The National Press Photographers Association’s Best of Photojournalism 2007 competition has awarded MediaStorm First Place, Best Multimedia Package - Independent Sites for Kingsley's Crossing by Olivier Jobarad and Third Place, Best Multimedia Package - Independent Sites for BLOODLINE: AIDS and Family by Kristen Ashburn. A complete list of a winners is available online.
The prestigious Pictures of the Year International competition has awarded MediaStorm first place for Best Use Interactive Publication/Small Media for the MediaStorm online publication, first place for Best Multimedia Feature Story or Essay for The Sandwich Generation by Julie Winokur and Ed Kashi and second place Best Multimedia News Story or Essay for BLOODLINE: AIDS and Family by Kristen Ashburn. A complete list of a winners is available online.
Ivory Wars: Last Stand in Zakouma is now featured in the March interactive edition of National Geographic online. The multimedia piece describes the elephant poaching situation around Zakouma National Park in Chad and was produced by MediaStorm in conjunction with this month's National Geographic cover story of the same title by conservationist J. Michael Fay and photographer Michael "Nick" Nichols.
LOOK3 - Festival of the Photograph is three days of peace, love and photography to be held June 7th-9th 2007 in Charlottesville, Virginia. The festival is a celebration of the careers of legendary artists, emerging talent and a showcase for the best photograhy from the past year. Charlottesville's historic downtown will come alive with exhibitions, master classes, insight conversations, outdoor screenings and other events. This year's festival will celebrate Bill Allard, Sally Mann and Eugene Richards among others. Photographers and enthusiasts from around the world will be able to show work, meet new artists and celebrate photography.
MediaStorm collaborated with the Council on Foreign Relations to design, develop and implement Crisis Guide: The Korean Peninsula. The guide provides comprehensive background information on the Korean crisis and is driven by in-depth reporting via CFR experts. It is the first in a series of interactive guides to the most complex crises, issues and conflicts on the planet.