[Imc-newsroom] Video wanted -- will pay $$$.

[Sascha Meinrath]

Hi all,

I've been following up on some leads to get reporters paid for doing the
work we all love.  Below is an e-mail I received today.  My hope is that
this might be a first step in building the IMC video group and may light a
fire under those of us who've been watching the Indymedia News Reel and
are feeling inspired.

Most exciting is the fact that they will pay for rough footage -- this
means you go to an event, video it, send it in, and if they like it, get
paid.  If

--Sascha



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Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2002 11:22:22 -0700
From: Shannon Service <shannon at freespeech.org>
To: Sascha Meinrath <meinrath at students.uiuc.edu>
Subject: Re: Hello from the Urbana-Champaign IMC:

Go Andy.  I'm glad he put you in touch with us.  I've attached a
description of the show to this email. The first step is to read the
description....

The next step is to read over the contract I've attached to this email.
Basically it says that we have the right to air your material and it gives
us the right to edit it. It does not, however, give us exclusive
rights--you hold onto those.  If you have any contractual questions or if
you need to alter it, please contact Eric Galatas, our Director, at
Eric at freespeech.org

After you've read, understood and signed the contract, please get a hold
of me. After that, I'll add you to our list of reporters.  I'll give you
some assignments, but we mainly rely on our reporters to generate leads.
If you're already working on something and you think we'd be interested in
it, let me know. In order to get paid, we need you to send in an invoice
with the tape describing the shoot and the amount we owe you.

As you may know, we're currently paying $150 for a 5-7 minute piece and
$50 for a straight shoot (event coverage, interview...). We hope to pay
more as more money comes in.

We prefer to receive rough footage and edit it ourselves---we have a
template that makes it hard to accept a lot of submitted produced pieces.
I've also attached some notes from our tech director on what he needs for
produced pieces.....

Please call or write with any questions.

I look forward to working with you,
Shannon Service
News Director
Free Speech TV News
303-442-8445
Shannon at freespeech.org


>Hi Shannon,
>
>Andy from the DC IMC suggested that I get in contact with you about
>submitting video from the Urbana-Champaign IMC to Free Speech TV.  I don't
>know what the process is, but we are very interested,
>
>Please let me know,
>
>--Sascha Meinrath
>Urbana-Champaign IMC
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