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Silver Membership Has Its Privileges
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Silver Membership Has Its Privileges

If you don’t have a Silver level membership yet you are missing out on our Insight Politics articles. Today is a FREE taste of an Insight Politics article by writer Lushington D Brady. Has Jacinda’s Wave Broken at Last? Jacinda Ardern Has Been Extraordinarily Lucky So Far. So

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Weekend Editor
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Weekend Editor

Perks: * Work from home * A vibrant online office with over 40 Staff * Room for creativity * The position is 100% online and all communication with staff is online. (Perfect for Introverts!) Recent experience with the latest version of WordPress is essential. This position is suitable for an ex-journalist or teacher or

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Volunteer Writers Wanted

The BFD is seeking motivated, concise, reliable, and professionally-minded writers. Ideally, we prefer articles of 400-600 words in length. If you feel that the subject requires a longer post please keep it under 1000 words, (ideally under 800). Local news stories are as welcome as anything to do with sport

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Want More Traffic to Your Blog?

The BFD can help. we have done all the hard work and have already built a huge audience but what we are always looking for more of is quality NZ content. We want to help motivated,  professionally-minded writers who are already writing quality content for their own blog site’s

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Psst Want a Free Taste of Silver Membership?
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Psst Want a Free Taste of Silver Membership?

If you don’t have a Silver level membership yet you are missing out on our Insight Politics articles. Today is a FREE taste of an Insight Politics article by writer John Black. Time to Be the National Party One of a few treasured photographs from my undistinguished university career

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Saddle up It’s Time to Join the BFD Posse

Cancel culture makes people and organisations vulnerable. Activists go after organisations’ ad revenue by complaining to their advertisers. They go after individual’s jobs by complaining to their employers. Last year a Youtuber in New Zealand lost his job after a concerted effort by activists including Maori Party co-leader Debbie

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Our Readers Have Champagne Tastes but the BFD Has a Beer Budget

Last year Stuff reported on the extent of media bludging from government troughs. It is eye-watering just how much taxpayer coin some media organisations have availed themselves of. Media companies large and small claimed funding from the Government’s media package last year. In April 2020, Broadcasting, Communications and Media

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One of These Digital Platforms Is Not like the Other

One of These Digital Platforms Is Not like the Other

The BFD is 95% powered by member dollars and the remaining 5% comes from ad revenue. The Spinoff doesn’t have genuine subscriptions because all their content is free to read. Take a look at the true source of their funding. Hint, it is not their readership. Last year The

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Comparing Apples with Apples: The Spinoff and The BFD

The Spinoff has a similar-sized audience to The BFD but the similarities end there. The BFD is funded 95% by our 1600+ members and 5% by our advertising revenue. The BFD serves a broad church of political views that includes libertarian, centre-right, and conservative readers of whom the majority are

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We Have Three Copies Of  Man Down to Give Away

We Have Three Copies Of Man Down to Give Away

We are running another fantastic giveaway for our members. The prizes are three copies of Man Down a novel by one of our own, John Black who writes a weekly column for Insight Politics on The BFD. On the 20th of March, we will give away three copies to three

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Weekend Editor

Weekend Editor

Perks: * Work from home * A vibrant online office with over 40 Staff * Room for creativity * The position is 100% online and all communication with staff is online. (Perfect for Introverts!) Recent experience with the latest version of WordPress is essential. This position is suitable for an ex-journalist or teacher or

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Become a Citizen Journalist like Lionred

Become a Citizen Journalist like Lionred

The BFD is seeking citizen journalists to write news articles for us in a voluntary capacity. Regular contributor Lionred in 2020 reported on a disaster in Lostwithiel, Cornwall providing both commentary and photos of what was happening. In 2021 he wrote regular reports on the coup in Myanmar. Myanmar in

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Psst Want a Free Taste of Silver Membership
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Psst Want a Free Taste of Silver Membership

If you don’t have a Silver level membership yet you are missing out on our Insight Politics articles. Today is a FREE taste of an Insight Politics article by writer Chris Trotter. Reasons to Riot One Good Riot Is Worth a Million Earnestly Argued Pamphlets THIS WEEK’S RUNNING

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Why You Should Write for the BFD

If you’re like the rest of us, you are sick and tired of reading the same load of self-congratulatory drivel every day that you open social media. If you are a professionally-minded writer this could be your opportunity to get your voice heard. With audience numbers soaring there has

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