This year marks the 20th anniversary of MediaStorm, a milestone that honors two decades of storytelling, collaboration, training, technical innovation and social impact.

Since our founding in 2005, MediaStorm has been guided by a simple but powerful belief: that authentic stories have the power to foster empathy and understanding. Over the past twenty years, we’ve helped redefine documentary and interactive storytelling — creating work that moves audiences, advances important causes, and trains the next generation of visual journalists.

Our stories have reached millions, earned recognition and, most importantly, helped connect people across boundaries of experience and perspective. Yet our greatest achievement is not measured in awards or page views — it’s in the enduring partnerships and human connections that make storytelling matter.

It is valuable to pause and reflect on your past. Reflecting on our journey has always helped inform our potential future. I could not be more excited about the work we will do over the next 20 years.

Milestones

Here are some of the key milestones in the history of MediaStorm.

Reflections

I had an opportunity to talk with a few collaborators from the past 20 years.