TakePart is a place for people who care about the world and want to live their lives accordingly. We feature original articles by journalists, activists, and experts about everything from climate change to LGBTQ rights to whether Big Macs should technically be considered food.

As the digital division of Participant Media, the folks who brought you such acclaimed documentaries as Food, Inc., An Inconvenient Truth, and The Cove, TakePart is also a hub for the hundreds of thousands of highly active and loyal fans of these films.

But there’s more—much more. (Like, the word “more” feels vaguely inadequate here.) In addition to being a place to read about issues that matter, TakePart is a place to make a difference. We believe more people would get involved if they had intuitive, trusted ways to do so (call us crazy), so we’re providing just that.

Accompanying each article you read on TakePart, you’ll find a way to take meaningful and immediate action—sign a petition, donate, send support, take a pledge. Even better, each action is vetted by our intimidatingly knowledgeable Social Action team, so you know you’ll be lending your voice to a good cause.

We recognize, too, that in today’s world you also vote and speak with your wallet, so you’ll find lifestyle articles to help you make safe, responsible, ethical choices on grocery store shelves, in the dressing room, at the drug store, and beyond—without compromising taste or quality. (No chafe-tastic hemp underwear for you, dear reader.)

TakePart

Welcome to Great Big Story, a digital video network dedicated to the untold, the overlooked and the flat-out amazing.  All of the stories we tell are meant to feed your curiosity and show you something you've never seen before.  

Great Big Story

G/O Media is a publishing company with a portfolio of digital brands whose independent and passionate voices attract one of the largest audiences of 18- 44 year-olds available anywhere.

Our digital brands include: tech and science site Gizmodo; The A.V. Club, focused on pop culture; sports news site Deadspin; Jalopnik for those obsessed with all things autos; feminist site Jezebel; gaming news and tips site Kotaku; Lifehacker, the guide to doing everything better; Black news and culture site The Root; humor and satire site The Onion; food, drink and recipe site The Takeout, along with e-commerce site The Inventory.

G/O Media

 
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


AJPlus

Relaxnews

Stratégies

DSLR Camera

Welcome to the Cité of Cinéma by Luc Besson

Somalia, Beyond Violence

Video filmed and edited for Paris worldwide, the magazine of Aéroports de Paris.

Chinese creation in Paris

Video filmed and edited for Paris Worldwide, the magazine of Aéroports de Paris

The Musée de l'Homme : at the origins of mankind

Covering the Cannes Lions 2015 festival for the French magazine Stratégies.

Cannes Lions 2015 

What do refugees think of a lightweight garment that protects from the elements and turns into a shelter?

The TakePart team visited a camp in Calais, a city in northern France, to find out.

[URGENT] Arabic Speaking Video Journalist for shoot in CALAIS, FRANCE, July 9th

Uncharted: Mont Saint-Michel – Normandy France

VJ Needed for Interviews and Broll in Paris

Another project filmed for the programme Great Big Story (CNN). 
Filming by drone and ground shots. 

UNCHARTED: Chapel of Saint-Michel d'Aiguilhe - France

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Hela K.

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Video Editor - Commercial

Melia L.

Julianne W.

*Video Journalist (AJ+, France télévisions, Stratégies, BBC, Al Qarra TV)*

I am a French-Iraqi video journalist who worked for multiple TV broadcasts and online newspapers ( France télévisions, France TVinfo, BBC, Al Qarra TV, Nouvel Obs, Rue 89, ...). 

I have my own equipment (DSLR - CANON 5D MARK III, Zoom H5). I lived in Brussels for 3 years where I worked for the Parliament and NGOs, I also lived in the UK (London) for 2 years. I frequently travel to the Middle East and I speak 5 languages ( French, English, Arabic - I am of Iraqi origins - Spanish and Italian). 






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UNCHARTED: Chapel of Saint-Michel d'Aiguilhe - France

The Musée de l'Homme : at the origins of mankind

Chinese creation in Paris

Somalia, Beyond Violence

Welcome to the Cité of Cinéma by Luc Besson

Hela K.

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[URGENT] Arabic Speaking Video Journalist for shoot in CALAIS, FRANCE, July 9th

Cannes Lions 2015

VJ Needed for Interviews and Broll in Paris

Uncharted: Mont Saint-Michel – Normandy France

UNCHARTED: Chapel of Saint-Michel d'Aiguilhe - France

The Musée de l'Homme : at the origins of mankind

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