{"id":9914,"date":"2020-04-26T09:49:53","date_gmt":"2020-04-26T08:49:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pltv.fr\/covid-19-premieres-lignes-lance-la-plateforme-collaborative-avec-le-gijn\/"},"modified":"2020-04-26T11:33:16","modified_gmt":"2020-04-26T10:33:16","slug":"covid-19-premieres-lignes-lance-la-plateforme-collaborative-avec-le-gijn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pltv.fr\/en\/covid-19-premieres-lignes-lance-la-plateforme-collaborative-avec-le-gijn\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19: Premieres Lignes Launches Collaborative Platform With The GIJN"},"content":{"rendered":"

Luc Hermann and Edouard Perrin from Premi\u00e8res Lignes, along with BBC, PBS Frontline, RTS and CBC, were on the panel of the Global Investigative Journalism Network (GIJN) webinar launching a collaborative platform on COVID-19 investigations.<\/span><\/p>\n

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How to Pitch Your Long-form Video COVID-19 Story to Major Broadcasters<\/h1>\n

By<\/span> Rowan Philp<\/a><\/span><\/span> GIJN |<\/span>

GIJN has launched a simple and secure online tool for journalists to pitch <\/a>global commissioning editors and find collaborators on TV and video long-form projects. Journalists with story ideas or projects under development can use the form to confidentially share an outline of their project with Swiss Public Television, Premi\u00e8res Lignes in France, the BBC (Global Current Affairs, BBC Arabic, and BBC Africa), PBS Frontline in the United States, and Canada\u2019s CBC (French and English language investigations).<\/p>\n

The new collaborative tool was launched during the third in GIJN\u2019s webinar series Investigating The Pandemic<\/a>. Nine senior video and TV commissioning editors from around the world shared what they\u2019re looking for in long-form video pitches on the pandemic, and offered tips for journalists on how to pursue them in the face of unprecedented challenges. Some 160 investigative journalists and filmmakers from 48 countries joined the discussion.<\/p>\n

What Editors Are Looking For<\/b><\/h4>\n

The editors cautioned journalists pitching ideas for TV documentaries that their angles need to be fresh, original, and narrative \u2014 and not just extended versions of the familiar stories we see in the daily news.<\/p>\n

There are social-distancing workarounds for interviews\u00a0 \u2013 with Skype or Zoom interviews permissible for many broadcasters \u2013 and workarounds for travel, with the BBC, for instance, using producers in London to direct and edit content from the Middle East. But there are no workarounds for narratives that aren\u2019t impactful or compelling, or suited to the visual medium.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s about added value; [not]the stories we\u2019re all thinking about,\u201d said Jean-Philippe Ceppi<\/a>, executive producer of the investigative program Temps Pr\u00e9sent<\/a> on Swiss public broadcaster RTS. There\u2019s often a correlation between a film\u2019s value and how hard it was to get the facts and visuals in it, he said. \u201cWe are expecting state-of-the-art television. How is the situation with COVID for a country at war?\u201d<\/p>\n

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Importance of Collaboration<\/b><\/h4>\n

Ceppi said the traditional collaborative marketplace for long-form ideas \u201ccrumbled\u201d in March, and that new collaborations and forums are urgently required to tackle both near and long-term projects. \u201cWe should reconnect, together, around investigative ideas, with forums like this,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Luc Hermann<\/a>, executive director of France\u2019s independent Premieres Lignes<\/a> production company, said collaborations on the behavior of multinational companies during the pandemic \u2013 and particularly big pharma \u2013 would prove essential in the months and years ahead.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe, alone in our countries, will never be able to be as strong as we can all be [together]in producing very ambitious documentaries,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Think Long Term<\/b><\/h4>\n

Edouard Perrin<\/a>, investigative reporter at Premieres Lignes, said journalists\u2019 radars should be tuned for visually compelling angles on the long-term fall-out \u2013 like the potential for blanket surveillance of citizens \u2013 as they pursue short term projects.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cHow are our societies going to be threatened by a new era of surveillance, in terms of where we go and how we behave?\u201d asked Perrin. \u201cI\u2019m also interested in the Chinese aspects of the story\u2026 the role of censorship over there, soft power, propaganda.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re always open to new ideas and pitches, and stories at all stages of development,\u201d said Sarah Childress<\/a>, senior editor at PBS Frontline<\/a>, the flagship investigative series for public TV in the US. \u201cThe kind of stories we\u2019re looking for are something fresh; something revelatory; particularly in what\u2019s happening in the US, but also global stories.\u201d<\/p>\n

Childress said much of her team\u2019s focus was on the \u201clong tail\u201d of the pandemic, and experimenting with new ways of telling stories. \u201cFor the next year or so, in some way, every story is going to be a COVID story \u2013 the effect on the economy, privacy, politics,\u201d she said. \u201cSince our films take anywhere from six to nine months to produce, we have to be thinking ahead, and stepping back.\u201d<\/p>\n

