Dutch Public TV Network Looking To Hire VJs Worldwide. Interested?

Predictable? You bet!

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We’ve been talking for a while about the burgeoning market for video.

Now, I have received an email from a show on Dutch Public Television and they’re looking for a few VJ correspondents worldwide.

Here’s what they said:

Hey Michael,
Good to hear from you.
In a nutshell:
-          We pay roughly 1000-2000 euro for each finished report of 3-5 minutes. Depends on where people are located and how they work
-          We start with topic lists, each episode is build around one global topic, and we expect from our reporters t find creative/unexpected angles with those topics – stories that show on a small, personal scale fhow this topic is perceived in their culture. I have attached the latest topic list

The real capital of this project is our reporter network – we do not aim at quantity, we don’t want to have 100’s of reporters, but with every new series we try to increase the overall quality of the reporter network. At this moment we have about 40 great reporters, and I believe we need at least 10 more to have a good basis for the next 18 episodes that are coming up. So that’s why I’d be really interested to see if we could expand our network with your help. I just learned that one of our contributors has granted us an extra fee for the next few months, that we can spend on finding new correspondents and have them produce the first 1 or 2 reports.  Main part of that money should be spend in European (and connecting) countries (also Russia, Belarus, Marocco etc.), but we can use a part of it as well to work with new people from other continents.

If you are interested and you think your work is good enough, email me at Michael@Rosenblumtv.com

Michael Rosenblum

For more than 30 years, Michael Rosenblum has been on the cutting edge of the digital video journalism revolution. During this time, he has lead a drive for video literacy, and the complete rethinking of how television is made and controlled. His work has included: The complete transitioning of The BBC's national network (UK) to a VJ-driven model, starting in 2002. The complete conversion of The Voice of America, the United State's Government's broadcasting agency, (and the largest broadcaster in the world), from short wave radio to television broadcasting and webcasting using the VJ paradigm (1998-present). The construction of NYT Television, a New York Times Company, and the largest producer of non-fiction television in the US. Rosenblum was both the founder and President of NYT TV, (all based on this paradigm (1996-1998). The President and Founder of Video News International, a global VJ-driven newsgathering company, with more than 100 journalists around the world. (1993-1996). Other clients include Spectrum News, Verizon and CBS News.