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FRONTLINE’s Complete ‘News War’ Series Viewable Online

Post author:MediaStorm
Post published:April 15, 2007

FRONTLINE's special four-part series "News War" examines the challenges facing today's mainstream media and how print, broadcast and electronic news organizations are struggling with, and adjusting to, these new challenges. If you missed the original television broadcast you can watch the full series online. FRONTLINE's site also offers extended interviews and other supplemental material not included in the broadcast. From the FRONTLINE site: In a four-part special series, News War, FRONTLINE examines the political, cultural, legal, and economic forces challenging the news media today and how the press has reacted in turn. Through interviews with key figures in print, broadcast and electronic media over the past four decades -- and with unequaled, behind-the-scenes access to some of today's most important news organizations, FRONTLINE traces the recent history of American journalism, from the Nixon administration's attacks on the media to the post-Watergate popularity of the press, to the new challenges presented by the…

MediaStorm Nominated for Webby Awards

Post author:MediaStorm
Post published:April 10, 2007

MediaStorm has been nominated for the 11th Annual Webby Awards in the Magazine and Broadband categories and has been selected as an Official Honoree for the Best Home/Welcome Page category. In addtion, Slate Magazine has been nominated in the News/Documentary/Public Service category for Never Coming Home, a project produced by MediaStorm. MediaStorm has also been nominated for the The People's Voice Awards, which allows people around the world to vote on the nominees that are their favorites. Unlike other Awards shows where self-promotion is frowned upon, the Webby Awards encourages its Nominees to campaign for People's Voice votes, adding to the fun and spirit that personifies the Webby. You can vote for MediaStorm online. About the Webby Awards: Hailed as the "Oscars of the Internet" by the New York Times, The Webby Awards is the leading international award honoring excellence on the Internet, including Websites, Interactive Advertising, Online Film & Video, and…

MediaStorm Produces Nina Berman’s ‘Soldier’s Boy’ for AARP Bulletin

Post author:MediaStorm
Post published:April 1, 2007

MediaStorm worked with award-winning photojournalist Nina Berman to produce a story entitled Soldier's Boy for AARP Bulletin. The story chronicles the parents of a fallen soldier as they struggle to raise the young son she left behind without the financial benefit the government normally gives to next-of-kin.

MediaStorm Awash with New Talent

Post author:MediaStorm
Post published:April 1, 2007

Over the last 8-months MediaStorm has grown it's production capabilities by bringing aboard four top-tier multimedia professionals. The most recent addition is Multimedia Producer Chad Stevens. Before joining MediaStorm Chad was studying as a master's degree candidate at School of Visual Communication at Ohio University. Prior to that, he worked as a faculty member at Western Kentucky University's photojournalism program. In 2002, he spent a year living in East Africa producing multimedia projects for Save the Children, AIDchild, Literacy and Basic Education and the Global Food for Education Initiative. Read more of Chad's work and personal history. In February, Interactive Designer Tim Klimowicz came aboard. Prior to joining MediaStorm, Tim was completing a BFA in Graphic Design from the School of Visual Arts. His ongoing interactive project - Iraq War Coalition Fatalities - has been viewed by hundreds of thousands of people worldwide and received recognition from multiple media outlets, including the…

MediaStorm Wins Two NPPA Best of Photojournalism Awards

Post author:MediaStorm
Post published:March 25, 2007

The National Press Photographers Association’s Best of Photojournalism 2007 competition has awarded MediaStorm First Place, Best Multimedia Package - Independent Sites for Kingsley's Crossing by Olivier Jobarad and Third Place, Best Multimedia Package - Independent Sites for BLOODLINE: AIDS and Family by Kristen Ashburn. A complete list of a winners is available online.