Soul of Athens

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With the outstanding Soul of Athens project, the students of the School of Visual Communication at Ohio University, led by Zach Wise of digitalartwork.net and Brian Storm of MediaStorm.org, have created an impressive multimedia document of the Athens, Ohio community. With a diverse group of more than 25 stories, produced in multiple mediums and wrapped up in a beautifully designed and architeted site interface, this remarkable project is an excellent example of the power of multimedia storytelling. Truly inspiring work!

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MediaStorm Actively Seeking an Interactive Designer and a Developer

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MediaStorm is a multimedia production studio based in New York City and collaborating virtually with creative resources around the globe. MediaStorm's principal aim is to usher in a new era of multimedia storytelling, via our publication and our industry-leading production and consulting services. We are actively seeking candidates for positions as interactive designer and developer. INTERACTIVE DESIGNER Interactive designers shape the look and feel of mediastorm.org as well as projects for MediaStorm's clients. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience designing cutting-edge user interfaces and developing interactive design specs. Experience designing across multiple media (broadcast, print, online) is a strong plus. Description The Interactive Designer will: Create world-class multimedia pieces and innovative production tool interfaces Design websites, broadcast and print marketing products Conceptualize and document requirements for user interfaces Work with Multimeda Producers and Project Managers to establish production timelines Participate in client meetings and design to their needs Work with developers…

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Documentary Animation: Colby Buzzell’s Iraq Ambush Story

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Not seeing the embedded video? See it online.As an Army Specialist in Iraq, Colby Buzzell blogged about his daily experiences at war. His writing was so powerful, and his stories so captivating, that his work was subsequently published in a book entitled My War: Killing Time in Iraq. PBS's Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Expierience included one of Buzzell's stories in the form of this remarkable animation entitled Men in Black. Buzzell's blog, with posts dating back to June 2004, is still online. Link via The Paul Harris Show's Harris Online blog.

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Eugene Richards Awarded First National Geographic Grant

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National Geographic Magazine has awarded its first ever $50,000 Grant for Photography to Eugene Richards, for his project on veterans of the War in Iraq. The grant was open to all professional photojournalists and will be awarded annually. Entrants were required to submit a statement describing a proposed or current essay, along with a portfolio. The winner was chosen by a panel including Jodi Cobb, a National Geographic Photographer, Michele Stephenson, the former Director of Photography at Time and Michel du Cille, a staff photographer at the Washington Post. For additional information: The National Press Photographers Association's story about the grant. National Geographic's Grant for Photography page. Eugene Richard's personal web site. Feature stories by Eugene Richard's on the VII Photo Agency site.

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