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NBC News Digital is the digital video arm of NBC News. We focus on storytelling on current events in the United States. We create "in their own words" documentaries or mini-docs, mashups, and explainers. It is owned by the NBCUniversal News Group, a unit of the NBCUniversal Television Group division of NBCUniversal.

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AJ+ is a global news community for the connected generation. We highlight human struggles and achievements, empower impassioned voices, and challenge the status quo.  <br>  It's is Al Jazeera's mobile app and social stream dedicated for the connected generation.

Our VJ are used to leverage original short  and personal form of storytelling from the ground.

AJ+ VJ stories are not normal news.  A straight-forward look at who, what, when, where doesn’t work for us.  We are looking for stories that are made interesting by the unexpected angle, human side, or visually captivating.   Ask yourself does this story move me or does it just inform me? 
 
Here are some aspects of what makes an AJ+ story:
Unique side angle on a major story.  Also a story that connects two things not commonly associated with each other.
Pushback to conventional wisdom on how the mainstream media (including Al Jazeera) or governments frame an issue.  
Emotional or compassionate side of a story.  Show specifically how people are directly affected by the issue (Emotions go beyond sadness can be awe, humor, anger, love, inspiration, etc…).  
Direct from the ground.  Hear directly from people in the city/town/village where the bigger story is taking place.
 Incredible visual.  Is there something we need to see (and hear) to believe?  This is video, so let’s leverage those stories.  It doesn’t have to be “hard news.”


Commissioned videos will appear at least one of AJ+'s language channels (English, Spanish, Arabic) and potentially on our partner's channels too.



<b> If you are producing a package for us, take a look at our "what works" video:  https://vimeo.com/121171058    </b>

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Here is what we've recently used freelance VJ's through StoryHunter for:  https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSRIx29Ufd9C67ZRPmCBOldm0ZI-linGk


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Account of the November 2014 elections in Okinawa, Japan, which brought to power anti-base Governor Takeshi Onaga.

Okinawa Elections: Keeping Democracy at Bay

This report profiles the rise of hate groups in Japan, as well as those citizens trying to confront them.

Japan Grapples with the Rise of Hate Groups

Profile of the Tokyo Roller Girls league through interviews with the athletes.

Tokyo Roller Girls League

A profile of Tokyo's Akihabara district, the home of electronics, nerds, and maid cafes.

Akihabara: Fusion of Technology and Fantasy

While some shoppers in America are boycotting Ivanka Trump’s products, her merchandise has been very successful in Tokyo, Japan.

Ivanka Trump's Products Thriving in Tokyo

Meet the people trying to make Japan great again.

Two cantaloupes for $27,000? This fruit is priced like jewelry.

JAPAN - rush footage only - High end fruit

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Michael P.

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Video Editor - News

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AJ+ Executive Producer of News Gathering
What we've done: tinyurl.com/aj-vjmap 

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Michael Penn is a freelance video and print journalist, president of the Shingetsu News Agency in Tokyo, Japan, and author of the academic book "Japan and the War on Terror" from I. B. Tauris publishers in the UK. Penn is a native Californian who has lived in Japan since 1997.

Formerly of al Jazeera English, al Jazeera America, and AJ+...now making videos at the wonderful world of Vox.

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