Kingsley’s Crossing on MSNBC, plus Q&A on Multimedia Syndication

Starting in May 2004, award-winning photojournalist Olivier Jobard spent six months documenting the journey of Kingsley from Cameroon to France. The original award-winning piece was first published on MediaStorm in July of 2006, and was recently syndicated by MSNBC to be included as part of a story about The Changing Face of Europe. On the site, Kingsley’s story is presented in five sections and includes an interview with Jobard about the risks involved in documenting Kingsley’s epic journey. Many of the stories being produced for MediaStorm.org are also being licensed for publication in other places. I asked Brian Storm to give us a little insight into how that’s working and what they’re doing. Q: How do you syndicate a multimedia piece? What does that mean? Storm: Our goal is to get stories seen by as wide an audience as possible, so if we can take advantage of the of clients, those who…

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Ed Kashi’s Iraqi Kurdistan Project Debuts on MSNBC.com

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MSNBC.com published Ed Kashi and MediaStorm's Iraqi Kurdistan project on Tuesday. Iraqi Kurdistan is a timely, in-depth look into the daily lives of the Kurdish people of northern Iraq. Thousands of Kashi’s images are presented in an innovative, flipbook-style animation. MSNBC.com won exclusive rights to publish the project via a private online auction conducted at mediastorm.org. Participants included news, lifestyle and arts publications from around the world. Read more about the Iraqi Kurdistan project in Photo District News Online.

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MSNBC Wins Exclusive Multimedia Publishing Rights in MediaStorm’s
First Online Auction

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MSNBC.com won exclusive internet rights to MediaStorm's production, Iraqi Kurdistan by Ed Kashi. The private online auction ran for four days and was conducted at http://mediastorm.org. Participants included news, lifestyle and arts publications from around the world. MSNBC.com will premiere the project on November 13th, 2006. Iraqi Kurdistan is an in-depth and timely look into the daily lives of the Kurdish people of northern Iraq presented in flipbook-style animation. "It's our goal at MediaStorm to produce innovative projects that exemplify the power of multimedia storytelling and place those productions with top-tier publications," said Brian Storm, President of MediaStorm. "The unique nature of this project and the streamlined process of the online auction allowed us to make that happen." Read more about this in American Photo's State of the Art. Image Caption: MSNBC.com Director of Multimedia Robert Hood (left) and Senior Media Producer Meredith Birkett place their winning bid for Iraqi Kuridsistan, MediaStorm's…

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MediaStorm Produces Never Coming Home Series for Slate

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MediaStorm produced a five-part series entitled Never Coming Home for the online magazine Slate. Never Coming Home tells of the grief and sacrifice of the families of five soldiers killed in Iraq. This cinematically produced multimedia package combines still photography and audio interviews to give a voice to the family members as they struggle with their tragic loss.

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