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Experience Level: Intermediate
Good morning,
I am looking for experienced journalists or editors to write a how-to article for teens who will be in an intensive summer bootcamp program. It's important that you have or are actually working on deadline for a print or online publication so you can provide smart, insightful and helpful guidance derived from long-term experience. I am not looking for someone to go online and research these topics and provide me with obvious.
The What. Teens will work in teams that include youth reporters, writers, photographers, illustrators and comic artist. They will work under the direction of experienced editors to plan, produce, publish, market and distribute a print magazine in just six weeks.
Please keep in mind that the teens must follow SPJ and AP guidelines.
What it entails:
A. Article max 750 words in a clear and friendly tone for an audience of smart, ambitious teens.
B. The selection of a relevant stock image from istockphoto or Shutterstock. Just download the sample, provide us with the photo number, and we will purchase it.
C. Related resources that will go on a "read more" page. These can be a side articles or tools.
I need a super quick turn around on this (by Friday), so I'd prefer to get proposals for one article (two at most) with you specifying the topic. If I like your work, there could well be lots more work in the future as we are a year-round program offering many classes.
Here are the article topics.
1. How to choose a story idea.
(Must cover both evergreen and timely stories. Our teens will be writing stories for September and October magazines. The story ideas need to still be relevant then, so they need to be careful not to tie to news angles that may no longer be timely or may have changed significantly. We also use an editorial calendar, so must cover that. We also have regular columns and themes they can use).
2. How to find and contact great sources.
(Must cover what is a source. They need to know that someone else's article on the Web is not a source. We like human sources. So while they can certainly use a first-hand document, we would want them to contact the author or expert related to that document, too. Must cover etiquette for contacting sources and good tips for tracking them down besides the obvious looking them up on Google. We will supply them with our media request form).
3. How to prepare for an interview.
(This is the pre-research they must do in order not to waste time asking a source questions to which the answers are readily available. Also needs to cover how to ask great questions that help get a source talking).
4. How to conduct an Interview.
(Must cover how to conduct them in-person and remotely. The resources need to be tools for recording the interview and making sure you actually get it--as in, avoiding technology fails).
5. How to write a draft.
(Must cover how to choose a format for the story. Please note that we also use alternative story formats, such as quizzes, reportage comics, even games. We are creative in the forms so long as the content is reported and adheres to SPJ and AP guidelines. Also needs to cover the elements articles need to cover, such as nutgraffs etc. Please cover when to quote versus paraphrase.).
6. How to revise a draft.
(*Note, the writer will have received his or her draft back from an editor with tracked changes, so this should include how to work with your editor's comments. Must include identifying the central theme as a tool for revision and other strategies for selecting what content stays and what goes, which is hard for them. Also, must cover how to follow up with source if one has to).
7. How to fact-check.
(We use a professional fact-checker who will listen to the writer's recorded interview and do the usual fact-checking, but we want the writer to perform the usual checks).
8. How to come up with art ideas.
(We want the writers to develop awareness of what types of images work best to accompany their stories. Although we have an art team, we want them to think about it. Do they need a photographer to go with them on assignment? Will we need to request images from the source. Is it going to be an illustration?)
9. How to write social media teasers.
(Writers are required to submit social media content to accompany their articles. We use Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
10. How to...a topic that you realize I have left out that definitely needs to be covered!
If your portfolio does not include links to articles with your byline, please send me links in your proposal. Please also tell me your background.
Deadline for article is Friday. We may ask you to revise. If so, the revision will be due on Monday.
Thank you.
I am looking for experienced journalists or editors to write a how-to article for teens who will be in an intensive summer bootcamp program. It's important that you have or are actually working on deadline for a print or online publication so you can provide smart, insightful and helpful guidance derived from long-term experience. I am not looking for someone to go online and research these topics and provide me with obvious.
The What. Teens will work in teams that include youth reporters, writers, photographers, illustrators and comic artist. They will work under the direction of experienced editors to plan, produce, publish, market and distribute a print magazine in just six weeks.
Please keep in mind that the teens must follow SPJ and AP guidelines.
What it entails:
A. Article max 750 words in a clear and friendly tone for an audience of smart, ambitious teens.
B. The selection of a relevant stock image from istockphoto or Shutterstock. Just download the sample, provide us with the photo number, and we will purchase it.
C. Related resources that will go on a "read more" page. These can be a side articles or tools.
I need a super quick turn around on this (by Friday), so I'd prefer to get proposals for one article (two at most) with you specifying the topic. If I like your work, there could well be lots more work in the future as we are a year-round program offering many classes.
Here are the article topics.
1. How to choose a story idea.
(Must cover both evergreen and timely stories. Our teens will be writing stories for September and October magazines. The story ideas need to still be relevant then, so they need to be careful not to tie to news angles that may no longer be timely or may have changed significantly. We also use an editorial calendar, so must cover that. We also have regular columns and themes they can use).
2. How to find and contact great sources.
(Must cover what is a source. They need to know that someone else's article on the Web is not a source. We like human sources. So while they can certainly use a first-hand document, we would want them to contact the author or expert related to that document, too. Must cover etiquette for contacting sources and good tips for tracking them down besides the obvious looking them up on Google. We will supply them with our media request form).
3. How to prepare for an interview.
(This is the pre-research they must do in order not to waste time asking a source questions to which the answers are readily available. Also needs to cover how to ask great questions that help get a source talking).
4. How to conduct an Interview.
(Must cover how to conduct them in-person and remotely. The resources need to be tools for recording the interview and making sure you actually get it--as in, avoiding technology fails).
5. How to write a draft.
(Must cover how to choose a format for the story. Please note that we also use alternative story formats, such as quizzes, reportage comics, even games. We are creative in the forms so long as the content is reported and adheres to SPJ and AP guidelines. Also needs to cover the elements articles need to cover, such as nutgraffs etc. Please cover when to quote versus paraphrase.).
6. How to revise a draft.
(*Note, the writer will have received his or her draft back from an editor with tracked changes, so this should include how to work with your editor's comments. Must include identifying the central theme as a tool for revision and other strategies for selecting what content stays and what goes, which is hard for them. Also, must cover how to follow up with source if one has to).
7. How to fact-check.
(We use a professional fact-checker who will listen to the writer's recorded interview and do the usual fact-checking, but we want the writer to perform the usual checks).
8. How to come up with art ideas.
(We want the writers to develop awareness of what types of images work best to accompany their stories. Although we have an art team, we want them to think about it. Do they need a photographer to go with them on assignment? Will we need to request images from the source. Is it going to be an illustration?)
9. How to write social media teasers.
(Writers are required to submit social media content to accompany their articles. We use Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
10. How to...a topic that you realize I have left out that definitely needs to be covered!
If your portfolio does not include links to articles with your byline, please send me links in your proposal. Please also tell me your background.
Deadline for article is Friday. We may ask you to revise. If so, the revision will be due on Monday.
Thank you.
Lori C.
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Hi Lori, are you still looking for 2-3 of these to be delivered today. If I can have this confirmed at an early stage I could offer you that service..
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