Snap Judgment tells both character-narrated and producer-narrated, dramatic, first person, true stories and airs on over 85 stations nationwide. Our stories are heavily produced with music and sound effects and need not have a news hook. Pay scale is on par with other national programs.

Episodes
All In It Together: Go team. Stories about working together, feeling outcast, being accepted, signing-up or going AWOL. Examples include the story of a young man who finds himself at a bar on the night of 9/11 listening to the stories told by emergency workers.

The Wiz: Stories with a Wizard of Oz theme. Think creatively, not just searches for brain, heart and courage, but stories about going home, emerald cities, fake wizards, good witches, tornadoes and your little dog too. Examples include the story of a heart transplant recipient experiencing the memories of his donor.

Tilt: Stories about reaching a tipping point, changing your tune, convincing others, falling from grace, rising to fame, giving-up, standing-up, or more literal stories about tilting, tipping. Examples include the story of a gang of bikers turned born-again evangelicals.

Waste: Stories about trash, time wasted, lives wasted, money wasted, garbage dumps, e-waste, wasting resources, wasting talent, finding treasure in trash. Examples include the story of a high powered attorney’s slow decline into crack addiction.

Cha-Ching-999: Stories about the value of a dollar. $9.99, $999.00, $99,900.00. Stories about learning the worth of something, something that’s value changes with time or with events, losing money, finding money, inheriting money, dirty money, money laundering, winning money, greed or generosity. Examples include the story of a robber who returned his victim’s wallet upon learning that his victim was homeless.

Pitch Procedure

1.     Listen to Snap Judgment.

2.     Check out the “Is your story right for Snap Judgment?” flowchart.

3.     Send your pitch to pitches@snapjudgment.org

4.     The Snap team will discuss your pitch and do our best to get back to you in about two weeks.

We can’t wait to hear your stories!

–Snap

The WVR is an hour-long weekly newsmagazine that focuses on issues of poverty and justice worldwide, with a special emphasis on developing countries. The show tells personal stories of ordinary people through original, sound-rich segments.

Candidates must have excellent editing skills, the ability to present stories in fresh ways, and the willingness to develop collaborative relationships with reporters at different skill levels all over the world. We work mainly with reporters from English-speaking countries who are based abroad, but we’re also committed to cultivating local reporters in developing countries. Experience living and working abroad is a plus, but being well-informed and having an interest in other cultures and places are equally important.

The editor is responsible for contributing story ideas, shaping pieces with reporters, editing scripts, fact-checking and approving final mixes. The editor may also check show scripts, write billboards, review interviews and rough show mixes, and fill in for the show producer or assignment editor as needed. This is a part-time contract position that offers a competitive wage, flexible hours that vary by week, and no need to relocate.

The WVR is funded by the Christian humanitarian organization World Vision. The show values its editorial independence, and the views expressed on the show are not necessarily those of the organization.

The WVR airs on more than 100 public radio stations, and in six years has received a variety of national awards, including Edward R. Murrows, Gracies, Gabriels, New York Festivals and Clarions. To hear the show, go to www.worldvisionreport.org.

Please send a cover letter, resume and audio samples of radio pieces you have edited to: kbaldyga@worldvision.org. Please write “Editor position” in your subject line. Only applicants with more than 8 years of public radio editing experience will be considered.

The deadline to submit applications is Dec. 1.

The Science Literacy Project workshop is an intensive, six-day training opportunity for mid-career public radio producers and reporters.

http://scienceliteracyproject.org/sites/default/files/SciLit_application_2011.pdf

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Andrea Wenzel
Global Affairs Producer
WAMU 88.5 FM

World Can't Wait presents a book talk and discussion with Justine Sharrock:

Tortured: When Good Soldiers Do Bad Things

Thursday November 11, Veteran's Day @ 7:00 pm
Revolution Books 146 West 26th Street, NYC

Justine Sharrock, an investigative journalist, writes for Mother Jones, Alternet, and San Francisco magazine.  Her 2010 portrait of U.S. soldiers is "an eye-opening exposé of America’s torture regime."

“Powerful and important. Justine Sharrock talks to soldiers whose patriotic duty was warped by the Bush administration, making torturers out of ordinary men and women. A must-read for all Americans concerned by the corrosive impact of the Bush administration’s “War on Terror” policies on the US military.” –Andy Worthington, journalist and author of The Guantanamo Files

Debra Sweet, reporting from Berkeley Says NO to Torture Week, October 2010: "Justine read from her book about Chris Arendt, an anarchist, Jack Kerouac-reading punk from the Midwest who somehow ended up in a National Guard unit sent to Guantanamo. As he learned the pattern of detainee abuse, like the “frequent flyer” program where detainees were moved every few hours to a different cell for months, he began folding the order forms into origami birds which spilled over his whole desk.  Then he tried to kill himself."

We’re looking for audio, and this is where you come in.

Submit your audio, video, multimedia, and thing-we-can’t-describe-because-we’ve-never-seen-it-before (gasp) by link or by .mp3 or by whatchamacallit HERE:

storymaster@storyscapejournal.com

To check out the site: www.storyscapejournal.com

Our mission statement: www.storyscapejournal.com/mission.html
Our submission guidelines: www.storyscapejournal.com/submit.html

Past contributors include: Amber Boardman, Ken Cormier, David Shapiro, Stephanie Chambers, Tereza Swanda, Ryan Scammell, and many more.