In response to all of your questions (and accusations):

This is the first time I've ever posted on this board.

I'm writing the story because I'm a journalist and I get paid to write stories that are of interest to an audience. This article, obviously, is of interest to people interested in teaching abroad. If you look at my column at TransitionsAbroad.com (there is a link in my post) you will see that I've written quite a lot of articles about teaching English.

No, I don't want to be an agent. I know agents have a bad reputation, but recently I've heard more positive things about them. Normally I advise people to avoid them, but I want to be sure that my advice is good, so I am interested in finding out if the industry is changing.

If you think agents are crap, and would like people to avoid them, then maybe you will consider giving me some information I can use in the article so that I can dissuade people from using them. The website I'm writing for is very widely read and respected.

Best,
Matt