Wanted: News writers

If there's one thing we appreciate about Houston, it's the variety of news that comes from our fair city: uppity preacher's wives, hot, hot mail trucks (and restrooms), giant kidnapped clowns, robbers with bad hair — and even people in Dallas who actually like us. Of course, there's also serious news, too, but you can find that easily enough.

We're looking for news junkies who are interested in helping Houstonist expand our original news content. You should be the kind of person who regularly checks local (and national) media and blogs and who understand what's going on around Houston — it'll be up to you to help us pick out the most interesting, topical news every day. Some news background will help, and knowing Houston inside and out is even better.

If that sounds like you, drop us an e-mail at write (at) houstonist (dot) com and tell us a little bit about yourself. Also send us a sample post — about 250 words or so on any news-related topic, just so we can get a feel for your style.

We'll be accepting applications until the end of the day Wednesday, Aug. 8, so contact us soon if you'd like to be a part of Houstonist. We're waiting ...