Job Opening: Media Director at Human Rights Watch

Human Rights Watch ("HRW") is seeking highly-qualified applicants for the position of Media Director with the Communications Department. Description: The Media Director will assist the Communications Director in running HRW's global Communications Department, with a particular emphasis on marketing HRW staff and products to broadcast, print and online media outlets. S/he will oversee the expansion of HRW's web presence, and will also directly supervise several Communications department team members. The Media Director will pitch finished multimedia products, raw video and audio footage, reports and story ideas to broadcast, online and print venues, and will work with Communications and Program staff to identify projects and products likely to interest broadcasters and other editors. S/he will identify and cultivate contacts among broadcasters, print and online outlets in the US and abroad, and develop media partners to showcase HRW's work. S/he will take the lead in identifying radio and television opportunities for HRW staff, booking…

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Job Opening: Ford Foundation hiring Multimedia Producer

The Ford Foundation is hiring a Multimedia Producer, based in New York, NY. Details: The Ford Foundation is a private philanthropic institution that serves as a resource for innovative people and institutions worldwide. Our goals are to: Strengthen democratic values; reduce poverty and injustice; promote international cooperation; advance human achievement. This has been our purpose for almost half a century. SUMMARY DESCRIPTION: The Multimedia Producer will play a key role developing multimedia content that furthers program goals and institutional objectives. The Multimedia Producer will be able to conceptualize and produce highly innovative pieces to support wed-based, environmental and presentation projects. The Multimedia Producer will create content that will live on the website, will be shared with other social change-makers and organizations, and will be used during live programming and presentations. • Develop concepts for short- and long-form multimedia pieces • Use excellent visual storytelling skills to produce pieces integrating a wide range…

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Read more about the article MediaStorm to screen Walter Astrada’s ‘Undesired’ September 30 at Galapagos Art Space

MediaStorm to screen Walter Astrada’s ‘Undesired’ September 30 at Galapagos Art Space

Please join us on September 30, 2010, for a screening of MediaStorm's newest multimedia project, Undesired, by Walter Astrada. The screening will be held at Galapagos Art Space, at 16 Main Street in Dumbo, Brooklyn. MediaStorm producers will be on hand for Q&A after the film. Doors open at 7:30, and the film will begin at 8pm. Please RSVP to rsvp@mediastorm.com About the Project: India is a diverse country, separated by class and ethnicity. But all women confront the cultural pressure to bear a son. No woman is exempt. Society's desire for boys originates from the belief that men make money while women, because of their expensive dowry costs, are a financial burden. As a result, there is a disregard for the lives of women and girls. From birth until old age, they face a constant threat of violence and, too frequently, death. Since 1980, an estimated 40 million women have been…

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MediaStorm-Reuters collaboration recognized at 2010 FRANCE24-RFI Web Documentary Awards

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The 2010 FRANCE24-RFI Web Documentary Award jury met last week in Perpignan, France at the 22nd International Photojournalism Festival, Visa pour l'Image, and gave special distinction recognition to Times of Crisis, an interactive Web site produced by Jassim Ahmad and Ayperi Karabuda of Reuters, in association with MediaStorm. The Executive Producer was Brian Storm. Times of Crisis follows the success of Bearing Witness, which was the first collaboration between MediaStorm and Reuters in 2008. Prison Valley, by Philippe Brault and David Dufresne, was selected as this year's winner of the FRANCE24-RFI Web Documentary Award. It was produced by Upian and co-produced by Arte.

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MediaStorm at the DUMBO Arts Festival

Join Brian Storm, Founder and Executive Producer of MediaStorm, for a special presentation on Multimedia Storytelling during the DUMBO Arts Festival, on Friday, September 24, 2010, from 5-6:45 pm, at St. Ann's Warehouse. The event is free and open to the public. Seating will be first come, first served. Multimedia Storytelling @ MediaStorm We're all storytellers. It's in our DNA to listen to and share what means the most to us. We are living through a communications revolution with unprecedented opportunities to reach people, raise awareness and create positive change. MediaStorm is an award-winning documentary production studio, working with top visual storytellers, interactive designers and global organizations to create cinematic narratives that speak to the heart of the human condition. With 10 Emmy nominations in the last 4 years and the first web-based winner of the prestigious Alfred I. duPont Award, MediaStorm is widely recognized as the industry leader in multimedia storytelling.…

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