Contributors can file any news content that radio stations may want to buy and use, including dispatches, packages and actuality. Uganda Radio Network will currently only accept English-language reports, and has set the following standards, to which most radio stations adhere:
- 30 second story
- 1 minute dispatch
- 1.30 minute dispatch
- 1.30 minute feature/package
- 2-4 minute feature/package
- Independent Cuts/Clips (5 seconds – 20 seconds)
- Complete interview (regardless of length)
- Bespoke features/packages
- Sourced 2-ways
We recommend contributors file as much content, in different formats, as possible. Different radio stations around the world are likely to want to buy content in different formats. If a contributor records a newsworthy event, he or she can use clips of the actuality in a package as well as providing the actuality by itself. Contributors who also work in print journalism and record interviews and events could use that actuality to create a radio package, or simply upload and sell the actuality, or both.
