CALL FOR PROPOSED STORIES for Ark Republic's fourth major collaborative project on gentrification. PAID CONTRIBUTOR OPPORTUNITY Inner cities experiencing dramatic shifts in its landscape that are best defined as gentrification. While some describe it as a welcomed renewal of urban terrain left neglected, others see it as a takeover. This is why we ask, “Whose block is it, anyway?” For Ark Republic’s fourth Major Collaborative Project (MCP), we call for your help tell multimedia stories of gentrification: a contested space of ideas, cultures and economies. Please submit all CFPs and questions to the following email: majorcollabo@arkrepublic.com with the subject line: Gentrification. Please submit proposals by July 1. Publication is August 5-18 (tentatively). Pay scale offered after submissions. Traditional/Reported piece Narrated Feature story Long form journalism Think piece/Commentary Photojournalism Audio Op-ed Podcast Pictorial/photo-journalistic piece Mapping or Geospatial mapping Short Docs Short Films Podcast Q&A interviews (written or videoed) Street beat or street pulse (ask people on the street their opinion) Pictorial Cartoons Comic Strips Musical compositions Poems Comedic Sketches Abstract art …see more