We are looking for pitches with a compelling story, a strong plot, and potential to appeal to a wide audience.
Length—Between ten and twenty minutes.
Here are two examples from the 2016 season to consider for general style:
The 2017 season will use narrative-based journalism to tell stories that about identity, politics, economics, race, class and gender, through music.
Themes to consider in your pitches:
Current events
Diaspora and trans-Atlantic connections
Amplifying voices of Africans and people of African descent
“Micro-musics”- regional popular music, as related to identity, ethnicity, religion, etc.
Music as a transcendent factor that can unite across difference.
The editorial process will include pitches, scripts, basic audio demos and multiple rounds of feedback. We use a studio and engineers for production, so audio mixing skills are not necessary.