can help find missing children, but also play a role in censorship and surveillance.
One company incubated by Microsoft was later sanctioned by the U.S. government for alleged involvement in human rights violations in Xinjiang.
Four years after photos of Chinese police wearing smart glasses to identify fugitives went viral, Google accepted the Chinese company that supplied police with those glasses into its incubator program.
Silicon Valley tech giants run startup programs around the world in part to expand their own businesses. Chinese entrepreneurs might have viewed their lucrative work with police as improving public safety, experts say.
More context: https://restofworld.org/2024/microsoft-google-chinese-startup-incubator-police-surveillance/
But U.S.-China business ties are coming under increasing scrutiny amid tech rivalry.
As Trump prepares to take a second term, the kind of tech collaboration Microsoft once pioneered with China might be facing an end.
How will this play out? James Lewis, senior vice president of CSIS and a former U.S. diplomat, told us that the incubation programs are “bound to get shut down.”
We're looking for more stories about Silicon Valley activities around the globe, as well as Chinese tech impact around the globe. Please send story tips and pitches to my email.
Guidelines: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1pQJlWJKxFoc256qmuxK6nt9fUum2Eoy_EcsZn-mHvI0/edit?tab=t.0
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CONTACT INFORMATION (please do not share the email address publicly):
Questions/submissions: joanna@restofworld.org
Website: https://restofworld.org/
TO HELP YOU CRAFT YOUR PITCH:
Learn more about the publication: Rest of World is a digital publication that focuses on technology’s impact in regions often overlooked by mainstream media. It provides stories, analysis, and reporting from areas such as Latin America, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East. Rest of World covers how technology shapes societies, economies, and cultures, offering perspectives from local voices on the challenges and innovations that arise from tech in these regions. More information here.
Read through a selection of recent China-related stories/articles on its website.
Review the submission guidelines here.
Check out our collection of pitch excerpts on this page and find more sample pitches at The Open Notebook Database and at SuccessfulPitches.com.
Do not forget to end your pitch with (1) a short introduction about yourself; (2) a paragraph highlighting your writing experience, relevant credentials and publication credits; and (3) links to your strongest work or portfolio, and online profile.
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