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Broadcasters work so hard to create incredible content that is too often “gone” once it goes to air.

The National Features and Documentary Series aims to encourage storytelling from new and emerging producers around Australia. All you need to enter is a great idea for a radio feature or documentary. Then, if you're selected, you can receive mentoring and training from the Community Media Training Organisation at no cost and be paid for bringing your feature or documentary idea to fruition.

The 12 pieces made for the inaugural Documentary & Features Competition, run by the CBAA and the CMTO, are ready for airtime. These will be available to stations for local broadcast through the CRN programming service in October and November.

In particular, this webinar is aimed at complaints officers, and committees and people involved in the management of community radio and television stations. However, any volunteer from a community radio or television station is welcome to attend.

Held on the evening of Tuesday 27 May, the first CMTO/CBAA Webinar of 2014 looked at the always relevant topic of fundraising. Community broadcasters rely on the financial support of their respective communities to remain viable. Although sponsorship has traditionally served as the preferred method for raising revenue, there are a range of alternative streams available for stations to utilise.

What do the kangaroo, autism, international adoption, coal seam gas, same-sex marriage and the riot grrrl movement have in common?

The National Audio Documentary and Features Competition is calling for story ideas from content producers associated with community radio stations.

'Sponsorship for Community Radio and Televisions Stations (Part 1)' is scheduled to be held on Tuesday 15 October and will be conducted by Stephen Pead, who has had a long media career joins us for the first of two sessions on sponsorship.

The next webinar will be held on Wednesday 14 August and will focus on how to write content grants. Bryce Ives from the Community Broadcasting Foundation will talk about what is meant by new and innovative content and participants will have the chance to ask questions about project ideas you may be considering.