[Commlist] CFP: Reflections 2023: A TV Foundation Review

*_Call for pitches:/Reflections 2023: A TV Foundation Review /_*

*Deadline Friday 27 January 2023 *


You are invited to submit a pitch for the inaugural edition 
of/Reflections: A TV Foundation Review/, the new publication produced in 
collaboration with The TV Foundation, the Edinburgh Television Festival 
charity, and Film and Television Studies at the University of Glasgow. 
The/Review/aims to develop a new space for thoughtful, creative 
responses to the year of television. This edition will be*published 
online and in print in August 2023*for distribution at the Edinburgh 
Television Festival. Contributors are invited to produce pieces of 
reflective writing (750-1500 words) with additional scope for original 
formats e.g., illustrations, poems.

The purpose of/Reflections/is to build on existing dialogues on 
television undertaken primarily in industry and academic spaces. We want 
to use the/Review/to bring the intellectual depth of these conversations 
into a shared writing platform that bridges insider/outsider engagements 
with broadcasting. This is an opportunity to bring together diverse 
perspectives on the year’s key television debates, in styles of writing 
that bridge the gap between academic and journalistic discourse on 
television. In doing so, we aim to create a new platform for the 
exchange of ideas, networks and practices that will contribute to 
progress and collaboration across television devotees.

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*_Themes _*

We welcome pitches for all forms of reflection on television. The 
‘year-in-review’ considers the time elapsed since the last Edinburgh 
Television Festival, 24-26 August 2022. The subjects addressed at that 
Festival may be used as a jumping off point for response pieces, and 
indeed the 2022 sessions are available On Demand via the Festival web 
portal for pass holders.

Subjects for pitches may include but are not limited to:

  * On the present and future of public service broadcasting
  * How online streamers impact British television
  * Where the Scotland, the UK fit in global markets
  * The function and pleasures of entertainment programmes
  * What role terrestrial television still plays
  * Representing the climate crisis in broader discourse
  * Mental health on screen
  * The power of news coverage in domestic and international crises
  * Diversity in industry, on and off screen
  * Spotlights and fandom of shows / channels / talent
  * The shifting role of indies in the market
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*_Contributors _*

Pitches are sought from contributors across all aspects and career 
stages of television, academia, and journalism.

Pitches are particularly welcomed from postgraduate students and early 
career researchers and industry professionals. Submissions are 
encouraged from those of all backgrounds and identities. This is an 
innovative space for dialogues on television, so perspectives that might 
not find homes in existing outlets are especially of interest.

*_Renumeration _*

Through our collaboration with the TV Foundation, we are pleased to 
offer academic contributors to the final publication a fee of £50 per 
1000 words, and a pass to attend the Edinburgh TV Festival in August 
2023, where/Reflections/will be distributed.


*_Submissions _*

Your pitch should consist of:

*An Abstract (max. 250 words)*- Please identify your topic, reasons for 
selecting it, and how you plan to critically engage with it in reference 
to the television ‘year-in-review’ theme(s). Please consider why the 
proposed piece is original and relevant to the festival.

*A Short Bio (max. 100 words)*- This should include your education, 
employment, recent publications (if any).

Please combine the pitch abstract and bio into a single Word attachment 
to your email.

If you are interested in contributing in a different format, 
the/Review/welcomes pitches along the lines of illustrations, poetry 
etc. Please be clear in your pitch what you intend to produce, and 
comparable recent work would be a useful reference point.

*Submit your pitch to Matthew Floyd 
at**(tvfoundationreview /at/ glasgow.ac.uk)* 
<mailto:(tvfoundationreview /at/ glasgow.ac.uk)>*by Friday 27 January 
2023.*Please use this subject title in your email: ‘Pitch: Reflections 
2023: A TV Foundation Review’.

All applicants will be notified by Friday 10 February 2023. The deadline 
for submitting the accepted written works will be Friday 31 March 2023.

*_Editorial team _*

*Matthew Floyd*is a doctoral researcher at the University of Glasgow 
working with the TV Foundation to build a history of the Edinburgh 
Television Festival, focusing on its keynote MacTaggart lecture. For the 
2022 Festival, Matthew was the Session Producer for the MacTaggart 
Legacy panel featuring Jack Thorne, David Olusoga, Dorothy Byrne and 
Armando Iannucci in conversation with Advisory Chair Afua Hirsch. This 
publication is the next step in the ongoing partnership between the 
Edinburgh Television Festival and Glasgow University.

*Campbell Glennie*is the CEO of the TV Foundation and the Edinburgh TV 
Festival, the UK’s leading TV event and home to the MacTaggart Lecture. 
Previously he has held senior management roles at Sheffield DocFest, 
Future Shorts/Secret Cinema as well as owning and editing/Fest/, 
Edinburgh’s independent Fringe guide. As a freelance writer and 
producer, he has worked for the BBC,/The Guardian/, ITV Studios, Banijay 
and Global.

*Amy Holdsworth*is the current Head of Film & Television Studies at the 
University of Glasgow. She is the author of/On Living with 
Television/(Duke University Press, 2021),/Television, Memory & 
Nostalgia/(Palgrave, 2011) and has recently joined the editorial board 
of the journal/Screen/(OUP).

*Lisa Kelly*is Senior Lecturer in Television Studies at the University 
of Glasgow. She has published on TV sitcom, factual entertainment, 
regional production hubs and talent development, and is currently 
developing a digital health & safety platform for the screen industries.



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