Scoop.co.nz's Werewolf Edition 2 Is Now Available!

Wednesday, 8 July 2009, 11:33 am
Article: Alastair Thompson

Dear Scoop Subscriber,

On the full moon last night the team here at Scoop published Edition No. 2 of Werewolf (See... http://werewolf.co.nz/ ).

The project has been warmly embraced by contributors and it is another bumper edition featuring an in depth interview Werewolf editor Gordon Campbell of Labour Party leader Phil Goff.

The contents of this edition are:

FEATURES:
Gordon Campbell: An interview with Labour leader Phil Goff
http://werewolf.co.nz/2009/07/phil-goff-interview/

James Robinson: Eyeball Economics – Making a living on the Net
http://werewolf.co.nz/2009/07/eyeball-economics/

Catriona MacLennan: Worth Fighting For - The gender pay gap in New Zealand.
http://werewolf.co.nz/2009/07/worth-fighting-for/

Brannavan Gnanalingam - The ‘Fourth World’ cinema of Barry Barclay
http://werewolf.co.nz/2009/07/get-that-camera-out-of-here-we%e2%80%99re-making-a-film/

COLUMNS:
Rosalea Barker: In California, Education Just Doesn’t Pay
http://werewolf.co.nz/2009/07/left-coasting-2/

Classics: Children’s book illustrator Garth Williams and The Rabbits’ Wedding
http://werewolf.co.nz/2009/07/classics-3/

The Complicatist: Bradford Cox of Deerhunter doowop.
http://werewolf.co.nz/2009/07/the-complicatist-2/

Sporting Life: Are heavyweight boxers these days are getting way TOO big
http://werewolf.co.nz/2009/07/sporting-life-2/

Lyndon Hood: on the irony of satire
http://werewolf.co.nz/2009/07/from-the-hood-2/

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Scoop.co.nz General Manager

(on behalf of Werewolf editorGordon Campbell &
for the team at Scoop.co.nz and Werewolf.co.nz)

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Alastair Thompson is the co-founder of Scoop. He is of Scottish and Irish extraction and from Wellington, New Zealand. Alastair has 24 years experience in the media, at the Dominion, National Business Review, North & South magazine, Straight Furrow newspaper and online since 1997. He is the winner of several journalism awards for business and investigative work.

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