Read more about the article “The Long Night” Screens at Paley Center
The first private screening of "The Long Night" at the Paley Center for Media. Photo: Shameel Arafin / MediaStorm

“The Long Night” Screens at Paley Center

The first private screening of “The Long Night” at the Paley Center for Media.
Photo: Shameel Arafin / MediaStorm

On Wednesday night, influencers in media and activism gathered at the Paley Center for Media to celebrate the first private screening of The Long Night. MediaStorm’s first feature-length film and the first project funded by the Alexia Foundation’s Women’s Initiative grant, The Long Night is a shining example of both organizations’ commitment to driving change through the power of storytelling.

“When we first started working on this film, we thought we were producing a 10-minute piece about domestic minor sex trafficking in our country today,” executive producer Brian Storm said while introducing the film. “We quickly realized that this story was too big and too important to try to fit into that framework.”
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Job Opportunity: Photojournalist for St. Louis Post-Dispatch

For the first time in 5 years, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch has an opening for a staff photographer. The newspaper is looking for a high energy and entrepreneurial spirit to report their own stories, whether it’s in photo, video or something new.

Deadline to apply is December 6th, 2013.

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Read more about the article MediaStorm Guide to Audio Configuration in Premiere Pro CC

MediaStorm Guide to Audio Configuration in Premiere Pro CC

This article is part of a series of posts with tips and tricks from our producers' experience working with Adobe Premiere Pro after years of working in Final Cut Pro. To read more about why we made the switch, check out this post. This screencast illustrates the basics of configuring your audio setting in Premiere Pro CC. Topics covered include: • How to set up your audio preferences for better importing. • The difference between single and dual track stereo files. • How to change a dual track stereo file to a single track stereo file. • How to mirror your strongest audio signal on both left and right channels.

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Read more about the article MediaStorm Welcomes Winter Intern Kathryn Carlson

MediaStorm Welcomes Winter Intern Kathryn Carlson

MediaStorm is excited to welcome Kathryn Carlson to our team as a Winter 2013 production intern. Kathryn Carlson is a filmmaker and video editor from North Carolina. To her, documentary videography exemplifies immersive journalism and really becomes an emotionally educational experience. Her video stories include a short documentary on a 13-year-old psychic that sees spirits, as well as an award-winning video of a sex worker in the Galapagos Islands. She served as the Multimedia Apprentice at National Geographic Magazine, producing numerous projects for digital consumption during her six months there. Whether she's filming her own documentary on a house-broken deer, or piecing together a sizzle reel of photos taken over the last century, Kathryn delights in the challenge that each new project brings. Kathryn graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a BA in Photojournalism. You can view her portfolio at www.kathrynlcarlson.com.

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