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MediaStorm to screen Walter Astrada’s ‘Undesired’ September 30 at Galapagos Art Space

Please join us on September 30, 2010, for a screening of MediaStorm's newest multimedia project, Undesired, by Walter Astrada. The screening will be held at Galapagos Art Space, at 16 Main Street in Dumbo, Brooklyn. MediaStorm producers will be on hand for Q&A after the film. Doors open at 7:30, and the film will begin at 8pm. Please RSVP to rsvp@mediastorm.com About the Project: India is a diverse country, separated by class and ethnicity. But all women confront the cultural pressure to bear a son. No woman is exempt. Society's desire for boys originates from the belief that men make money while women, because of their expensive dowry costs, are a financial burden. As a result, there is a disregard for the lives of women and girls. From birth until old age, they face a constant threat of violence and, too frequently, death. Since 1980, an estimated 40 million women have been…

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MediaStorm at the DUMBO Arts Festival

Join Brian Storm, Founder and Executive Producer of MediaStorm, for a special presentation on Multimedia Storytelling during the DUMBO Arts Festival, on Friday, September 24, 2010, from 5-6:45 pm, at St. Ann's Warehouse. The event is free and open to the public. Seating will be first come, first served. Multimedia Storytelling @ MediaStorm We're all storytellers. It's in our DNA to listen to and share what means the most to us. We are living through a communications revolution with unprecedented opportunities to reach people, raise awareness and create positive change. MediaStorm is an award-winning documentary production studio, working with top visual storytellers, interactive designers and global organizations to create cinematic narratives that speak to the heart of the human condition. With 10 Emmy nominations in the last 4 years and the first web-based winner of the prestigious Alfred I. duPont Award, MediaStorm is widely recognized as the industry leader in multimedia storytelling.…

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Brian Storm to give MediaStorm overview and screen projects at Visa pour l’Image

If you're heading to Visa pour l'Image in Perpignan, France this year, Brian Storm will be giving two multimedia presentations: Multimedia Storytelling @ MediaStorm Thursday, September 2, 2010, from 3-5 pm, at Palais des Congres The digital age is giving photojournalists extraordinary new ways to report and distribute stories. We have a greater level of authorship and an unprecedented opportunity to reach a global audience. How can the long-form, in-depth visual storyteller satisfy both their journalistic and financial needs in this environment? Join Brian Storm, Founder and Executive Producer of MediaStorm, to see how some of the top photojournalists have redefined their storytelling capabilities to include audio and video reporting and an eye toward publication in multiple media. Multimedia Projects by MediaStorm Friday, September 3, 2010, from 10-2pm, at Caserne Gallieni Multiple projects will be screened. Walter Astrada's project about violence against women in India will be shown for the first time…

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Exodus: New MediaStorm Multimedia Workshop project

From July 17-23, 2010, a team of three participants, along with MediaStorm Producer Jennifer Redfearn, researched, reported, and produced Exodus during our seventh MediaStorm Multimedia Workshop. Diana Ortiz spent over half her life in prison for a crime she committed when she was a teenager. Now 45, she has turned her life around and works to help other inmates rebuild their lives. Exodus is her story. The MediaStorm Multimedia Workshops in New York City are intensive, hands-on educational experiences in advanced multimedia storytelling. Over the course of a week, participants 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. We will be holding one more MediaStorm Multimedia Workshop in 2010: Workshop Eight: November 13-19, 2010 – Application Deadline: Wednesday September 15, 2010 Go here for additional information on our workshops, and to apply.

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MediaStorm welcomes Drew Jordan and AJ Maclean

MediaStorm welcomes interns Drew Jordan and AJ Maclean to our team. They will both be working with us this fall on some exciting multimedia and interactive design projects. Drew Jordan is currently finishing his graduate project to fulfill a Master's degree in multimedia at Syracuse University's S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications. Since completing his B.A. in Photography at Webster University, St. Louis, in 2005, he has worked across a wide spectrum of media environments. From producing design/multimedia projects for non-profit organizations around the country to working as a contributing photographer for several publications in New Zealand and Australia, his wunderlust has provided for a very rewarding freelance past. It also led to a stint as a goat herding cowboy in Australia. With interests in editorial, photojournalistic, and design practices he does not aim to specialize in one but rather meld disciplines to enjoy several ways of storytelling as a whole. Some…

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