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Our membership process takes about ten minutes to complete; our community team thoroughly reviews all applications on a rolling basis. Expect to hear back in two to five business days.

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Group Discounts for Newsrooms and Universities to support your staff or students with a game-changing community and resources.

Fee Waivers for individuals residing in the Global south or whose economic circumstances prevent them from being able to pay these fees. We're committed to growing an inclusive global community of nonfiction video creators.

Student Discounts for 50% off application and Gold membership fees.

Partner Opportunities and inquiries to collaborate.

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+ $10 application fee (or local currency equivalent)

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What You Get

Access to all Local Gatherings
A profile in our VC Member Directory
Usage of VC Community Slack
Access to Jobs/Gigs Board + Weekly Jobs Newsletter
Subscription to Community Newsletters
Eligibility for General Programs, Grants
Support and Promotion on VC's Social Channels

VC Gold

$89 per year

$10 per month

+ $10 application fee (or local currency equivalent)

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What You Get

Free Access to all Local Gatherings
A profile in our VC Member Directory
Access to VC Community Slack
Access to Jobs/Gigs Board
Early Access to Weekly Jobs/Gigs Newsletter
Subscription to Community Newsletters
Eligibility for GOLD Programs, Grants
Support and Promotion on VC's Social Channels
GOLD Resources, Discounts, Templates
Advisory Circles (Mastermind Groups)
Virtual Industry Conversations with Decision Makers
Access to Newsroom Collective and all newsroom offerings

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Membership Benefits

We foster a uniquely supportive ecosystem and actively drive a culture of collaboration. Be a part of a community that's working to bring about a new era of nonfiction storytelling.

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Community Building

Get involved in our mentorship programs or attend in-person community gatherings, led by local filmmaking teams across the world!

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Career Development

Check out our talent directory, jobs board, community forums, collaborative resources, and monthly virtual workshops.

Advice Forums

Answers, inspiration, community, feedback, recommendations, and camaraderie within our various forums.

Mentorship + Collaborations

Mentorship and knowledge exchanges across borders and cultures.

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Job Opportunities

#GigAlert! Our robust job boards run by and for the community.

Creative Empowerment

Mental health initiatives, add to the Pay Transparency Project, listen to the Rough Cut podcast, read our ongoing filmmaker interview series, and more.

Workshop Archive Library

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Discounts + Resources

An ongoing roster of workshop archives, templates, guidelines, and discounts, just for VCers.

Strategic Connections

Our creator-led programs facilitate connections and collaborations for your storytelling needs and dreams.

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Eligibility: Professionals

Eligible Video Consortium members are actively working in visual journalism, documentary film, or social/emerging media-driven nonfiction storytelling, with bylines or credits that represent their professional industry work and reach. Also requisite is a passion for impactful storytelling, for helping others, and for making the media industry a more collaborative and welcoming place for all.

To join the community, it’s required that you’re actively working in documentary or video journalism. If commercial work is your primary focus, that’s ok—as long as you have nonfiction experience and credits. You must be currently working on a nonfiction project or projects (anything from hands-on producing to assisting in the camera department to managing a video department) and have a passionate desire to share and connect with fellow nonfiction creatives to grow and learn, together.

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Eligibility: Students

Eligible student members are studying or recent graduates of nonfiction storytelling and/or journalism and/or nonfiction communications. You must have a foundational production skillset, at least one sample of nonfiction video work to present, and a record of interest in to pursuing a career in nonfiction visual media (through documentary/journalism classes, accreditation, etc).

Students and recent graduates are eligible for 50% off premium membership.

Please contact us to receive a discount code.

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Eligibility: Organizations

Interested in getting a group membership for your employees, students, colleagues, or fellow community members? Contact us for eligibility on group membership discounts.

Interested in doing more, and partnering with us? We partner with mission-driven and strategically aligned companies and organizations, large and small, across the world to support creatives making great work through events, community outreach, story calls, collaborative programming, and more.

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The Video Consortium ® is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that connects and supports today's nonfiction filmmakers and video journalists to tell bold stories that change the world. (EIN: 81-1686368)

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