Anybody else get this?

[Jim Saueressig]

I got this yesterday, it was followed by full contact information (address, phone, email etc) for the editor which I left off..

Hello. I was browsing weather photos on Flickr and came across the photos you uploaded of thunderstorms and lightning in your area, and I see from your profile that you're interested in storm-chasing.

I'm a national editor at Fox Interactive Media in NYC and we're building a database of weather contributors who submit photos, video, audio or written reports about local weather events. I was hoping I could add you to it.

Be assured we are not marketers or sales people -- we are MyFox news editors seeking good user-generated weather content. We may contact you to inquire if you have photos, video or can even do an interview about a local weather event.

In exchange we would:
>> Credit any submissions to you or your blog
>> Send you a link to any story that includes your content
>> Provide you direct contact with our editorial team (*edited*@fox.com) if you have weather news to pitch
>> My personal contact info
>> We also may grant you early access to new weather news products

If you're interested in becoming one of our MyFox weather contributors, please send me the info below and I'll add you to the database. If you want to speak with me directly don't hesitate to call.

*Contact details removed*

 

[Dennis Sherrod]

Jim
Sort of sounds somewhat interesting, yet they don't seem to mention any financial compensation for any of your work. May look pretty good on a esume, but doesn't pay any bills though and that seems strange to me coming from a network the size of Fox.

 

[Jim Saueressig]

Jim
Sort of sounds somewhat interesting, yet they don't seem to mention any financial compensation for any of your work. May look pretty good on a resume, but doesn't pay any bills though and that seems strange to me coming from a network the size of Fox.

Yes sir, ... it ends at interesting however because of the "lack of" financial compensation. Fox is big enough to fork over a few dollars for pictures and videos, lord knows they make enough from showing them to others. I would like exposure just like anyone else but if everyone gives it away we will all end up losing in the end because they would have enough free media that they would not have to pay for any of it in the future. I may contact them for further info but they are just like everyone else in my book. "You get what you pay for and if you don't pay you don't get much"