Celliers, Peter

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Hollins University Hollins Digital Commons Mildred E. Persinger Papers Manuscript Collections 1975 Letter from Peter Celliers to Marcia Ximena Bravo, May 1, 1975 Peter Celliers Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.hollins.edu/persinger-papers  Part of the Women's History Commons Recommended Citation Celliers, Peter, "Letter from Peter Celliers to Marcia Ximena Bravo, May 1, 1975" (1975). Mildred E. Persinger Papers. 343. https://digitalcommons.hollins.edu/persinger-papers/343 This Letter is brought to you for free and open access by the Manuscript Collections at Hollins Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Mildred E. Persinger Papers by an authorized administrator of Hollins Digital Commons. For more information, please contact lvilelle@hollins.edu, millerjc@hollins.edu. -To: Bravo, From: etcr Cellier. 1.) Th reject involve publi hit d,ilie over at o-week peri , Ju ay 1, ~ .. cc: Mildred er inger 12 ei ht-p 1J 19 to July 3. tabloid or preli inary -re <rch ~nd ation of number of re-rve _tories, any .t ff hir should h,v an xtra week to ten days: to inclu an all-d y plannin session and t least on dr~ run in l xico, alon with intervie rn with arrivin d legat s n oth r pre- onf cov r g. t-ff sho 1 b int xico Ju 13 at lat t. 2.) ,hil activ ly at work, we have to count -- per your in-dication -- on cover ge in panish nd English of two consec-utive ses ion daily of th ribune plus subsidiary group met-ing and, in addition to pen ry sessions at the beginning and end, to wor ing committees nd a com ittee of th whole in ar-llel a ions of the conference. Thi ~ ems to c 11 for two English and tw sp-nish-language re-porter ch at the Tribune and onference for total of four and four -- or c y we coul run 3 an 3 s an econo y, ith a f ature colu nist shuttling bet eon Tl ltelolco nd the Medical Center and counting lso on li ited h lp -- t le st for f tur s nd interview from th 10 "encounter" journalists, plus fea-ture from th f re rt rs on we ends. photographer would be assign d to each meting center and a c rtoonist would lternat betw en the two. 3.) As for "desk" taff, w should count on a multi-lingual day editor (10 a.m. to 8 p •• } to handle e~rly stories, letters to the ditor, res rve featur s, Conferenc and Tribune agenda, etc •• and to (one panish, one English) ni_ht editors (6 p.rn. to 4 .m.) ho would ul o run. The niJht t ff journalist to abstr~ct read proof ~ ................ ..,.. . c · Sh_ ~t p :ess hould b suppl tente y 3 Fr nch speakin< tories into column in Pr nch, just as continued ••••• • "" rcia;.."'Aimena r e.Vo - 2 -the two night editors would ab En lish column and vice v rs. motorcycle messenger hould be o make-u, itor who should work fr.om about 8 p •• to 2 a •• tract Spanish stories into an n editorial secretary and a ~i<.: n d to both hifts. Uld exic n union man - - would 4.) Deliveri tom in hot ls would presumably be hnndled by Nove art of th contract for printing -- and for offices c, ad quately furnishe with desks, typ writ rs and enough telephones. ov do 0 hould also supply two cars and drivers -- or at last on on a 10 a.m. to 10 p . m. shift. 5 . ) · This ti at of taff ay hi h -- but, based on our di cussion nd some unc rt inty s to th caliber of journalist v il bl, its.em"' to be th low st" afe" nu l.>er . I myself would function in an ov rseeing, i:oving capacity abl to sub-stitute ~t any moment for any of th taff in En lish, rench or Spanish, an providing critical liaison ,lso with the Tribune Director. 6.) ource of taff is till o ewhat uncertain - - sine ~ll tho really good r porters (Mexican nd foreignl. inM xico will presumabl be coverin these me tings for their papers. ( could , of cour , --sl· th m to .osit black copies ·ith us an pay the for any sto.ry used.) Of th oth rs who ar true fr e-lnncer or string r for monthly or eckly publications, a very few ( tarjoria ockett, e~ i~ albraith, etc.) are not oof- offs. If assigned to thi... t sk, I woul propose to mak sort e preli in-ary phon c 11 to 1- xico to det rmirie just how any exp rienced nglish- p ~king or bi-linaual journe- ists night be available. I would also di cu by pgon the av il~bility of really respons-ible Mexican journalists. 1d would th n plan to 00 to •~ xico during th third week in ·ay to intervi w arid assign th s p ople . 7 . ) Hop fully (workin t v ry short notice ! ) we could find in 1-,exico the six n ws r porter~ a11d two photographe need , -lso th French aking tr n lator and all su port staff with th exception of th key desk eaitors. I not at all sanguine , however , th ta y , ric-n free-lancer will work these lon hours for $25 a day or ev n $40. I ' m afrai they ' d have to be paid clos to u •• r,t e or even a pre iu for short-t rm assignment. I ould ant ·t least the two night editors to b people on leave from comparable .~. jobs_. They should be paid at least Guild rates , If l -- which means, in addition to air far, hotel and a per diem of 15 for thre~ w eks, about $1,000 for this period. (Again, I au oost concerned on uch short notice about finding truly qualified peopl at anything las than premium rc:ites.) continued •••••••• Marcia- imena Bravo - 3 -8.) thi 20. sign As for my ov rall org nization nd cannot begin until one a sig nm nt i 1t also depends on rnJ bing abl to ent (from Jun 9 to 27) ••• which I supervisory -ctivity, compl t d, y 19 or t back another as-think i po sibl. I would a k and tu 1 xp nse for prelimin-ary intervi and org niziug trip in the third w ek in M,y. And, fro J n throu h July 6, for air fr, suit (for e ting) at m in xpe iv xico hotel wh re th st ff i to b lod ed, bilin u l pr diem of $25 plus n bl llow nc ns s, tip, ntertain-m nt, 1200 ,y f for r cruitin, or anizin nd backg round re earch in ew Y r' , 2 -hour supervisory and oper tional responsibility in exico and pr par tion of a fin 1 r port for the Director would be 15,000 -- on -third pay ble by May 15, one-third by June 13, nd one-third on July 7. 9.) In th event of your ace ptance, I would appreciate your dvice by ho1 so that I can cl r th tim and, that being cco pli h , woul th n ask you to in attached copy of this outlin nd r turn ~a to PJC:cc Bravo, 

Letter from Peter Celliers to Marcia Ximena Bravo, May 1, 1975

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