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11/10/09  Print This Post Print This Post    12 Comments   Popular   Written by Julie Schwietert
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Matador member Grady, a documentary filmmaker

MatadorTV brings existing and original travel video content together in a single place.

Since its founding in 2006, Matador has always been dedicated to publishing the best travel writing online. As our community of travelers has grown, though, we’ve realized that not every story is told with words. Matador is also home to thousands of talented photographers and filmmakers.

Which is why we’re launching MatadorTV.

While there’s tons of incredible travel video on the Web that makes us want to get offline and go exploring, there hasn’t been a single place where all of this material has come together to be showcased. That’s what we’re building with MatadorTV.

MatadorTV will be headed up by editor Joshua Johnson, who will scour the Internet for the best travel video online. In addition to curating existing work, he’ll be working with freelance video producers and filmmakers to create original content.

Sound interesting to you? If you’re stoked about doing a film project at home or on the road, we want to hear from you. Read our contributor guidelines here, then hit us up with your best travel video.

And if you’re not handy with the camera, pop on over to MatadorTV to enjoy the collection of videos we’ve already put together for you.

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Want to perfect your filmmaking skills? Check out our archive of travel video tips here.


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About the Author

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Julie Schwietert is the managing editor of Matador Network. She contributed a chapter to the recently published book, The Voluntary Traveler, and is currently working on five features for Fodor's Puerto Rico, 6th Edition.

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  • Nate maingard replied on November 10, 2009

    Wow guys, WELL DONE!
    Very excited to check out some jealousy inspiring videos asap:)

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  • susan replied on November 10, 2009

    Wow – incredible job, guys! This is going to grow into something wonderful.

    If you ever need some freelance content researchers, let me know. I worked at Current TV for awhile when we did the Lonely Planet BluList series & it was loads of fun!

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    • Julie Schwietert replied to susan on November 11, 2009

      Susan- I’ll definitely let Josh know!

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    • joshua johnson replied to susan on November 11, 2009

      Sounds like you could be a good person to have around! I am really glad you enjoy the site, I think we are going to grow killer travel media community here!
      I would love to chat about your experience working with Current.

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      • elasticfate replied to joshua johnson on November 14, 2009

        Yeah, I think it’s definitely gonna be killer. :)

        I’m getting ready to hit the road again in the morning, but Julie & David both have my email. Drop me a line & we’ll work out a time to chat. It was a really great place to work & I enjoyed the content aspect of it tremendously.

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  • Candice replied on November 10, 2009

    This is gonna be epic.

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  • Michelle replied on November 10, 2009

    What Candice said.

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  • Abbie replied on November 10, 2009

    How exciting! I can’t wait to see it :)

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  • XtremXpert replied on November 10, 2009

    WOW, great NEWS!!

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  • Mike Hedge replied on November 11, 2009

    super neat Julie.

    count me in.

    Mike

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