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Join our growing community of over 5,000 active members! The membership application process will take about 10 minutes to complete, and billing won’t start until after your membership is approved.

This information is used to build out your profile, verify your identity, and highlight your skills within our global nonfiction community.

Display Profile Information Publicly

If turned off, your profile will be hidden from the directory, only be accessible via direct link, and only your name and photo will be visible.

Recommended image dimensions: at least 600px x 600px (square crop). File size limit: 5 MB.

Name

In case we need to contact you regarding your membership. This information will NOT show on your profile.

To verify that you are 18 years of age or older. This information will NOT show on your profile.

Address

Note: We only collect City, State / Province / Region, Zip / Postal Code, and Country from the following fields.

This optional information will help other members and projects connect with you, and vice versa.

Race/Ethnicity

Show Race/Ethnicity On Profile
BIPOC

For data filtering and reporting purposes. ⌘+Click (on Mac), or CTRL+Click (on PC), to select multiple.

How would you describe your ethnic/cultural identity? (Optional, if and as desired (e.g. South Asian, Eastern European, Nigerian).

Gender

Show Gender On Profile

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How would you describe your gender identity? (optional)

LGBTQIA+

How would you describe your LGBTQUA2S+ Identity? (optional)

Tell us the story of you!

A short description of who you are and what you do. This appears at the top of your profile; think of it as the logline of you.

255 characters left

Please write in the third person! This short bio is displayed on your personal profile.

Or… a rule or quote you live by.

What do you have access to and actively use in your work? This is helpful for people seeking to crew up. These display for Gold members only.

Featured Work
Video / Youtube URL (Please add https:// and the full URL.)Video TitleVideo Description
Awards / Certificates

These display for Gold members only.

Award / Certificate Name

Select up to 10. ⌘+Click (on Mac), or CTRL+Click (on PC), to select multiple.

Select as many as you speak. ⌘+Click (on Mac), or CTRL+Click (on PC), to select multiple.

Let us know your "other" languages.

This information will help other members and projects connect with you, and vice versa.

If applicable. If freelance, skip — or add your own company.

At A Newsroom

Are you on staff and/or regularly contract with a newsroom? Checking this will give you access to Newsroom Collective.

Student

Are you a Student?

Available For Hire

I’m open and available for a job or freelance work.

Looking For Freelance

Looking For Freelance Work

Looking for Full Time Work

Looking for Full Time Work

Hiring

My company is currently hiring and looking for people.

Open To Mentoring

Are you open to mentoring or being mentored by another member?

Open To Virtual Coffee

Are you open to getting a virtual coffee with someone?

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⌘+Click (on Mac), or CTRL+Click (on PC), to select multiple.

Include your social details to help others connect with you. This information will only be visible to other logged in VC members. Please enter full, valid URLs.

Display Email On Profile Page

Would you like to display your email to other members?

General information.

This will be your username.

A strong password is at least 12 characters with a combination of letters, numbers, and symbols.

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This is your personal URL — share it! Lower case letters, numbers, and hyphens only (e.g. my-name — this results in the following URL: https://videoconsortium.org/members/my-name).

If you are applying as part of a group membership, contact your group administrator for your group code to enter here.

This is really helpful as we keep track of our community's growth. Please let us know!