The Global News Network
All the roles at First Contact: 2035 are designed to ensure every player will have an awesome day. Regardless of what role you play, whether it’s the leader of a country, a scientist attempting to understand the alien’s biology or a member of the press reporting on the day’s chaos, we expect you’ll have a fantastic time.
You can find an outline of the roles in the press team below.
Editor in Chief
The Editor-in-Chief will manage the team of six players and work out which stories are the best ones to break during each team time’s news broadcast, every 45 minutes.
Managing the press team will be a full-on role, gathering news stories, shifting what will be presented to the game and generally chasing down leads.
Do you enjoy being rushed off your feet and can walk up to anyone and ask them the pressing questions of the day? You’ll get this and more by playing the Editor-in-Chief. All press roles, but especially this one, will need to be confident enough to present a news broadcast to all 200 players once per turn. That’s every 45 minutes. Are you up to the challenge?
Journalists
As one of five journalists, breaking news from across the world is just another day in your life at First Contact. You’ll roam the world, asking the questions your audience want to know the answers to. You’ll speak to Heads of State, government ministers, CEOs and important scientists to uncover the truth and set the record straight.
Once a turn, the news organisation you work for will present a news broadcast to the entire game. At least one member of the press team, and hopefully more, will be up for speaking to 200 players and letting them know what has been happening across the game for the last 45 minutes.
Are you confident enough to ask the difficult questions and organised enough to make sure you take notes and follow up on leads? Being a member of the press will be a very busy experience, but so rewarding when you break the story of a lifetime.
The Team
THE GLOBAL NEWS NETWORK
Team Size: 6
Breaking news is GNN’s bread and butter. Across satellite, digital and the red button, GNN brings the world the stories it wants them to know.
Employing world-renowned journalists and hard hitting content, GNN interviews the major players, racks up the stories for the nightly news and brings it all together every hour on the hour. Like clockwork.
If you can work in a high-pressured newsroom, then GNN is for you. The pay is terrible, but you get their name on your CV. What more could you ask for?