[Imc-newsroom] Re: [Imc-video] Video wanted -- will pay $$$.

[Paul Riismandel]

Now if only the IMC owned a digital camcorder...

At 04:29 PM 3/6/2002 -0600, Sascha Meinrath wrote:
>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
>
>
>
>---------- Forwarded message ----------
>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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