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Pitch Us: Next
Posted: May 13, 2020
“NEXT” is a weekly public radio show and podcast about New England, produced at WNPR in Hartford, Connecticut and powered by the New England News Collaborative. The program is a mix of interviews by host Morgan Springer, two-ways with public radio reporters around New England, and produced features.
We cover the impacts of coronavirus in New England, energy, immigration, public health, infrastructure, and more. We air on WNPR, VPR, NHPR, NEPR, WCAI on Cape Cod, WNHH in New Haven, and Maine Public Radio, and are hoping to expand to more New England public radio stations in the near future.
Our most frequent need is for soft features: coverage of events, audio postcards, glimpses of culture, historical narratives, and personal stories that reflect the diversity of our region. We also accept pitches for hard features. Everything we put on the air reflects a sense of place in New England or a part of it.
show: weekly
We cover the impacts of coronavirus in New England, energy, immigration, public health, infrastructure, and more. We air on WNPR, VPR, NHPR, NEPR, WCAI on Cape Cod, WNHH in New Haven, and Maine Public Radio, and are hoping to expand to more New England public radio stations in the near future.
Our most frequent need is for soft features: coverage of events, audio postcards, glimpses of culture, historical narratives, and personal stories that reflect the diversity of our region. We also accept pitches for hard features. Everything we put on the air reflects a sense of place in New England or a part of it.
show: weekly
segments: 3-8 minutes
compensation: $650 for a feature (includes original reporting, multiple voices and scenes. Most interviews, if not all conducted in person. Edited by “NEXT”/NENC staff), $250 for a day of field reporting (for a story on which someone else is the lead reporter. May include interviews and sound collecting. More than a tape sync), $175 is our rate for stories that have been previously commissioned by other outlets—a payment system similar to NPR’s Here & Now), $150 is our rate for a tape sync. We reimburse for trips on public transportation, and mileage at the IRS rate. Please clear travel plans with editor in advance.
pitch: Email NEXT host/producer Morgan Springer at [email protected] and copy NENC editor Vanessa de la Torre at [email protected]. Include “freelance pitch for NEXT” in the header of your email. If your story requires travel, give us a sense of how much travel would be required.
contact: [email protected]
phone: (860) 275-7257