Hi.
Thanks everybody. This session exceeded our wildest expectations.
Thanks especially to the brave producers who pitched their wonderful stories.
Friday, November 2, 4-5:30pm
Weekend America
Daniel Steinberg
Marianne Mowry Gardner
Day to Day
Gianluca Tramontana
Keith Brand
This American Life
Sara Archambault
Rachel Leventhal
Saturday, November 3, 2-3:30pm
Studio 360
Sandra Sleight-Brennan
Philip Graitcer
NPR (East Coast)
Devin Browne
Zoe Chace
Sarah Reynolds
CPB
Whitney Eulich
Paul McCarthy
Here's the description of the Pitch session:
"In collaboration with the Association of Independents in Radio (AIR), this session will address how to successfully pitch your radio stories and series ideas to stations, networks and other acquirers of independent work. To best show the process, about a dozen producers will be invited to sell their story ideas to a panel of 'gatekeepers.' The panel will explain the elements of a strong story pitch and will offer other strategies for getting your work heard. Stay tuned to get on the schedule with your pitch!"
This session is another resource provided to our members and to the industry by AIR. AIR also maintains a "pitch page" on its site.
Here is our RFP (request for pitches).
Click the link for a sample pitch in the form we'd like to see your pitch for the panel.
Here's a page introducing each of the panelists taking part in this session with any information they'd like you to have before you pitch them.