Opening with Yemen Times

Yemen Times, one of the largest English newspapers of the Middle East and the largest in Yemen needs a volunteer journalist for up to 48 hours a week for 12 months.

The volunteer should have very good language skills in English in addition to reporting, writing, proofing and editing skills.

The volunteer should have at least 3 years of experience as a reporter or an editor. Yemen Times has to keep itself going on a tight budget and in difficult political environment. The volunteer journalist will be expected to do all kinds of jobs and get things done by others, sometimes in very challenging settings.

Yemen Times will provide an accommodation at Sabri's Institute where the volunteer journalist will also get to attend Arabic classes. In addition the Yemen times will pay USD 600 per month to cover monthly expenses and airfare to and from home.

Interested people should send their CVs by 10 October 2007 to editor@yementimes.com