Lights in the Shadows

Lights in the Shadows follows Batman of San Jose and Crimson Fist as they hand out water and food to the unhoused community in San Jose.

During their missions they discuss their views about what is leading to the rapidly growing homelessness crisis in their area, the common misconceptions other citizens have about the unhoused and what policymakers can, and should, be doing to help the most vulnerable in their districts.

The project was produced by nine participants and two staff members during the 2024 MediaStorm Storytelling Workshop.

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The Trials of Spring Launches As Cross Media Event Powered by MediaStorm

The Trials of Spring, a major cross media event that tells the stories of nine women on the front lines of change in Egypt, Tunisia, Libya, Syria, Bahrain and Yemen, launched as a special event on The New York Times homepage on Sunday, June 7th: six shorts will be spotlighted over the course of six days culminating with the World Premiere of the feature documentary at the 2015 Human Rights Watch Film Festival on Friday, June 12th. MediaStorm partnered with the award-winning team at The Trials of Spring, to design and build the project’s website and leverage the MediaStorm Platform to package and distribute the short films. We also developed a digital distribution outreach and social media engagement strategy for the online component of the project. Learn more about how we’re using the power of multimedia storytelling to elevate the voices of women activists in our case study. #DoWomensVoicesMatter? Join the conversation…

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