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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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A long feature documentary on the threat of the "Islamic State".

Kalifat Des Schreckens

A report on the Scooters Girls Club in Alexandria, Egypt

Mit dem Motorroller in die Freiheit

A one-man crew zero-budget documentary. Berlin, Aug 2015.

موسيقى اللجوء إلى برلين

Why do so many artists, Germans and non-Germans alike, reside in Berlin? Inspired by the city’s multicultural art scene, Egyptian filmmaker, Ahmed Yacoub’s latest documentary covers the stories of the German capital’s many “art refugees.”

Berlin, a Safe Haven for ‘Art Refugees’

Egypt Remains A Dream Destination For Foreigners. Here’s Why.

Documentary for Vice Media which investigates and documents how refugees manage to find a place to live in Berlin.

Free Room: How do refugees find accommodation in Berlin

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Free Room: How do refugees find accommodation in Berlin

Berlin, a Safe Haven for ‘Art Refugees’

Kalifat Des Schreckens

Egypt Remains A Dream Destination For Foreigners. Here’s Why.

موسيقى اللجوء إلى برلين

Mit dem Motorroller in die Freiheit

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