MediaStorm is thrilled to announce that two of our projects have been Nominated for this year’s Webby Awards in the Online Film and Video Division. The 15th Annual Webby Awards received nearly 10,000 entries from all 50 US states and over 60 countries worldwide.

Undesired by Walter Astrada was nominated in the Public Service and Activism Category:

In India, all women must confront the cultural pressure to bear a son. The consequences of this preference is a disregard for the lives of women and girls. From birth until death they face a constant threat of violence.

When the Water Ends for Yale Environment 360 was nominated in the Documentary: Individual Episode Category.

As temperatures rise and water supplies dry up, semi-nomadic tribes along the Kenyan-Ethiopian border increasingly are coming into conflict with each other. When the Water Ends focuses on how worsening drought will pit groups and nations against one another.

All nominees are eligible for People’s Voice Awards – register now and vote until April 28!

Additionally, three projects were named Official Honorees, a distinction given to the top 10% of all work entered that exhibits remarkable achievement:

Crisis Guide: Pakistan, produced for the Council on Foreign Relations is an Honoree in the News and Politics: Individual Episode category.

Global Governance Monitor: Public Health, produced for the Council on Foreign Relations is an Honoree in the Rich Media: Non-Profit/Educational category.

Take Care is an Honoree in the Documentary: Individual Episode category.

Congratulations to all of the Nominees and Honorees!