Sections:

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Video/photo team

-Documentary style preferred, but found footage or other mediums are also welcome.

      -pieces about local businesses

      -other human interest based pieces related to COVID-19

      -Black Lives Matter protest footage, activist spotlights

      -history of statues on the brink of removal

-FaceTime portrait photoshoots

-images of typically highly populated areas now isolated

-photos to accompany articles

*Photo series: 10-15 photos

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Writing

-memoirs/personal essays

       -preferably focusing on the idea of “life interrupted”

       -reintroduction to childhood homes/hometowns after a long absence

        *1200 words

-column: romance in the time of quarantine

        *750 words

-column: activism during the COVID-19 pandemic

     - in light of recent tragedies involving police brutality, how can we stay active in this cause

       amid an economic and medical crisis?

       *750 words 

-column: the song of the summer

      -COVID-19, and a series of racially motivated violent incidents (which have lead to national

        demonstrations and reforms), can certainly take a toll on mental health.  What songs have     

        remained a beacon of hope or comfort for you?

        *750 words

-artist spotlights

     -musicians or artists in quarantine, what they do to stay creative

     -what about artists who would've had gallery showings, musicians who would've been on tour?        Authors on book tours?

        *500 words

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Interviews

-We will shuffle names and pair up volunteers to interview another Estranged creator who they do not know.

-You will create your own questions, but everyone needs to be asked: what is one thing people typically don’t guess about you?

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EMAIL estrangedthemagazine@gmail.com TO PITCH FOR ANY OF THE ABOVE PROMPTS, OR YOUR OWN IDEA.