New video journalists/ tv producers to join the Metropolis network.

Metropolis is an innovative TV show and website that shows remarkable and unexpected stories from around the world. The stories are produced by local video journalists. For our upcoming series of 18 episodes we are looking for new professional video journalists to join our project.

Metropolis employs a correspondent network of more than 70 video journalists and TV producers from across six continents. As a Metropolis correspondent you explore your local surroundings to capture remarkable stories in everyday life. Weekly global topics are the starting point: what is it like to be an outcast, how are children raised in your culture, how do people deal with a broken heart, what are local dangers and how do people deal with them? Visit this page to find out about upcoming themes: http://www.metropolistv.nl/en/content/join

Metropolis was initiated by VPRO and Dutch NGO Hivos. VPRO is an independent and non-political public broadcast organization in The Netherlands. The show is aired on prime time in The Netherlands, Belgium and Nicaragua and has won several media awards in the past 3 years.

What is offered

• A great opportunity to show the world stories from your country to a global audience
• The possibility to produce reports on a regular basis
• Work that can be combined with other documentaries/projects
• Appropriate remuneration for each contribution

What is required

• Great eye for unexpected and remarkable characters and stories
• The ability to make a professional and personal 5-minute report
• Experience in making TV reports and/or documentaries
• A lot of enthusiasm to join a unique global collective of video journalists!

How to learn more

Would you like to learn more? Don't hesitate to contact us! Please contact editor Ms. Iris van der Spoel: i.vander.spoel@vpro.nl

On our website you can find all reports from around the world, more information on the project and of course all episodes: www.metropolistv.nl/en