First Professional Byline
My first professional byline appeared in print on Saturday at Reverb Press, my new home.
It can be found here:
Author: Mark Aldrich
Shawkan’s Latest Delay
A journalist’s job is to be in the wrong place at the wrong time.
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June 13: The next hearing in the ongoing trial of Mahmoud Abu Zeid, the Egyptian photojournalist who goes by the name “Shawkan,” will be held on Tuesday, July 4, it was learned today.
An additional three weeks. For a human rights trial noteworthy for its glacial pace, this is the latest example of the trial’s simple inhumanity. One more delay is a delay; years of delays are a lifetime.
Today is Shawkan’s 1400th day in prison.
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Never Would Have Imagined …
The ink is not yet wet on the contract, but I will be printing one out and signing it this weekend.
Last week, a journalist contacted me: Would I be interested in writing for a particular website? Sure, I replied, if they’re interested in me, I would reciprocate the interest. For money, he explained.
I was not listening to a vinyl record at that moment, but a needle scratched to a halt somewhere in the world just then. “What’s that again?”
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The Gad About Town 