Places to file: Groundwire

Why just be on holiday? Do something fun and exciting.

If you have news experience or you would like to get news experience, now is a good time to produce a short piece you can be proud of, work with a team, and be heard across Canada in the new year.

Groundwire is the national monthly news program of community radio in Canada. Pieces get submitted from around the country, and stations take turns making the decisions and doing the production - this month, it's our turn here at CJSF. Pieces you have recently produced can be considered, or news versions of longer programs, or new things you'd like to make from scratch.
If you'd like to hear some previous editions, visit this page for downloads:
http://groundwire.ncra.ca/index.cfm?mode=cat&catid=50738A2F-E777-4F82-A04FDD30B861A600

Most of the reporting work has to be finished between now and December 29 (just the next 9 days). The final scriptwriting, script-reading and editing happens between December 30 and January 5. Part of the time is Christmas and New Year's, so we have to hustle! On January 5, we have to release the show to the world.

We will need news features (anywhere from 2 to 10 minutes long), a 3-minute station report (not necessarily from our station - but, why not?), and also short headline news stories (30 to 90 seconds - either just script or with a very short audio clip), national event listings, and a little bit of music. There will also be roles for reviewing and choosing the material, researching, and writing and reading scripts,

Submit your PITCHES right away for things you would like to produce. This could be HEADLINES (30-90 second scripts), STATION REPORT (3-minutes), FEATURES (2-minutes, 5-minutes or 10-minutes) and NATIONAL EVENTS LISTINGS to GroundWire for the January 2009 edition!

Here is the submission guidelines page, for more information - but you can talk to me or Charlotte as well if you have questions
http://groundwire.ncra.ca/index.cfm?mode=cat&catid=7B9F61E8-69D7-13F0-E4B07D64279A7632

The full call-out for contributions, sent by CKUT to all the campus-community radio stations, follows my signature.

Frieda Werden, Spoken Word Coordinator
CJSF Radio
TC-216 Simon Fraser University
Burnaby BC V5A 1S6, Canada
(778)782-4423 phone
fax: (778)782-3695
e-mail: cjsfpa@sfu.ca
90.1 FM 93.9 cable radio
www.cjsf.bc.ca - streaming on the web

Departmental Blog: http://cjsfpa.blogspot.com/

---------- Forwarded message ----------From: "GroundWire / Ici et ailleurs / Cable a Tierra" Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2008 14:58:07 -0800 (PST)Subject: Seeking Submissions for January 2009 GroundWire

JANUARY 2009 GroundWire

!! seeking your submissions !! email groundwire@ncra.ca & Spoken Word CJSF(Frieda Werden) !! cjsfpa@sfu.ca

DEADLINE for *pitches* set for Tuesday, Dec. 23rd*SUBMISSIONS* due for 5pm Monday, Dec. 29thJanuary GroundWire release date: Monday, January 5th

Do you have any items you would like to submit for a *YEAR-IN-REVIEW*theme? Any headlines or features of news from 2008 could be brieflyupdated for this edition, so send in your suggestions!

Submit your HEADLINES (30-90 second scripts), STATION REPORT (3-minutes),FEATURES (2-minutes, 5-minutes or 10-minutes) and NATIONAL EVENTS LISTINGSto GroundWire for the January 2009 edition!

This month, GroundWire is being produced by CJSF in Burnaby.

Please spread the word to volunteers at your stations as this is a greatopportunity to have your productions air nationally.

More info on GroundWire:
*GroundWire Mandate*http://groundwire.ncra.ca/index.cfm/2008/2/17/GroundWire-Mandate
*GroundWire Press Release*http://groundwire.ncra.ca/enclosures/GroundWire%5Fpr%5F1008%2Epdf
*GroundWire Poster*http://groundwire.ncra.ca/enclosures/poster%2Epdf
*GroundWire Production Guidelines*http://groundwire.ncra.ca/index.cfm/2008/2/17/GroundWire-Production-Guidelines
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GroundWire is a project of the National Campus Community Radio Association