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MediaStorm Welcomes Spring Interns Josh Davis and Jon Kasbe

Post author:Brian Storm
Post published:November 26, 2012

MediaStorm is excited to welcome Josh Davis and Jon Kasbe to our team as Spring 2013 interns. Joshua Davis is an award-winning multimedia journalist and documentary videomaker. He recently earned his master's degree from UNC-Chapel Hill, where he produced his multimedia thesis, The Undocumentary, about the immigrant rights movement. The project received multiple honors in the 67th College Photographer of the Year Awards, and it was recognized in the 2012 FotoWeekDC International Awards Competition. Last summer, Joshua served as the managing editor of 100 Gallons, a 2012 special report about water for Powering A Nation. Joshua previously freelanced in New York and Washington, D.C., where he worked on projects for PBS Frontline, RollingStone.com, The New York Times, Arte, the Travel Channel, and nonprofit organizations. He has served as adjunct faculty at New York University, coached the 2012 Carolina Photojournalism Workshop and taught courses as an Apple Certified Final Cut Pro editing instructor.…

MediaStorm Welcomes Taylor Buley

Post author:Brian Storm
Post published:July 30, 2012

MediaStorm is excited to welcome Taylor Buley to the MediaStorm staff as a developer. Taylor Buley is a developer/journalist specializing in JavaScript. He studied Philosophy, Politics & Economics at the University of Pennsylvania and got his masters in Communication from Stanford. He started his career as a fact-checker at Forbes Magazine, where he later became a staff writer and developer and reported from Silicon Valley. Previous to Forbes, where he became a lead editorial developer, he was a Robert L. Bartley fellow at The Wall Street Journal's Editorial Page, a Burton C. Gray intern at Reason magazine and interned for the White House Council of Economic Advisers.

Why We Switched to a Pay Per Story Model

Post author:Brian Storm
Post published:June 12, 2012

Today we launched two new MediaStorm stories. We worked on these projects for almost a year and everyone on the staff contributed to them. Over the past seven years, we’ve done this countless times: used our resources to produce something we believed in, then distributed the final product freely on the Web. As an early producer of online documentary multimedia, our primary mission has been to raise awareness about important issues through a robust social media network. We’ve also tried to create a model that others could use so that more storytellers could harness the medium to effect change. By distributing our stories for free, we’ve been able to reach millions of viewers and bring attention to important causes ranging from climate change to conflict resolution. But the reality is, no company or industry can sustain itself for long without producing a product for which people are willing to pay. At MediaStorm…

MediaStorm welcomes Pam Huling and Tim McLaughlin

Post author:Brian Storm
Post published:July 22, 2010

We are excited to welcome Pam Huling and Tim McLaughlin to MediaStorm. Pam will lead our Business Development efforts, and Tim, or first intern back in 2008, returns as a Multimedia Producer. Prior to joining MediaStorm, Pam Huling owned Gaslight Media Consulting, LLC, with clients in Switzerland and New York City. She currently serves on the Executive Board of EZArchive, Inc. and Our Favorite Moments, which are online subscription-based cloud services for consumers. As the former Director of Photo Services at Discovery Communications, Inc., the #1 non-fiction media company in the world, Huling oversaw more than 400 photo and multimedia shoots each year on location around the world, the licensing of millions of dollars in stock content and the management of more than one million media assets. Pam Huling has a background in art and music, holding a degree in graphic design and a Bachelor of Music in bassoon performance from the…

Jennifer Redfearn joins MediaStorm

Post author:Brian Storm
Post published:May 21, 2010

We are excited to welcome multimedia producer Jennifer Redfearn to the MediaStorm team. Jennifer is a director, producer, and writer. She has worked on programming for WGBH, WNET, the Discovery Networks, and independent productions. Most recently, she directed and produced Sun Come Up, an independent documentary about environmental refugees. It premiered at the Full Frame festival and is currently making its way around the U.S. and international festival circuit. Prior to this, she co-produced a science special - the final installment of an Emmy-nominated 20-year project for WGBH/NOVA, and she produced a medical series for Discovery. She holds a Bachelor's degree in environmental studies from Wellesley College and a Master's degree in journalism from Columbia University. Her projects have been supported by the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, Chicken and Egg Pictures, NYSCA, and the Friends of Horticulture.