Job Alert: Infographic Designer with the Council on Foreign Relations

The Council on Foreign Relations is currently hiring for the part-time position of Infographic Designer. The position is based in Washington, DC.

Summary

The Information Graphic Designer will help design and produce graphics and data visualizations to be used in web and interactive projects for the Council’s website. Responsibilities will include: creating graphic visualizations for online editorial publications, including backgrounders, timelines, maps, and slideshows; adding graphics to the InfoGuide series; working with the CFR.org multimedia team to establish production timelines; and translating complex concepts and data on foreign policy issues into visual images.
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Support Ami Vitale’s Latest Project to Combat Poaching in Kenya


Photographer and filmmaker Ami Vitale‘s work has taken her to over 85 countries. Her stories tell of the endurance of the human spirit and nature in the face of overwhelming odds. For her next project, she hopes to combat poaching in Kenya by focusing on the indigenous people of Northern Kenya and their efforts to end poaching on ancestral lands by preserving their traditional way of life and strengthening their communities.

You can contribute to making this project a reality through IndieVoices
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MediaStorm Guide to the Slip Tool

This article is part of a series of posts with tips and tricks from our producers' experience working with Adobe Premiere Pro CC after years of working in Final Cut Pro. To read more about why we made the switch, check out this post. One tool I often overlook when editing is the slip tool. My buddy Tim McLaughlin reintroduced me to its power last week. The slip tool allows you to change the in and out point of a single clip without affecting it’s duration or the duration of adjoining clips. Your project length stays the same. Activate the slip tool with either the shortcut key Y or by clicking on its icon in the toolbar. Next, hover over a video clip and you’ll see that your cursor change to the slip icon. Hold down your mouse and drag forward or backwards inside the clip, don't move the clip itself. You’ll…

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World Press Photo Introduces Free Education Platform “Connected Learning”

Connected Learning is an open and free education platform on Facebook spearheaded by World Press Photo Academy. The first course, "Storytelling," is an extension of a face-to-face multimedia workshop happening now with ten selected participants from North Africa. Over the next ten weeks the Academy will be sharing tips and links provided by the trainers: Cédric Gerbehaye, DJ Clark and Matt Ford together with behind-the-scenes material from the face-to-face multimedia course.  Tutorials, assignments and video interviews with multimedia and photography professionals will also be made available to Facebook participants. Visit the Connected Learning Facebook page for more information.    

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