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NowThis is a distributed media company that creates cross-platform stories for people who live on their phones. We create platform-appropriate content for Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Instagram, Vine, Snapchat and more of the social feeds and apps you love.

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The Daily Telegraph, commonly referred to simply as The Telegraph, is a national British daily broadsheet newspaper published in London by Telegraph Media Group and distributed across the United Kingdom and internationally.

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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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In world news and current events today, Les Dunes Electroniques is an annual music festival held in southern Tunisia,  where many scenes from the original 1977 ‘Star Wars’ were filmed, as well as many parts of 1999’s ‘Episode I: The Phantom Menace.’ The festival is a 30-hour, non-stop rave with dozens of DJs and everything from sunrise yoga, to ‘Star Wars’ makeup tutorials.

This Music Festival Takes Place on the ‘Star Wars’ Set | NowThis

A news piece about Somalian migrants in Yemen during the war

Inside Yemen: African refugees - exploited and extorted

News piece during the CICA summit held in Dushambe/Tajikistan 2019

CICA Summit: Tajik men seek better pay amid sluggish economy

On 26 June 2015 a lone gunman opened fire on Sousse beach, killing 38 holidaymakers. This was the deadliest terror attack in Tunisia’s modern history, and the biggest loss of British lives to terrorism since the 2005 attacks in London.

It took this small North African nation 50 years to fortify its reputation as a “fly and flop” paradise, but just 50 minutes of terror for that sand castle to come crashing down.

In the years that followed Tunisia tightened up its anti-terrorism measures across the country and foreign offices softened their warnings, prompting tourists to trickle back in. 

But can the tourism industry really recover? The Telegraph’s Greg Dickinson went to Sousse to find out.

The tragedy of Sousse – a city taken off the tourist map

Short documentary about countring violent extremism in Tunisia

Breaking the cycle of violence

On September 10th,  heavy rains from storm Daniel triggered the collapse of two dams in Derna, unleashing a deadly torrent that swept away residential neighbourhoods and drowned families in just a few minutes.
This short documentary follows Abubaker while he is searchin for his missing loved ones.

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Breaking the cycle of violence

This Music Festival Takes Place on the ‘Star Wars’ Set | NowThis

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Inside Yemen: African refugees - exploited and extorted

CICA Summit: Tajik men seek better pay amid sluggish economy

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