Communication Work Batch #2

[noemi]

@nadia

A network & budget for Coordination + freelance Copywriters, illustrators, videomakers etc

Tell us how you would like to approach the work, and what you need to do this well. We can then reach out to our network to find the right people

Two points from me:

1. Since our conversations on the platform span so many different topics and different qualities of content - it would be useful to have curators of each providing a benchmark for the kind of publication we have in mind. Is it high quality journalism, like the better stories on the platform (example - This CTO has lived off the grid in his truck for several years — here’s why)? or more spontaneous stories? The former would need editorialising efforts (see point 2) below) For the latter it could be easier:
   I really like this format organised by an indie magazine called ‘Only a Magazine’ (transl. from Romanian ‘Decat o Revista’): they crowdsource stories from readers:

• mini love stories about love in quarantine: Mini-povești de iubire în carantină - DoR

• letters from readers and how they cope with covid ‘Pandemic Diary’ style: https://www.dor.ro/cum-mai-e-prin-vietile-noastre-povesti-de-la-cititori/

2. The campaign would need to articulate the benefits for contributors - especially if we are looking for new content, not just existing ones. Many good stories might exist in stub forms, in a comment here and there. I suspect some editing effort is needed, and it would be good to reward contributors.