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BackStory Call for Pitches – Natural Disasters

Hey folks. BackStory with the American History Guys is accepting pitches for an upcoming show. This from Jess: "We'd need pieces from outside contributors in hand by the end of May, and pitches that come in this week will have a significantly better shot at making it than pitches that come in later." Details HERE [...]

Pulse of the Planet Seeking Stories

Hey audio folks. I'm thrilled to tell you that Pulse of the Planet is accepting pitches! Details below.

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call for pitches from Latitude News

Latitude News is seeking freelance radio folks to help bring another layer of rich storytelling to their site. Details and contact info below.

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Latitude News is looking for radio reporters who can make strong connections between local/national and international stories. We publish text stories with strong audio clips [...]

BackStory radio call for Pitches

BackStory, a new show on American History, is seeking story ideas. Details below! -mia

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Backstory

Each week, the show chooses a topic and tells stories, conducts interviews, and shares insight on how that topic has played out through American history. We’re looking for features that have a couple key components: First, a story. Your [...]

Call for pitches WBEZ’s Race – Out Loud Series, deadline April 2

Very cool storytelling opportunity from the folks at WBEZ. Details and contact information below. Deadline April 2. -mia

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WBEZ is looking for great material for a series we’re calling Race: Out Loud. Here’s the idea: What would it sound like if people said what they really think and feel about race, about ethnicity? What [...]

Call for pitches from Making Contact

Hello friends. Longtime FC member Andrew Stelzer sends the following call for pitches from Making Contact. And just a quick word about rates here. My policy is to pass along any and all opportunities I come across that are available to freelance media producers. The folks at Making Contact are really good people, and they [...]

Freelance opportunity for CA health journalists at KQED Public Radio

Hey folks. My friends at KQED are looking for freelance health bloggers. Details below! -mia

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Freelance Blogger; State of Health blog; KQED News. Location: California.

Position Summary: Experienced journalists needed to pitch, conceptualize, research and write 400 to 700-word blog posts about health topics and issues in [...]

WBEZ’s Front and Center Literacy Series Call for Pitches, deadline Feb 29

Hey audio folks. WBEZ has just put out this call for pitches for a new series on literacy. FYI, all pitches should have stories connected to the Great Lakes Region: Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Ontario, or Quebec. Details HERE and below.

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Front and Center: Literacy series

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BBC Commissioning new docs about America by Americans, first deadline March 2

Interesting new partnership between the BBC and US-based indie radio supporters AIR and PRX (among others). Deadline for pitching your doc ideas is March 2. Details HERE and below. -mia ++++++++++++++

Real America The BBC Public Radio Partnership

The aim of the scheme is to give a chance to any radio producer working [...]