The MediaStorm Workshops Launch in New York City

During the week of May 3-10, 2008, four talented professionals collaborated with the MediaStorm team at the first MediaStorm Workshop. The participating photographers and editors explored New York City as they documented their stories and refined their audio, video, photography, and editing skills. See the projects produced during this workshop below or apply for the next round of Workshops. One Man Brand by Lucy Nicholson and Jassim Ahmad After meeting at the gym, Robert Burck and Cindy Fox started dating, but he was elusive about his job. To find out for herself, Cindy went to Times Square and was surprised by what she discovered. See the project.    Roots in the Garden by Carolyn Cole and Pia Sawhney Last century, the Italian neighborhood of Carroll Gardens in Brooklyn, New York, was thriving. But the wave of gentrification has washed over the neighborhood, creating a conflict between those who embrace change and those…

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World Press Photo Award Interviews Online

World Press Photo interviewed the 2008 winning photographers about their images, and has posted the interviews on their site. You can hear Tim Hetherington discuss his World Press Photo of the Year, listen to Platon speak about photographing Putin, and check out over 20 additional interviews. The 2007 Interviews are also online if you missed them last year.

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MediaStorm Wins Webby Awards

We are proud to announce that MediaStorm has won the prestigious 2008 Webby Award in the News and Politics: Individual Episode category for Brenda Ann Kenneally's Finding the Way Home. MediaStorm also produced Katrina: An Unnatural Disaster, which won in the Charitable Organizations Nonprofit category. Hailed as the “Oscars of the Internet” by the New York Times, The Webby Awards is the leading international award honoring excellence on the Internet, including Websites, Interactive Advertising, Online Film & Video, and Mobile Websites. The 12th Annual Webby Awards received 10,000 entries from all 50 states and over 60 countries worldwide.

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LA Times Multimedia: I C U: Los Angeles Connections

The LA Times recently launched a new multimedia feature: I C U: Los Angeles Connections, exploring the "missed connections" section of Craigslist. Updated weekly with new stories, video-journalist Katy Newton looks into stories behind the postings.  If you're in the LA area and looking for singles, don't miss the map- you can see where the concentrations of singles are, by both gender and age. This is a pretty great use of multimedia to explore community connections, worth checking out.

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