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.

Community Connection:

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

About The Author

Julie Schwietert

Julie Schwietert Collazo is a writer, editor, researcher, and translator currently in New York, formerly of Mexico City and San Juan. She is Matador's managing editor and is the lead faculty member of MatadorU's travel writing program.

  • http://angelicwildboy.com Nate maingard

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

  • http://www.elasticfate.com susan

    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!

    • http://collazoprojects.com/ Julie Schwietert

      Susan- I’ll definitely let Josh know!

    • joshua johnson

      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.

      • http://www.elasticfate.com elasticfate

        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.

  • http://matadortravel.com/travel-community/candicew86 Candice

    This is gonna be epic.

  • http://musictravelwrite.wordpress.com Michelle

    What Candice said.

  • http://milesofabbie.com Abbie

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

  • http://matadortravel.com/travel-community/xtremxpert XtremXpert

    WOW, great NEWS!!

  • http://www.mikehedge.com Mike Hedge

    super neat Julie.

    count me in.

    Mike

    • http://collazoprojects.com/ Julie Schwietert

      Can’t wait to see what you put together, Mike!

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