Read more about the article The Trials of Spring Launches As Cross Media Event Powered by MediaStorm

The Trials of Spring Launches As Cross Media Event Powered by MediaStorm

The Trials of Spring, a major cross media event that tells the stories of nine women on the front lines of change in Egypt, Tunisia, Libya, Syria, Bahrain and Yemen, launched as a special event on The New York Times homepage on Sunday, June 7th: six shorts will be spotlighted over the course of six days culminating with the World Premiere of the feature documentary at the 2015 Human Rights Watch Film Festival on Friday, June 12th. MediaStorm partnered with the award-winning team at The Trials of Spring, to design and build the project’s website and leverage the MediaStorm Platform to package and distribute the short films. We also developed a digital distribution outreach and social media engagement strategy for the online component of the project. Learn more about how we’re using the power of multimedia storytelling to elevate the voices of women activists in our case study. #DoWomensVoicesMatter? Join the conversation…

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Read more about the article ‘Shine On’ for Shine On Sierra Leone Now Playing on MediaStorm

‘Shine On’ for Shine On Sierra Leone Now Playing on MediaStorm

Shine On tells the story of Shine On Sierra Leone (SOSL), an innovative education-based cultural partnership that focuses on social development through personal transformation. Over the past eight years, SOSL has provided 2,800 students with a highly reputable primary education, granted 7,000 women micro-loans, trained 12,000 individuals in computer literacy and 600 individuals in adult literacy, as well as launched a maternal and child health care program for 50,000 individuals. Shine On chronicles SOSL’s evolution from a traditional charity to an organization that fosters personal development as a tool for social transformation. This unique philosophy and pedagogy has had phenomenal results--most notably elevating its primary school from number 736 in the district to number 2.  This project was made possible with support from Harbers Studio and Cash & Rocket.

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Read more about the article W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund Opens Call Howard Chapnick Grant Applications

W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund Opens Call Howard Chapnick Grant Applications

The W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund is now accepting applications for the Howard Chapnick Grant, to encourage and support leadership in fields ancillary to photojournalism, such as editing research, education and management. Deadline to apply is July 15th, 2015. Grant Details The annual $5,000 Chapnick Grant may be used to finance any of a range of qualified undertakings, such as an educational program, research, a special long-term sabbatical project, or an internship to work with a noteworthy group or individual. Special consideration will be given to projects that promote social change and/or serve significant concerns of photojournalism. The grant is not intended to be used for the direct productions of photographs. Recipients of the Howard Chapnick Grant will be selected by the Board of Trustees of the W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund in Humanistic Photography. The Howard Chapnick Grant is supported by Harbers Family Foundation and honors the memory of Howard Chapnick and…

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Read more about the article MediaStorm Guide to Organizing Camera Phone Pictures with Hazel

MediaStorm Guide to Organizing Camera Phone Pictures with Hazel

If you’re like me, you probably take lots of pictures with your phone. Organizing thousands of images can feel overwhelming. Apple has tried to makes this a seamless process with the introduction of iCloud and the new Photos app. As convenient as it is to automatically upload all your images to the cloud, Apple’s service has one glaring omission. You can not delete individual pictures. It’s an all or nothing solution. So I’ve created my own workflow. With my phone connected to my Mac, I use Apple’s built-in utility Image Capture to download all pictures to a specified folder. I make sure to delete the images from the phone as I download, ensuring that I don’t end up with duplicates. Next, I use Noodlesoft’s Hazel ($29) to automate organization. Hazel is a system utility that applies specified rules to a given folder. In this case, after I’ve downloaded my images to my…

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