MediaStorm is excited to welcome Lisa Jamhoury, as our new Operations and Social Media Manager. Lisa Jamhoury is a communications professional with a passion for confronting social justice issues. Lisa previously worked as communications manager at the International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ), where she implemented strategies to increase media attention, expand online presence and multimedia use, [...]
The Open Society Documentary Photography Project and Arts and Culture Program announce a grant and training opportunity for documentary photographers from Central Asia, the South Caucasus, Afghanistan, Mongolia, and Pakistan. Approximately 10 cash stipends in the amount of $3,500 USD each will be awarded to photographers to produce a photo essay on a current human rights or social issue [...]
LUCEO announces its call for entries for the third annual LUCEO Student Project Award. The award is offered each year to a student photographer working to develop a significant body of work. The 2011 Student Project Award recipient was Ohio University undergraduate student Maddie McGarvey. Her photo essay on grandparents raising grandchildren was selected as [...]
Advanced Storytelling Workshop at MediaStorm We have one spot open in our upcoming Advanced Storytelling workshop that starts this Saturday, March 24. Please apply immediately if you are interested in participating in this one-week Advanced Storytelling workshop. The primary goal of the MediaStorm Advanced Storytelling Workshop is to create an intimate, character-driven documentary that is [...]
A Darkness Visible: Afghanistan, by Seamus Murphy, was selected by the Media for Liberty Award jury panel as the winning submission for the third annual Media for Liberty Award, a $50,000 journalism prize that recognizes media contributions that examine the link between economic and political liberty. Print, broadcast and online submissions were judged on criteria including [...]