Methodology Workshop Dates: March 26-29

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2019 marks our twelfth year of training at MediaStorm. Each year our masterclasses attract leading industry professionals looking to advance their multimedia and storytelling skills. Over 250 participants have come through our doors and we continue to be humbled by how much they take away from the experience. Elliot Blumberg, a journalist and documentary storytellers, described our Methodology Workshop as an "awakening in how to approach documentary storytelling". The December 2018 Methodology Workshop Crew in DUMBO, Brooklyn  In 2019 we’ll be offering three Methodology masterclasses as well as a One-Day Masterclass in Brooklyn, NY. Please note our new dates as we have added a Methodology Workshop to our schedule in March. We are looking forward to another exciting, innovative and challenging year. We hope you’ll be able to join us. MediaStorm Masterclass Dates 2019 March 26-29 Methodology Masterclass May 25 One-day Masterclass June 18-21 Methodology Masterclass Dec. 17-20 Methodology Masterclass All classes will take place in Brooklyn, at POV…

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2019 CatchLight Fellowship Now Open

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The 2019 CatchLight Fellowship is now open. This year includes a fourth $30,000 grant open to all innovative leaders in visual storytelling: long-form storytellers with impactful projects as well as leaders committed to advancing and growing the field of visual storytelling. The grant applications are due before midnight PST on February 18, 2019. In addition to financial grants, the CatchLight Fellowship offers support for project development and amplification, as well as mentorship opportunities through its vibrant community of creative thought leaders across media, art, and entrepreneurship. Applications can be submitted here. The selected Fellows will be announced during the CatchLight Spring Symposium at McEvoy Foundation for the Arts in San Francisco April 7, 2019. 

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Northern Exposure: A Gathering of Visual Storytellers

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Welcome to Northern Exposure–an anything-but-the-same-old conference  about photography, video and storytelling at the Hubbard School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Minnesota, taking place February 8-10. Northern Exposure is a workshop and get-together designed to bring professional visual journalists, students and others interested in photography together to learn, network and explore, hosted at the University of Minnesota Hubbard School of Journalism and Mass Communication. And during the weekend, VisualMN will have open judging for the college photojournalism contest and the award ceremony for the professional and college contests. Entry information soon! Northern Exposure is a revival of the former Minnesota Photojournalism Symposium, inspired by R. Smith and Pat Schuneman. Smitty was a faculty member at the University of Minnesota School of Journalism and Mass Communication from 1960–1977 and was instrumental in creating the School’s photojournalism programs. Smitty and his wife Pat gave the University of Minnesota an endowment to…

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Job Alert: Stanford Storytelling Project

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Stanford University is seeking a full-time Lecturer for the Stanford Storytelling Project. This will be a two year fixed-term appointment beginning August 1, 2019 – July 31, 2021, with the possibility of re-appointment. The Stanford Storytelling Project (SSP) is an arts program that teaches students how to use story craft and practices to create personal and social change. The program sponsors courses, workshops, grants, and a live event series that give students an opportunity to appreciate the way stories work, work on us, and can work for us. SSP explores all forms of stories, from myth to memoir, in all kinds of media, from print to performance, and produces two podcasts that feature the research and creative work of the Stanford community. The SSP Lecturer will offer instruction in oral, audio, and/or multimedia storytelling craft in a variety of settings across the university and will support the activities and initiatives of SSP. There are…

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MediaStorm Premieres 9 Films for WSJ. Magazine’s 2018 Innovators Award at the Museum of Modern Art

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Crafting a better future from a world in flux. This is the hallmark of WSJ. Magazine's 2018 Innovators—a group of visionary, foundation-shaking luminaries working across nine fields. This year's talents were honored at the annual Innovator Awards on November 7 at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. Selected by WSJ. Magazine editors, the honorees were: Ruth E. Carter (Design); David Chang (Food); Nonny de la Peña (Technology); Agnes Gund (Philanthropy); Jacques Herzog & Pierre de Meuron (Architecture); Jonah Hill (Film); Ralph Lauren (Fashion); John Legend (Entertainment); and Pheobe Waller-Bridge (TV). For the fourth year in a row, MediaStorm has used its multidisciplinary approach to create films that shine a light on the legacies and innovations of each individual. These films showcase some of MediaStorm’s greatest strengths: an ability to develop a captivating story under tight constraints; combining beautiful cinematography and motion graphics to add unparalleled finesse; and working in…

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