MediaStorm collaborates with Asia Society to produce On Thinner Ice

Global warming is melting 18,000 Himalayan glaciers, the largest concentration of glaciers outside the polar ice sheets. Their melting spells trouble for not only 2 billion Asians but the whole world. MediaStorm and Asia Society have collaborated to produce On Thinner Ice: Melting Glaciers on the Roof of the World, examining the loss of these glaciers and what it means for all of us. The project includes a narrative introduction,  "then and now" images, and a wealth of additional resources for anyone interested in learning more.

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Truth With a Camera now accepting applications for January Workshop in Quito, Ecuador

Imagine children as young as 6-years-old running in and out of traffic in the street, trying to sell a piece of gum, wash a windshield, or juggle oranges for change. They lack education, suffer from malnutrition, and are surrounded by a world of danger and loneliness. Now imagine it is your job to tell the whole world who these children are. To breath light into an existence too few know about. That’s the critical role photographers working with non-profits and NGO’s play. It is exactly what you’ll be tasked with if you join the next Truth With A Camera workshop in Quito, Ecuador, January 9-17th. As with all TWAC workshops, students will be joined by their colleagues in-country to document stories surrounding issues of need that NGOs battle every day. Led by world class instructors who specialize in caused based photojournalism, the students will spend an intense week making a difference in…

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Twenty Ten project accepting applications from professional African journalists

Are you a professional African photo/multimedia journalist and you value free international training and a great opportunity in the run-up to, and during, the FIFA World Cup in South Africa in 2010? World Press Photo Foundation, Free Voice, Africa Media Online and lokaalmondiaal welcome African photo/multimedia journalists to participate in a great multimedia training opportunity. What is Twenty Ten? The Twenty Ten project is inspired by the 2010 FIFA World Cup -which is being organized on the African continent for the first time- and the media opportunities this has to offer. Football is an integral aspect of life all over Africa, as well as in the rest of the world. This project aims to give African journalists a voice, both on the African continent, as worldwide. It offers African journalists the opportunity to present their own view of African reality, as opposed to depending on foreign news organizations. Twenty Ten is a…

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MediaStorm accepting applications for Summer Interns- Deadline November 15

Even though winter hasn't started, we know many of you are deep in the process of applying for Summer internships. We're looking too- if you have a passion for quality multimedia, we'd love to hear from you. The deadline for our Summer 2010 Internship is November 15, 2009. For answers to some frequently asked questions, and more information about what the internship consists of, check out the blog post we did a few weeks ago for spring interns (everything except the deadline is the same). If you're interested in interning at MediaStorm, you can go here for more information, or apply now. If you haven't had a chance, check out the Behind the Scenes piece current intern, Maisie Crow, produced recently during our Advanced Multimedia Reporting Workshop. (For all who applied for our Spring 2010 Internship- we are going through all of the applications, and will be in touch by the end…

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MediaStorm documents Final Cut workflows for the Canon 5D Mark II and Nikon D300

Since its release, the Canon 5D Mark II has become the de facto video camera for many photojournalists. Despite some technical challenges, like the ability to follow focus and the low-fi built-in microphone, the visual quality is simply stunning. Prosumer video gear just can't touch its filmic look or depth-of-field. For examples, check out the gorgeous work of Jeff Hutchens and Nacho Corbella in the MediaStorm workshop project Hold Out. More recent workshop attendees Deanne Fitzmaurice and Doug Grant also used the 5D to beautiful effect in Family Kocktail. It's not hard to understand why the Canon 5D Mark II, and now the Nikon D300, have become so popular. But to make these files Final Cut Pro compliant there remain a number of technical hurdles. To help with this, MediaStorm has documented our workflow with each of these cameras in two separate PDFs. These documents detail the transcoding process in Compressor, demonstrate…

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