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MediaStorm Launches Online Training Educational Program

Post author:Lisa Jamhoury
Post published:March 19, 2013

MediaStorm is pleased to announce a new Educational Program that offers discounted Online Training licenses to students at participating universities. MediaStorm Online Training Educational Program The MediaStorm Online Training Educational Program offers a simple way for educational institutions to use our acclaimed training in their classrooms. In just three easy steps we'll have your classroom learning from our award-winning production staff. How It Works Our Educational Program makes it easy for educators to integrate our training into their curriculum, while offering a significant discount to students. The training modules can be incorporated into the program syllabus just like a textbook and can be accessed by students at any time during the semester. Notable institutions like the University of Missouri and Syracuse University have already made the MediaStorm Online Training experience a regular part of their curriculum. For tomorrow's multimedia journalists and visual storytellers, there's no better way to learn. Sign Up Today…

New European Journalism Centre Grant for Innovative Development Reporting

Post author:Lisa Jamhoury
Post published:March 14, 2013

The European Journalism Centre (EJC), with support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, is implementing a new 2013 grants program for innovative development reporting. The grant aims to advance creative reporting approaches to enable better coverage of international development issues in eight of the European countries with the highest net official development assistance. The grant will be awarded to a selection of innovative reporting projects to enable journalists, editors and development stakeholders to perform thorough research and to develop entirely new and experimental reporting and presentation methods. They will also be able to use multi-platform approaches and to think laterally across disciplines and techniques of journalistic storytelling. Application Details The program is looking for proposals from eminent media outlets focusing on the eight European countries with the highest development spending—France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom. Applicants must apply for a minimum grant of €8,000 with an expected average grant of about €20,000. A…

PhotoShelter Releases Guide to Pricing Magazine Photography

Post author:Lisa Jamhoury
Post published:March 12, 2013

PhotoShelter and Wonderful Machine recently published Pricing Your Work: Magazine Photography offering insights from Wonderful Machine CEO Bill Cramer outlining what a photographer should expect when determining pricing for magazine assignments. The guide includes tips to help photographers profit from magazine shoots, a look at the three basic types of magazine contracts, the most common magazine shoot expenses, plus FAQs and other online resources to help photographers negotiate. Pricing Your Work: Magazine Photography is the first in a series of guides from PhotoShelter with tips to help photographers create estimates and fee structures for their work. Get your free guide now. About PhotoShelter PhotoShelter is the leader in portfolio websites, photo sales, marketing and archiving tools for photographers. Over 74,000 photographers worldwide use PhotoShelter to power their success online, with customizable website templates, searchable photo galleries, e-commerce capabilities, and bulletproof image storage. Learn more at www.photoshelter.com.

Eight NPPF Scholarships for Photojournalism Students

Post author:Lisa Jamhoury
Post published:March 11, 2013

NPPF has eight scholarships and grants open for application for photographers studying full-time or returning to college. NPPF scholarships are awarded to encourage those with the talent and dedication to photojournalism and who need financial help to continue their studies. The application deadline for all eight scholarships is April 15. Learn more and apply. NPPF Scholarships Bob East – $2,000 Bob East was a colorful and widely known veteran photographer at The Miami Herald. He died from a surgical accident in 1985, after more than 45 years in the profession. NPPA’s national secretary; he mentored many interns. Open to undergraduate and graduate students. Bob Baxter – $2,000 Named for a New Jersey photographer who was paralyzed in an auto accident but continued to pursue photojournalism education. Baxter set up this scholarship before his death. Open to undergraduate and graduate students. Reid Blackburn – $2,000 Established by The Columbian newspaper of Vancouver, Wash.,…

Pictures of the Year International 2013 Awardees Announced

Post author:Lisa Jamhoury
Post published:February 27, 2013

MediaStorm is honored to announce we have won second place in the Pictures of the Year International Best Website category. Other winners in this category were the Los Angeles Times, which won first place, and TIME, which won third place. It is always a pleasure and inspiration for us to see the best of the industry's work honored in the annual POYi competition and this year is no exception. Here are some highlights from this year's multimedia competition. The winner of the Documentary Project of the Year was Liz O. Baylen, Mary Vignoles, Scott Glover, Lisa Girion, Hailey Branson-Potts, Marc Duvoisin, Matt Lait, Megan Garvey, Stephanie Ferrell, Hailey Branson-Potts, Doug Smith, Sandra Poindexter, Maloy Moore, Armand Emamdjomeh, Lily Mihalik and Lorena Iñiguez Elebee of the Los Angeles Times for "Dying For Relief - A Times Investigation." MediaStorm Spring 2013 Interns, Joshua Davis and Jon Kasbe were part of the team that produced…