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Review the production companies for the PBS documentaries where you believe that you'd qualify to be a writer.

Production companies making legitimate documentaries generally hire union workers. Your rate, then would be union scale, depending on the length of the documentary and the genre involved.

Depending on whether you -- or the production company where you want to work -- are attached to the Writers Guild - West or the Writers Guild - East, you can download their schedule of minimums from the appropriate Web site.

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