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Al Jazeera America

Franklin Lopez Company

 
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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Shoulder Rig

A short documentary about the Unist'ot'en Camp, an Indigenous community established in the path of three hydraulically fractured gas and diluted bitumen pipelines.

How to Stop An Oil And Gas Pipeline: The Unist'ot'en Camp Resistance

A group of Dene in the far north of Saskatchewan are resisting tar sands and uranium mining in their territory, while coming to grips with an already complex legacy of extraction.

Dene People Resist Uranium and Tar Sands Extraction in Saskatchewan's North

An update from an embedded perspective at the Unist'ot'en Camp- an occupation blocking major hydraulic fracturing and tar sands pipelines on unceded land in BC.

Holding Their Ground

An Enbridge open house in Aamjiwnaang First Nation became a venue for residents to vent their frustration with the oil and gas infrastructure that surrounds their community.

VICE | Enbridge Bailed on Aamjiwnaang Open House

The community of Aamjiwnaang lives surrounded by high emitting petro-chemical facilities. This VICE documentary provides a glimpse into a legacy of pollution and how it has affected the community's health.

VICE | Canada's Chemical Valley

A long-read on the many First Nations suing over tar sands development, with a focus on the Beaver Lake Cree.

VICE | Indigenous Lawsuits Could Paralyze the Tar Sands

Police and pipeline companies have increased their surveillance and presence around unceded Unist’ot’en territory, where an indigenous clan has established a community directly in the path of a proposed tar sands and fracked gas pipeline corridor.

Al Jazeera America | In Canada, Indigenous Group Blocks Pipeline

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Video Journalist

Photographer, writer, and short documentary filmmaker.

Michael T.

Tupac is a cinematographer, journalist and documentary filmmaker. He has produced documentaries and shorts videos for Frontline World, Time/CNN, Yes Magazine, and LPB from Mexico, India, Cuba, Peru, Brazil, and Bolivia.
He has also worked as a cameraman for several award-winning documentary producers and independent filmmakers. Tupac received his Masters degree from UC Berkeley's Graduate School of Journalism. He is passionate about human rights, the environment, martial arts and music.

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Michael T.

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Holding Their Ground

Al Jazeera America | In Canada, Indigenous Group Blocks Pipeline

VICE | Indigenous Lawsuits Could Paralyze the Tar Sands

VICE | Canada's Chemical Valley

VICE | Enbridge Bailed on Aamjiwnaang Open House

Dene People Resist Uranium and Tar Sands Extraction in Saskatchewan's North

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Glimmer Studios

Michael T.

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Holding Their Ground

Al Jazeera America | In Canada, Indigenous Group Blocks Pipeline

VICE | Indigenous Lawsuits Could Paralyze the Tar Sands

VICE | Canada's Chemical Valley

VICE | Enbridge Bailed on Aamjiwnaang Open House

Dene People Resist Uranium and Tar Sands Extraction in Saskatchewan's North

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