MediaStorm’s Storytelling Master Class at CUNY

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Interested in taking your storytelling skills to the next level? Join Brian Storm on December 9 from 10am - 6pm at CUNY J+ for a Master Class on documentary film and interactive storytelling approaches. Brian will walk you through specific examples, and share his business experience, as well as proven tips to improve your interviewing, shooting and editing techniques. With over a decade of experience running MediaStorm, Brian's insights will help you understand what you need to sustain a digital business. In addition to receiving this great dose of inspiration, participants will also be given access to MediaStorm’s Online Training videos.  This popular class is particularly well-suited for photographers who want to make the transition to video work and anyone else interested in learning the ins and outs of producing and distributing documentary and multimedia content. This workshop takes place at the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism, 219 W. 40th Street, in Times Square, New…

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MediaStorm Joins Educational Streaming Platform Docuseek2

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    Today MediaStorm has joined the Docuseek2 streaming platform. Docuseek2 is the premiere streaming source for independent, environmental and social-issue documentaries for the educational market, with more than 800 films from Bullfrog Films®, Icarus Films (including The Fanlight Collection and dGenerate Films), Kartemquin Films, KimStim, the National Film Board of Canada, Terra Nova Films, Scorpion TV, and now MediaStorm. The MediaStorm collection of 39 films is immediately available for higher-education streaming, exclusively on Docuseek2, click here: http://docuseek2.com/ds-mstorm All of MediaStorm films are also still available for purchase on DVD and digital file, with PPR or DSL, to educational institutions though MediaStorm’s website. For more info contact edu@mediastorm.com.

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The 19th UNAFF starts tomorrow (October 20-30)

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The 19th UNAFF (United Nations Association Film Festival) starts tomorrow, October 20th, and is a “can’t-miss-event” for all documentary film fans in the San Francisco Bay area. The festival, one of the oldest documentary film festivals in the country, shares a lot of the goals MediaStorm strives towards in its mission, promoting education, awareness, and social change through images, dialogue and action. UNAFF celebrates the power of documentary films dealing with human rights issues, the environment, racism, women’s issues, universal education, war and peace. The theme of this year's ten day event is Compass for a Better World, and its program includes 60 films from almost 30 different countries, as well as several free panels on issues such as Guns and Society and Art for Social Change. For more information on UNAFF’s year-round events, and the full festival program and schedule, please visit: http://www.unaff.org

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Northwestern University Medill School’s New ‘Media Innovation & Entrepreneurship’ Specialization

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Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications is offering a new specialization around leading, launching, and helping build digital media businesses. Medill’s new Media Innovation and Entrepreneurship Specialization provides an opportunity to "learn what makes media businesses successful, through an interdisciplinary education that encompasses technology, design, content strategy, audience development, analytics and business fundamentals." Details can be found here, and those who are interested are welcome to contact Professor Rich Gordon at richgor@northwestern.edu for additional information.  

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MediaStorm in the News: Boosting Audience Engagement

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No Film School, an awesome community of filmmakers and storytellers, recently posted an article covering IFP Film Week's Interactive Storytelling Workshop, featuring Samia Khan. We were thrilled to be part of a conversation with Alex Vlak of Eko and Jeremy Chilnick of Warrior Poets on new frontiers in storytelling. Check it out here!  

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