For the past three years I have had the honor of serving as a judge for the Hearst Journalism Awards in the multimedia category. The other judges during my tenure included Kenny Irby, Mark Morris, Danese Kenon and Jarrad Henderson.
We're Hiring! Check out our open positions in Operations and Social Media; and Design and Development: We're looking for a talented, digitally-savvy Operations and Social Media Manager to keep us current and organized. The ideal candidate will be an adept writer, have experience with online video, design, social media, and be eager and interested in taking ownership of projects and supporting a growing production studio. Details and how to apply, here Our Design and Development team provides opportunities to work on the intersection of storytelling and technology. We're looking for a full stack; front-end; and back-end developers to work on the MediaStorm Platform. The MediaStorm Platform is the toolset for content creators who want to control how their work is created, viewed, and monetized. Deadline to apply for all opportunities is November 16. Come join our growing team. We look forward to hearing from you!
We are hosting an exclusive Brooklyn screening of our new feature length doc The Distance Between Us on Thursday, October 19th, followed by a discussion with the MediaStorm team, and would like to invite you to join us! We only have a few seats left, so RSVP as soon as possible. THE DISTANCE BETWEEN US Screening, followed by a discussion with Chris Capozziello and MediaStorm team Thursday, October 19th, 2017 6:45 p.m. IFP Media Center 30 John Street, Brooklyn, NY RSVP
We are thrilled to welcome Patrick Wellever, our new Full Stack Developer, to the MediaStorm family. During the past decade, Patrick has worked in various roles at the intersection of journalism and technology. Before joining MediaStorm, he was a digital producer at National Geographic, where he worked on a major digital overhaul of the Out of Eden Walk project -- a decade-long storytelling odyssey tracing the pathways of ancient human migration out of Africa and across the globe. Prior to that, he spent four years with the Knight Science Journalism Program at MIT, where he organized training opportunities in digital media production and web technologies for visiting fellows, in addition to overseeing the program's web presence and internal technology needs. Patrick's background also includes stints at a daily newspaper in Michigan and a small software company offering a hosted publishing platform and other services for news media outlets. After starting his career in photojournalism,…
We are thrilled to welcome Greg Harris, our new Creative Director, to the MediaStorm family. This is actually Greg's second tour with us. Greg and I have a long history. He was at MediaStorm in 2007 as our first Creative Director. We worked together at Microsoft/MSNBC in the 90's as well as through various collaborations with MetaStories, Brightcove and Daily Interactive Networks with the visonary Brian Monnin. Greg is a rare talent and a terrific person. He will be leading our efforts in interactive storytelling and the redesign of our offerings across all channels. I can’t think of a better partner for us to have as we move to next phase of MediaStorm. Welcome aboard (again) Greg! On joining the team Greg says: MediaStorm has assembled an amazing team of very talented people and I’m very excited to be working with team again. I’m looking forward to contributing the design and production of stories and…