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We have a place for you to submit your videos about the economic crisis directly into the Uncommon Economic Indicators [http://www.wnyc.org/shows/bl/economic_indicators/ webpage]. As you plan your video, consider our Uncommon Economic Indicator categories: housing, employment, behavior, commerce, swindlers or bright spots. 

On the submission form, enter your name and email (in case we need to contact you), assign a category and add a title. Because your submission can appear on our map, make a note of where you shoot and enter the address.

After you upload your video to Youtube, (Never did that? get help [http://help.youtube.com/support/youtube/bin/topic.py?topic=16560 here!])copy the '''url,''' not the embed code, and past it into the form on our project page.

An icon will appear on our map. Click there to see your video, or you may also view it as an entry in our [http://panzera.wnyc.org/indicators/contributions/ story archive].


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===[http://www.youtube.com/user/wnycradio Your Uncommon Economic Indicators 2009 Video Contest]===
'''Contest Period:'''The Brian Lehrer Show's Uncommon Economic Indicators video contest begins at 10:00:01 a.m. Eastern Time on May 26, 2009 and ends at 11:59:59 a.m. ET on June 21, 2009. 

'''Prize''': The winning video will be screened this summer by [http://www.rooftopfilms.com/ '''Rooftop Films'''].Finalists will receive lunch at the Kitchen Club in Soho or WNYC gift bag and an appearance before a live audience to screen the winning video with Brian Lehrer in the new [http://www.thegreenespace.org/thegreenespace/ Jerome L. Greene performance space].

'''Requirements:''' 
Add your Youtube video to the [http://www.youtube.com/groups_members?name=wnycindicators WNYC Group,] complete the contact information form and enter the video URL on [http://www.wnyc.org/shows/bl/economic_indicators/ Your Uncommon Economic Indicators.]

Your video should be no longer than one-minute and should show your take on an Uncommon Economic Indicator. You get extra points during the judging if one of these 6 category icons from our project appears somewhere in your shot: 

*Behavior--''Piggy Bank''
*Bright Spots--''Sunshine''
*Commerce--''Bank''
*Employment--''Handshake''
*Housing--''A white house''
*Swindlers--''Skull & Crossbones
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'''Rules:'''
Each person appearing in your video must be 18 years of age or older. The person uploading the video will be deemed the entrant. After you have submitted a video, you may remove your video from the Contest (and your entry will not be eligible) by 11:59:59 p.m. ET on 6/17/09. By entering, you guarantee all material is original and not in violation of any copyright and you understand that your entry may be posted online for consumers to view and vote on. Entrants acknowledge and agree that their entry becomes the property of WNYC Radio, which thereby has the right to edit, adapt, modify, reproduce, promote and otherwise use entries in any way it sees fit in connection with advertising or promoting.

WNYC is an organization committed to the highest journalistic ethics and programming standards and to independent, noncommercial journalism, both in fact and appearance. Stories submitted by project collaborators that appear on WNYC’s Brian Lehrer Show crowd source reporting pages are anecdotal in nature and should not necessarily be expected to achieve the journalistic standards of WNYC. [http://www.wnyc.org/about/terms.html WNYC's complete Terms of Use]





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===Tips: What Makes a Better Video?===
* A steady hand. If you don't have a tri-pod, do all you can to support your arm (keep it close to your body, support with other hand, short takes)
* Lighting matters! If you don't have good light, find some or shoot at a different time.
* Sound matters! Be aware of the mic on your camera and be sure to get close if you conduct an interview. 
* Have fun!

Please keep your video under one minute. Don't forget a Title! 

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