While the BBC has a lot of journalists producing stories around the world, there\u2019s still plenty of room for freelance contributions, observed Mary Wilkinson<\/a>, head of editorial content for BBC Global News<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s a high bar to jump,\u201d she said. \u201cWhat we\u2019re looking for is something we\u2019ve not got access to, so that\u2019s the domain of whistleblowers, bad actors, people profiting, insider testimony, or extremely good access films, where somebody has very quickly got off the mark and managed to embed themselves with somebody right at the heart of the story.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re also doing lots of long term thinking\u2026on where severe impacts will be felt several months from now,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

The investigative editor for BBC Africa, Marc Perkins<\/a>, edits Africa Eye<\/a>, which produces 20 investigative films per year, broadcast by 13 local partners and BBC World News. Largely tailored for African audiences, the connections between Africa and the world during the coronavirus pandemic have become a growing focal point for its network of freelance filmmakers.<\/p>\n

Discussing key longer term issues for programs like Africa Eye, Perkins asked one of the most difficult questions emerging from the pandemic: \u201cHow will Africa survive after months of lock-downs?\u201d<\/p>\n

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New Storytelling Approaches<\/b><\/h4>\n

Christopher Mitchell<\/a>, documentaries editor at BBC Arabic<\/a>, said the pandemic was opening up regional broadcasters to stories beyond their usual focus. \u201cOrdinarily we cover the Middle East, but in the case of coronavirus, we will take, right now, anything that meets our editorial standards,\u201d Mitchell said. \u201cWe\u2019re much more open-minded about the geographical areas we cover. There is a thirst to really show what people are going through.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cLonger term, we\u2019d be interested in deeper investigations of coronavirus, specifically around the Arab world but not only that. We\u2019re also interested in how the crisis is being used as a smokescreen for other activities.\u201d BBC Arabic produces 30 or 60-minute films but are open to shorter videos as well.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Adam Grimley, editor of the BBC\u2019s Our World<\/a>, said user-generated content had proved to be one successful model for telling the story of the pandemic, and he was keen to find other storytelling approaches. Our World runs 23-minute films, a mix of investigative, observational, and reporter-led stories.<\/p>\n

Producing and directing films remotely is proving essential to pandemic coverage, given the travel restrictions, he said. \u201cWe\u2019re having to be more nimble how we work: physically, how we edit the programs, how we work with reporters in the field, and also how we work with producers and reporters in the field,\u201d Grimley said. \u201cI\u2019m totally open to ideas.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Send your project ideas and outlines via GIJN\u2019s new collaborative platform<\/a> to support long-form television investigations into COVID-19.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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Rowan Philp<\/a> <\/strong>is an award-winning journalist who has worked in more than two dozen countries. Currently based in Boston, Philp was the chief reporter and London bureau chief for South Africa\u2019s Sunday Times for 15 years.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Pitching Investigative Documentaries<\/h1>\n

A GIJN collaborative platform to support long form television investigations into COVID-19<\/p>\n

With borders closed and travel limited, watchdog reporting is tougher than ever, yet the stakes could not be higher. How can producers of long-form television and video investigations collaborate and keep their work from coming to a standstill? GIJN has designed a simple but secure platform to enable ongoing sharing of investigative television projects and relevant contacts.<\/p>\n

So if you are developing an idea or making a half hour or longer investigative television program, and want to find a co-producer, commissioning editor or program head, please fill in the form below.<\/p>\n

GIJN will pass on your pitch to the nine participating TV commissioners and producers from Swiss Public Television, Premi\u00e8res Lignes in France, the BBC (Global Current Affairs, BBC Arabic and BBC Africa), PBS Frontline in the United States, and Canada’s CBC (French and English language Investigations).<\/p>\n

The nine participating commissioners and producers will contact those who submitted their pitches directly if they are interested.<\/p>\n

This initiative was launched at a GIJN webinar.
\nHere’s what the commissioning editors are looking for: https:\/\/bit.ly\/3exrQPy<\/a><\/p>\n

Disclaimer: We guarantee to keep the material you send us strictly confidential and only share it with the list of commissioning editors above. We do all we can to ensure that this platform is secure, but please stay on the safe side: do not include sensitive information in your submission.<\/p>\n

Link to submit you project.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Luc Hermann and Edouard Perrin from Premi\u00e8res Lignes, along with BBC, PBS Frontline, RTS and CBC, were on the panel of the Global Investigative Journalism Network (GIJN) webinar launching a collaborative platform on COVID-19 investigations.   How to Pitch Your Long-form Video COVID-19 Story to Major Broadcasters By Rowan Philp GIJN | April 21, 2020<\/p>\n

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