Enter the 2013 Casey Medals Competition, deadline March 1

$1-5K for stories about children and families. Details below! -Mia

Apply now for the 19th annual Casey Medals for Meritorious Journalism honoring distinguished coverage of children, youth and families. First-place winners receive $1,000 and are honored in an awards ceremony in Washington, D.C. Categories include newspaper, video, magazine/nondaily, audio, multimedia, photojournalism and youth media. First-place winners will also be considered for the America's Promise Journalism Awards for Awareness and Action, presented by the America's Promise Alliance. Alliance winners receive $5,000 and will be announced in October. Work must be published or broadcast between Jan. 1 and Dec. 31, 2012. Entry deadline: Friday, March 1, 2013 at 5 p.m. EST.

http://www.journalismcenter.org/content/history-and-guidelines

The awards were created to inspire and recognize exemplary reporting on children and families. Winning stories offer a fresh take on a significant issue, show enterprise in research and reporting and demonstrate masterful storytelling and impact. Judging is conducted by respected journalists and journalism educators.

The Journalism Center on Children & Families is a nonprofit resource center based at the University of Maryland’s Philip Merrill College of Journalism. More than 5,000 journalists have competed for Casey Medals since 1994. The awards are funded by the Annie E. Casey Foundation.

Sincerely,
Julie Drizin
Center Director

Latino USA Call for Pitches

2013 call for pitches from a great show – details below! -mia

 

NPR’s Latino USA, produced by the Futuro Media Group, is a nationally broadcast, half-hour weekly newsmagazine that explores the politics, arts and ideas of the nation’s fastest-growing demographic group.

 

http://www.futuromediagroup.org/lusa/

 

Our main focus is on Latino communities around the country. But we are also interested in stories of Latinos intersecting with other communities.

 

For 2013, the program is also seeking specific pitches on these topics:

  • Social and civic justice
  • Economic fairness
  • Sexual and reproductive health and rights
  • Accordion music of the Americas in the U.S.
  • Youth and stewardship of the environment

The program is also seeking pitches from California on these topics as related to health:

  • Environmental justice
  • Food/park/gym deserts and possible solutions
  • Urban planning and the challenges of unincorporated places
  • LGBT issues for Latino youth

Payment is $125 per broadcast minute; most features range from 4-7 minutes.

 

To pitch, please send a description of your idea and the story arc, characters, scenes and sound you envision to: pitches@futuromediagroup.org. If you’re pitching for the first time, please include a brief summary of your experience and a couple of audio samples of your work.