Get out your microphones, audiophiles, there’s a new opportunity for Canadian radio freelancers. Accessible Media Inc. is a not-for-profit organization that produces media for Canadians with disabilities – that’s anywhere from 5 to 8 million people across the country who have difficulty accessing mainstream media.

Until recently, AMI’s on-air programming has been produced mainly by volunteers and has consisted of articles from newspapers and magazines that are read aloud. But Russell Gragg, AMI’s National Managing Editor, says the organization is expanding and refining their audio programming and is looking for more original content for the service.

AMI is seeking primarily news-based radio pieces, but is open to arts-related stories as well – they've covered both TIFF and the Halifax Pop Explosion music festival in recent months. Gragg says stories dealing with disability and accessibility issues are always an easy sell at AMI, but pitches need not be limited to disability-related topics.

“We recognize that Canadians with disabilities don’t necessarily want to be defined exclusively by their disabilities,” he says. “Just because you have a vision impairment, doesn’t mean that all you want to hear about is news about the blind."

The organization has bureaus in eleven cities but is seeking freelancers from every part of the country. And Gragg says successful pitches may lead to other assignments.