Going to Third Coast? We thought this would be a great time to meet folks to discuss an issue dear to every producer who's ever done any freelance work – setting wage standards.

Please join us Friday, Oct. 29, at 5:45, for a quick, pre-dinner brainstorming session. Location to be announced, at Third Coast or sooner. Drop us a line to add your name to the email list so we can keep you in the loop.

Thanks and looking forward to seeing you soon,

Sally Herships
sally@sohosally.com
Cell: (718) 938-0576

Laura Friedman
Lrahip@aol.com

Cell: 646-721-4651

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 http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/RadioGuild_FREELANCE_PRODUCER_SURVEY

I’d like to offer an apology for any confusion connected with the different Freelance Café groups that met on Thursday. I didn’t receive a text sent to me by a group chilling in the back by the pool tables. Consequently, there were two Café groups at Luka’s Thursday night. From what I know, both groups had a blast, I’m just sorry we could not have hung out as one big group. In any case, a good time was had by all. We’ve got our eye on San Francisco for next month’s gathering. Maybe we’ll find a smaller spot, what do you say?

Best,

Jen Ward

 

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Jennifer Inez Ward
Contributing Editor
Oakland Local
510.393.7544
oaklandlocal.com/
oaklandscene.blogspot.com/

twitter.com/oaklandscene

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The San Francisco Arts Commission would like to develop an audio tour of the public art that
will be located in San Francisco International Airport’s new Terminal 2, which is scheduled to
open next spring. The content will be delivered through a cell phone and will also be repurposed

for an iApp that is currently being developed by the airport. The Arts Commission will retain full
copyright of the audio content and will be free to repurpose the content on an ongoing basis and
through multiple platforms.

Scope of work:
• The tour will cover 17 new and existing artworks (17 stops)
• The tour may also include supplemental layers of content that enhance several of the
stops, or content about the individual works of art.

• The tour will include actualities from interviews with the five living artists who will be
installing new works in the terminal. This will require setting up and recording the audio
remotely as several of the artists live outside of the Bay Area. This project scope does

not include traveling expenses. These recordings should be recorded at a studio or via
tape synch (with a technician located in the artist’s area).
• For the older artworks, archival audio or interviews with curators or other art experts

might be included in the stops.
• The tour should have one unifying narrator or neutral voice. Ideally, this would be a
professional actor.
• The tour should include some background/transition music, but limited since the audio

will be delivered on a cell phone.
• This project will require developing a script and interview questions from materials
provided by the San Francisco Arts Commission’s Public Art Program as well as other
outside sources.

• The Arts Commission will also need transcripts of the final audio content for ADA
purposes

Interested parties should contact Kate Patterson at 415-252-4638 or via email, kate.
patterson@sfgov.org.

I am working with a group of New York City producers (our group is under the working title of 'Radio Guild')  to explore the status of independent audio/radio work, in terms of compensation. Our ultimate goal is to set standards that reflect the amount of work that's actually done and get stations, outlets and shows to agree. To that end, our first step is to put out a survey to determine how much time independents put into their work, and what they're currently getting paid for that time. This will allow us to come up with a realistic schedule for rates that can uniformly be used when approaching stations and PRX (while we're fans of PRX and love to get our work aired, selling stories for $3 undercuts independent's ability to make a living).

You can access the survey at the following link:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/RadioGuild_FREELANCE_PRODUCER_SURVEY

Thanks!

Event: Writing Business News for the Web

Where: Online
When: Dec. 1-2, noon or 4 p.m. EST

The Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism is
hosting a free business journalism Webinar titled, "Writing Business
News for the Web." Presented by Jacqui Banaszynski, Pulitzer winner
and Knight Chair in Editing at the Missouri School of Journalism. For
more information, log onto:

http://businessjournalism.org/2010/05/27/writing-business-news-for-the-web-online-dec-1-2/