Call for Submissions: Media Co-op and Dominion coverage of the 2010 Olympics

dawn — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 11:35:56 +0000

Get your pitch in before July 27th!

The Dominion is seeking pitches for our special issue on the 2010
Olympics. Submit your pitch by July 27th!

Some of the issues that we hope to cover in the lead up to the games include:

-Native land rights struggles in occupied BC
-Ecological effects of the Games
-Olympics and nationalism
-Displacement and the Games
-The corporate media and the Olympics
-Torch activities
-The Games and the Economic Crisis
-The costs of "Securing" the Games
-Effects of Olympics on municipal and provincial budgets
-Labour and the 2010 Games
-Resistance to 2010
-Beneficiaries of the Olympics
-Articles that put the games into a historical context, in Canada or elsewhere.

If you would like to write on one of these topics, or pitch us
something different, please read on!

We're looking for pieces in a variety of different of formats, not
limited to: briefs (150 to 200 words), articles (800-1000 words),
infographics, graphs and maps, comics, and illustrations, and we plan
to have video and audio content online to supplement the special
issue. The Dominion has a modest budget to pay writers and
contributors whose pitches are accepted.

If you've got an idea for something you'd like to contribute for the
Dominion's Olympics special issue, please submit your pitch here
before July 27:

http://www.mediacoop.ca/node/add/pitch

Background on the Vancouver Media Cooperative and The Dominion.

The Vancouver Local of the Media Co-op is being launched this summer.
By 2010, it will be a node for unembedded coverage of the Olympic
Games. We encourage writers, researchers and journalists to create an
account and share information and coverage about the 2010 Games.

http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca/

The Dominion, the flagship publication of the Media Co-op, will
publish a special issue about the Olympics in November 2009. Thousands
of copies of the issue will be printed and distributed through

Dominion Staff

Call for Submissions: Media Co-op and Dominion coverage of the 2010 Olympics