USAID needs your stories to educate the public about our programs, explain how U.S. development assistance works,
and demonstrate the impact USAID has on peoples' lives around the world.
In particular, video can bring a story to life so that we convey information that the everyday reader can care about and understand.
Video can bring stories to life through interviews and first-person testimonials.
A powerful video accompanied by a succinct story can powerfully illustrate how USAID is making a difference.
Two or three paragraphs of body text provide background to the situation.
Please fill in as many fields as you can. Those marked with an * are required.
Use the Tab key to move from field to field.
Your video should be uploaded first to a video hosting website such as YouTube.
Once you upload your video, you will need to have the URL of the video from the video hosting service to complete this form.
Use the Submit button after you have completed the form to submit your story to the Telling Our Story Initiative.
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| * Headline |
Good headlines or titles are simple, jargon-free, and have impact; they summarize the story in a nutshell; and include action verbs that bring the story to life. Your headline should include few words.
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| Subhead |
Use the subhead to expand on the headline, humanize the story or highlight a key fact. Titles are simple, jargon-free and have impact. Your subhead should use very few words (100 characters maximum, including spaces and punctuation). This section is not required.
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| * Video |
The video should first be uploaded to a video hosting service such as YouTube (http://www.youtube.com),
Google Video (http://video.google.com) or Yahoo.Video (http://video.yahoo.com).
These and other services allow users to create account and upload video without charge, and also allow for the sharing of these videos via the internet.
You may choose whatever video hosting service you'd like … but remember,
the Telling Our Story system will require a video hosting service that provides an "embed this video" option to allow us to display your video and story at the same time.
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* Video Location
Tell us where you've uploaded your video by providing the URL for the video here. Please remember to provide the "embedded video" link.
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* Permission to Use Video
Do you have permission to use the video?
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Yes |
* Videographer's Name
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Videographer's Organization
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| * Caption |
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The caption should succinctly summarize the story and capture the reader's attention. (Up to 50 words)
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| * Supporting Paragraph |
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Provide a broader background to the video, including statistics, quotes or descriptions of the individual, community or USAID program featured (Up to 350 words)
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| Background Information |
Please let us know these details about the video.
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* Date
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* Country of Story
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* City or Region of Story
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* USAID Program
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Presidential Initiative
Is the story about a presidential initiative?
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Yes |
Contractor, if any
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| Other |
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| Submitter |
Please tell us who we should contact regarding this story.
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* Name
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* Organization
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* Email
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* Phone
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