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MediaStorm nominated for two Webby Awards

MediaStorm is thrilled to announce that two of our projects have been Nominated for this year's Webby Awards in the Online Film and Video Division. The 15th Annual Webby Awards received nearly 10,000 entries from all 50 US states and over 60 countries worldwide. Undesired by Walter Astrada was nominated in the Public Service and Activism Category: In India, all women must confront the cultural pressure to bear a son. The consequences of this preference is a disregard for the lives of women and girls. From birth until death they face a constant threat of violence. When the Water Ends for Yale Environment 360 was nominated in the Documentary: Individual Episode Category. As temperatures rise and water supplies dry up, semi-nomadic tribes along the Kenyan-Ethiopian border increasingly are coming into conflict with each other. When the Water Ends focuses on how worsening drought will pit groups and nations against one another. All…

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I’m not a documentary but I play one on the internet: a panel on interactive documentary

If you're in NYC on May 1, check out I’m not a documentary but I play one on the internet: a panel on interactive documentary Sunday, May 1 at 7:30pm $9 suggested donation. Artists Florian Thalhofer, Fred Ritchin, and Jonathan Harris present for discussion along with curators Hanne-Lovise Skartveit and André Valentim Almeida. Documentary filmmakers are seizing the opportunity to use emerging technologies and expand their linear films into digital platforms to engage with audiences in new ways. In this panel, meet three of the most exciting experts on the subject who have cultivated and perfected the interactive, digital form as their primary way of representing reality: Berlin-based media artist Florian Thalhofer, maker of online documentaries and the creator of the Korsakow System -a leading software for the creation of nonlinear documentaries-; Jonathan Harris, award winning artist behind the We Feel Fine project with a mission to find ways for technology to…

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Apply now for the Kalish – Deadline is May 2

Applications are currently being accepted for The Kalish - If you are a visual editor looking to sharpen your visual story-telling skills or fine-tune them to better fit a digital newsroom, you want to apply for this workshop. If you need convincing, see what Kevin Riddell, a recent graduate from the Ohio University School of Visual Communication, has to say about his experience at the 2009 Kalish Workshop: The Kalish Experience | Kevin Riddell from Danny Gawlowski on Vimeo. Visit the Kalish site for more information and to apply.

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Job Opening: Internship at International Monetary Fund

The International Monetary Fund has an opening for a multimedia/videographer intern: Job Description: The International Monetary Fund's internship is for Videographer/Final Cut Pro with some experience shooting HDSLR. The duties will include shooting with Sony EX-3 cameras, Canon 5D Mark II cameras, editing using Final Cut Pro 7. Duties also to include brainstorming with clients, help with scripting and storyboarding, lighting, working in a broadcast studio, still photography and exporting various formats to publication/broadcast. The internship is flexible on start times and usually extend for 3 months but can be extended to 6 months. You will be compensated. Language skills are a plus. Application: Please send links of work to: Stephen Jaffe Imaging Unit, Team Leader International Monetary Fund sjaffe@imf.org (202)623-5945

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Call for Entries: W. Eugene Smith Grant for Humanistic Photography 2011

The 2011 W. Eugene Smith Grant for Humanistic Photography is now open for entries. The deadline for the receipt of applications is May 31, 2011. Photographers interested in applying may obtain guidelines at the W. Eugene Smith Fund website. For 2011, the amount of the grant will be $30,000. An additional $5,000 in fellowship money will be dispersed, at the discretion of the jury, to one or more finalists deemed worthy of special recognition. Grants will be presented in a ceremony held in New York City in October. The W. Eugene Smith Grant for Humanistic Photography was established in 1979 following the death of Gene Smith, the legendary American photo essayist. Today, the grant represents the most prestigious honor in the field of documentary photography. The Judging: Every year, the fund's board of trustees appoints a three-member international jury to recognize a photographer who has demonstrated an exemplary commitment to documenting the…

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