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3/17/2025
Enter now: Sony Camera Contest for Doc Film and Journalism Students
📣 Calling all documentary and journalism students!
With support from Sony Electronics, we're giving YOU the chance to win a Sony FX3 camera or a Sony Alpha 7 IV camera in a celebratory contest that marks the launch of our new University Initiative!
Video Consortium's University Initiative empowe...
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3/17/2025
Viral Hooks to Grow Your Social Media Following with Erin McGoff
Want your videos to reach millions? Then get AdviceWithErin, in real-time at our next Newsroom Collective virtual speaker session on Thursday, March 20, at 2pm ET!
Erin McGoff—former journalist, award-winning filmmaker, and founder of AdviceWithErin—has masterfully grown her audience to 6.5 milli...
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2/24/2025
Announcing the University Initiative
We're committed to making careers in documentary filmmaking and video journalism more accessible for everyone—including students! That’s why we’re thrilled to launch the University Initiative, designed to empower and connect doc film and video journalism students across the U.S. through virtual gath...
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2/24/2025
Meet the Solutions Storytelling Project: Asia Fellows
We're thrilled to kick off our third year of the Solutions Storytelling Project, made possible by Skoll Foundation, this time across Asia.
SSP connects regional filmmakers and social innovators in the Global South to produce solutions-focused short documentaries that catalyze positive change. Wit...
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The Video Consortium
2/3/2025
Announcing the Newsroom Collective, Future of Nonfiction Video 2025 Unconference
We have officially launched Newsroom Collective, a community of local newsrooms across the U.S. using video to enhance journalistic impact, expand audiences, and increase revenue. We’re also hosting an in-person celebration of the launch during the Future of Nonfiction Video 2025 on February 7-8 in...
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2/3/2025
Solutions Inside Out: Season Two
We’re thrilled to begin releasing Season Two of Solutions Inside Out, an inspiring short doc series about social innovators catalyzing positive change in their communities — this time across Latin America. The series is the long-awaited outcome of the Solutions Storytelling Project, a collaborative...
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12/18/2024
Come Together with us to support local hubs
We launched our first major fundraising effort in VC history — the Come Together campaign — with a goal to raise $50,000 to sustain and expand our local hubs. If VC has ever helped you land a job, connect with peers, or feel part of something bigger, now's the time to share the love right back. You...
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11/19/2024
Minneapolis Hub Launch!
We’re launching a new hub in Minneapolis! 🎉 If you're in the Twin Cities area, come join us for an evening of networking and community-building at La Doña Cervecería on Friday, Nov. 22nd from 5:30-8pm.
Mingle with fellow filmmakers and video journalists in your area, and hear from our local VC org...
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11/13/2024
Visionary journalism veteran Kevin Merida joins Video Consortium Board of Directors
One of the most creative and optimistic voices in media today is the newest member of the Video Consortium’s Board of Directors.
Kevin Merida has a strong track record in media leadership and innovation. He’s currently working on a variety of film and documentary projects, and most recently served a...
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The Video Consortium
10/28/2024
Apply for Advisory Circles (Deadline: Nov. 1)
🪐 Our 4th cycle of Advisory Circles is now open for applications! Advisory Circles is an exclusive VC Gold member perk that propels you to expand your orbit and exchange skills, resources, feedback, accountability, and more with a small circle of documentary and video journalism peers from all over...
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