MediaStorm Newsletter

Recent Client Projects

Times of Crisis for Reuters

Reuters and MediaStorm collaborated to create Times of Crisis, taking an in-depth look at the economic crisis of the past year.

On September 15, 2008, the 158-year old investment bank Lehman Brothers became the largest bankruptcy in U.S. history, its collapse paralyzing the global financial system.

Governments pumped in cash, but the crisis deepened and broadened, crippling industries and crushing hopes with a force not seen since the Great Depression. As signs of recovery emerge, Reuters charts 365 days of upheaval to see how lives around the globe have changed as a divergent world embarks on an era of historic challenge.

MediaStorm and Reuters collaborated to create this special web documentary and interactive timeline - view at reuters.com/timesofcrisis.

On Thinner Ice for Asia Society

Asia Society and MediaStorm collaborated to publish On Thinner Ice: Melting Glaciers on the Roof of the World.

Global warming is melting 18,000 Himalayan glaciers, the largest concentration of glaciers outside the polar ice sheets. Their melting spells trouble for not only 2 billion Asians but the whole world.

The project includes a narrative introduction, "then and now" images, and a wealth of additional resources for anyone interested in learning more.

Leveling Appalachia for Yale360

Yale360 and MediaStorm collaborated to create Leveling Appalachia: The Legacy of Mountaintop Removal Mining by Chad A. Stevens.

During the last two decades, mountaintop removal mining in Appalachia has destroyed or severely damaged more than a million acres of forest and buried nearly 2,000 miles of streams. Leveling Appalachia focuses on the environmental and social impacts of this practice and examines the long-term effects on the region's forests and waterways.

At a time when the Obama administration is reviewing mining permit applications throughout West Virginia and three other states, this video offers a first-hand look at mountaintop removal and what is at stake for Appalachia's environment and its people.

Global Governance Monitor: Finance for CFR

MediaStorm collaborated with The Council on Foreign Relations to launch the second section of their Global Governance Monitor, an in-depth look at multilateral responses to today's pressing global challenges.

Finance looks at the world's economy through time, from the Bretton Woods Agreements in 1944 to today. Incorporating a map, an interactive timeline, and a comprehensive overview, the Global Governance Monitor aims to shed light on our economic history, providing information as we lead up to the G20 summit.

Workshops

Upcoming Workshop

We will be holding our first Advanced Multimedia Reporting Workshop of the new year from February 20-26, 2010.

This Workshop is an intensive, hands-on educational experience in advanced multimedia storytelling.

Over the course of a week, participants will work in three-person teams, reporting and editing in collaboration with a seasoned multimedia professional to produce a multimedia project for distribution across multiple platforms. Each team will produce a professional-quality, ready-for-publication multimedia story.

Application deadline is Monday, December 14, 2009. All applications must be submitted online. See the site for more information and to see projects from past workshops.

MediaStorm Advanced Multimedia Workshop

During the week of September 19-25, 2009, we brought 6 talented professionals together to collaborate with the MediaStorm team at the fifth MediaStorm Advanced Multimedia Reporting Workshop. The participating photographers and editors explored New York City as they documented their stories and refined their audio, video, photography, and editing skills.

Kryssy Kocktail always dreamed of leaving her troubled family to join the circus. Now she eats fire and sits on an electric chair as a performer at the Coney Island Circus Sideshow. She also realized her dream of being part of a family. See the project.

The New York Post called them "The Best Buskers in New York City." Street artist twins Tic and Tac perform their acrobatics in The Art of Attraction. See the project.

MediaStorm intern Maisie Crow takes us behind the scenes of the MediaStorm Advanced Multimedia Reporting Workshop, to see six participants join the MediaStorm team to conceive, report, and produce two multimedia stories over the course of a week. See the project.

Eddie Adams Workshop Multimedia

From October 8-12, 100 students and well over 100 faculty and volunteers gathered in Jeffersonville, NY for the 22nd Eddie Adams Workshop.

All of the students who attend shoot still images during the Workshop, and several are given the chance to also record audio and video for a final multimedia presentation. A team of producers, led by Brian Storm, Tom Kennedy, and Rich Beckman produced 10 multimedia stories this year.

This year's multimedia team included: Jenn Ackerman, Kari Collins, Maisie Crow, Rob Finch, Sonya Hebert, Loup Langdon, Paul Myers, Stefania Rousselle, Steve Sapienza, and Melissa Wiley, with graphics by Jacky Myint and multimedia tech support from Bob Houlihan. See the projects on the Eddie Adams Workshop site.

MediaStorm is Hiring

Multimedia Producer

Passionate about multimedia storytelling? Looking for a position where you will be challenged and inspired?

MediaStorm is hiring for a Multimedia Producer to create multimedia pieces for our publication and clients. MediaStorm Multimedia Producers are also responsible for teaching at our workshops and at other events. This position is based in Brooklyn, NY.

All applications must be submitted online. For more information, please see the full job description. If you have any questions, please email us.

Application deadline is December 15, 2009.

Summer Internship

We are accepting applications for Summer 2009 Interns.

If you're motivated, highly-organized, and passionate about multimedia, we'd love to hear from you. Start dates are flexible. We’re looking for experience in multimedia production, design, motion graphics, and/or programming for web. Internships will be paid. Deadline is Tuesday, December 1, 2009.

For more information and to apply online, visit our site.

Awards

MediaStorm is honored to have been nominated for and received several awards this season.

Emmy Awards

Two MediaStorm projects were nominated for the 30th Annual News and Documentary Emmy Awards.

Intended Consequences was nominated in the New Approaches To News & Documentary Programming: Documentary Category.
Bearing Witness produced in collaboration with Reuters, was nominated in the New Approaches To News & Documentary Programming: Current News Coverage

In addition, one project was nominated for the 7th Annual Business and Financial Reporting Emmy Awards.

Crisis Guide: The Global Economy, produced in collaboration with Council on Foreign Relations/CFR.org, was nominated in the New Approaches to Business and Financial Reporting category.

Online News Association Awards

MediaStorm production Driftless: Stories from Iowa, won the Online Video Journalism, Small Site, award in the 2009 Online News Association Awards. Additionally, MediaStorm.org was a finalist in the General Excellence in Online Journalism, Small Site Category.

Fotoweek DC Awards

MediaStorm received several awards from the 2009 Fotoweek DC International Awards Competition, including:

New Media, Documentary

Award of Excellence: Intended Consequences by Jonathan Torgovnik.
Award of Merit: Driftless: Stories from Iowa by Danny Wilcox Frazier.

New Media, Experimental

Award of Excellence: Iraqi Kurdistan by Ed Kashi.


Driftless: Stories From Iowa by Danny Wilcox Frazier	Intended Consequences by Jonathan Torgovnik	Common Ground by Scott Strazzante

Surviving the Tsunami: Stories of Hope Produced for Thomson Reuters Foundation and the Red Cross	Snowbound by Lisa M. Robinson Produced for FotoFest	On Thinner Ice Produced for Asia Society

Take Care by Henrik Björnsson, Elena Ghanotakis, Gillian Laub and Laura Varma	Close to Home by Mary Beth Meehan, Michele Asselin and Maria Finitzo	Johnnie Footman:New York City's 90-year-old Cabbie by Jan Johannessen and Charlotte Oestervang