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MSNBC Wins Exclusive Multimedia Publishing Rights in MediaStorm’s
First Online Auction

Post author:MediaStorm
Post published:November 2, 2006

MSNBC.com won exclusive internet rights to MediaStorm's production, Iraqi Kurdistan by Ed Kashi. The private online auction ran for four days and was conducted at http://mediastorm.org. Participants included news, lifestyle and arts publications from around the world. MSNBC.com will premiere the project on November 13th, 2006. Iraqi Kurdistan is an in-depth and timely look into the daily lives of the Kurdish people of northern Iraq presented in flipbook-style animation. "It's our goal at MediaStorm to produce innovative projects that exemplify the power of multimedia storytelling and place those productions with top-tier publications," said Brian Storm, President of MediaStorm. "The unique nature of this project and the streamlined process of the online auction allowed us to make that happen." Read more about this in American Photo's State of the Art. Image Caption: MSNBC.com Director of Multimedia Robert Hood (left) and Senior Media Producer Meredith Birkett place their winning bid for Iraqi Kuridsistan, MediaStorm's…

MediaStorm Wins Five W³ Awards

Post author:MediaStorm
Post published:October 23, 2006

MediaStorm has received a Gold Award for Visual Appeal and Silver Awards for Broadband, Magazine, Video & Motion Graphics and Home Page from the prestigious W³ Awards. The W³ Awards honor creative excellence on the web and recognize the creative and marketing professionals behind award winning sites and marketing programs. The W³ is sanctioned and judged by the International Academy of the Visual Arts, an invitation-only body consisting of top-tier professionals from acclaimed media, interactive, advertising, and marketing firms. W³ Awards website: http://w3award.com/

MediaStorm Projects Included in “Overload: Photographing the Iraq War”

Post author:MediaStorm
Post published:September 19, 2006

MediaStorm's Never Coming Home, by Andrew Lichtenstein and Zac Barr, and a future MediaStorm project entitled "Iraqi Kurdistan," by Ed Kashi, have been chosen to be shown as part of the gallery show "Overload: Photographing the Iraq War." The show opens Sept. 30th in Johnson City, New York. The goal of the show is to bring a balance of strong photojournalism and multimedia about the Iraq war to a general audience in upstate New York Other journalists included in the show are Ghaith Abdul-Ahad, Lynsey Addario, Benjamin Lowy, Lucian Read and Stefan Zaklin. More information about the show and the venue is available online or by contacting the curator Stokes Young at stokes.young@gmail.com.

MediaStorm’s Never Coming Home a Finalist in SND.ies Competition

Post author:MediaStorm
Post published:August 30, 2006

MediaStorm's Never Coming Home has been named a Finalist in the Non-breaking News category of the the Society of News Design's SND.ies - The Best of New Media Design Competition. The Society for News Design's mission is to enhance communication around the world through excellence in visual journalism. More information about the awards is available online. SND.ies website: http://www.sndies-judging.com/newsite/

Two MediaStorm Projects Selected by the IFP Market Film Festival

Post author:MediaStorm
Post published:August 14, 2006

MediaStorm's Friends for Life and Never Coming Home have been selected as part of ten CurrentTV projects to be screened in the IFP Market Film Festival. The IFP Market is a week-long showcase for new features, works-in-progress, shorts, and scripts created by independent filmmakers. The conference will take place in New York City September 17-21, 2006. The CurrentTV screening will take place at the Angelika Film Center on Wednesday, September 20, 2006 and is tentatively scheduled at 4pm. The IFP Market Website: http://market.ifp.org/newyork/market/market28/index02.html