Add to the record

Submit a
story.

Anyone, anywhere can put a person or company forward — including themselves. There is no fee and no membership. Our editors verify every submission before a crew is booked.

A small film crew setting up an interview on locationFree to submit

What we look for

A story, not a pitch.

  • Press releases and marketing campaigns
  • Political messaging of any kind
  • Paid placement — we never sell a slot
  • Claims that cannot be independently checked
  • Anonymous stories with no one on camera
A camera operator filming an interview on a city street
  • A person or company who built something real
  • A verifiable turning point, with dates and names
  • Someone willing to speak on camera, in any language
  • Work that changed a household, a street, or an industry
  • Stories from countries the archive has yet to reach

Nominate someone

Tell us who deserves the camera.

A paragraph is enough to start. If your submission moves forward, an editor will write back with next steps and, where needed, arrange an interpreter for the interview.