We are thrilled to welcome Patrick Wellever, our new Full Stack Developer, to the MediaStorm family. During the past decade, Patrick has worked in various roles at the intersection of journalism and technology. Before joining MediaStorm, he was a digital producer at National Geographic, where he worked on a major digital overhaul of the Out of Eden Walk project -- a decade-long storytelling odyssey tracing the pathways of ancient human migration out of Africa and across the globe. Prior to that, he spent four years with the Knight Science Journalism Program at MIT, where he organized training opportunities in digital media production and web technologies for visiting fellows, in addition to overseeing the program's web presence and internal technology needs. Patrick's background also includes stints at a daily newspaper in Michigan and a small software company offering a hosted publishing platform and other services for news media outlets. After starting his career in photojournalism,…

MediaStorm is proud to be a supporter of W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund and its annual grants in humanistic photography. Join us at their 38th annual ceremony, on Wednesday, October 18, 2017, 7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. (doors open at 6:15 p.m.) at The School of Visual Arts (SVA) Theatre, 333 West 23rd St. (between 8th and 9th Ave.), New York, NY 10011 Admission is free, first come, first served, but seating is limited. You can RSVP here The program includes presentations of photo essays by this year's grant and fellowship recipients, plus finalists, including: The 2017 W. Eugene Smith Grant of $35,000 The 2017 jurors’ discretionary Smith Fellowship(s) of $5,000 The 2017 Howard Chapnick Grant of $5,000 There will be a keynote presentation by Lynsey Addario, photojournalist awarded the Pulitzer Prize as part of the New York Times team for International Reporting, and recipient of a MacArthur fellowship and author of “It’s…

Magnum Photos is excited to announce a professional practice workshop in San Francisco, taking place on Saturday & Sunday November 11-12, 2017 at SF Camerawork. MediaStorm's founder and executive producer Brian Storm will be joining Magnum photographer Matt Black, and Mother Jones magazine Photo Editor Mark Murrmann, for this workshop that will include invaluable inspiration and practical advice for early and mid-career photographers. The event is a two-day photographic masterclass centered around photographic storytelling in which we grapple with such questions as what makes a good story, how to choose and narrow in on your subject, the importance of editing and how to connect with your audience. For more information and to apply click here. And if you are closer to the East Coast, today is the last day to register for MediaStorm's One Day Master Class in New York, October 21. Or you can apply to our five day Methodology master classes, also…

MediaStorm has always focused on telling personal stories about pressing issues, hoping to both educate and inspire audiences. In that vein, six years ago we created Nine Digits–a story about the hopes and dreams of an undocumented college student–as part of our Storytelling Workshop. We hoped then that it wouldn’t be as relevant as it is today, since over 800,000 youth covered by DACA are in limbo as their legal futures hang in the balance.     Nine Digits tells the story of Cesar, an honors sophomore in college, who arrived in the United States with his family at age 6 from Ecuador. Cesar is one of over a million undocumented youth who live in this country, many having lived here longer than they did in their birth countries. While revealing his status could jeopardize his family, Cesar feels like he has no other choice but to do so, as part of…