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Transom Announces New Traveling Workshops

Transom.org has announced that it will begin offering week-long Traveling Workshops as an alternative to their signature two-month-long Story Workshop. Applications are now open for the first round of Traveling Workshops, which begin this June in Catalina Island, CA. From the Organizer When we started up our eight-week-long, career-launching Transom Story Workshops, lots of people asked if we could do some introductory training in audio narrative in shorter bursts, and maybe in other locations besides Cape Cod. The answer is finally, yes. Starting this summer, we will offer Transom Traveling Workshops in various parts of the country. These are short, one-day to one-week workshops suited to the needs of our collaborative hosts. Check here for all the details. Applications are now open for a one-week introductory course for beginning radio producers to be held on Catalina Island off the coast of Southern California, June 16th-21st. The workshop will be hosted by community…

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Read more about the article Registration Open for 2013 NPPA Multimedia Immersion

Registration Open for 2013 NPPA Multimedia Immersion

Registration is now open for the National Press Photographers Association Seventh Annual Multimedia Immersion, set for May 14 – 18, 2013, in Syracuse, NY How to Enter Log on to www.nppa.org for more information and to register. The registration fee for NPPA members is just $1,095, and non-members may register for $1,205. From the Organizer Supercharge your career at the Seventh Annual Multimedia Immersion, set for May 14 – 18, 2013, in Syracuse, NY. This intense, five-day training workshop is for visual journalists looking to expand and grow their multimedia sets using the latest HDSLR camera and non-linear editing technology. Participants will focus on mixing photos, video, and audio content, and editing them into multimedia presentations using Final Cut X. In addition to a polished story to add to your portfolio, you'll receive a binder of training materials, extra information, and tutorials from the week, as well as a rich network of…

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Moving Walls 21 Grant Deadline Approaching

Open Society Foundations is accepting applications to Moving Walls 21, with a deadline of February 26, 2013. How to Enter Any emerging or veteran photographer who is working long-term to document a human rights or social justice issue may apply for Moving Walls. Photographers working in their home countries, women, emerging artists, and people of color are strongly encouraged to apply. The Open Society Foundations does not discriminate based on any status that may be protected by applicable law. To apply, go to: apply.movingwalls.org. From Open Society Foundations The Open Society Foundations invite photographers to submit a body of work for consideration in the Moving Walls 21 group exhibition, scheduled to open in New York in the fall 2013. The Moving Walls exhibition series showcases documentary photography that highlights human rights and social issues that coincide with the Open Society Foundations’ mission. Moving Walls is exhibited at our offices in New York…

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Read more about the article ‘Surviving the Peace: Angola’ Launch, A Great Event for a Worthy Cause

‘Surviving the Peace: Angola’ Launch, A Great Event for a Worthy Cause

The Mines Advisory Group launched a major fundraising initiative, Angola100K, last Wednesday, Feb. 6 at the Goethe-Institut in Washington, D.C. The initiative uses MAG and MediaStorm's latest collaboration, Surviving the Peace: Angola, as a centerpiece to raise $100,000 for landmine education in Angola. As the editor and producer of the piece, I was honored to be part of the event (Unfortunately MediaStorm director of photography Rick Gershon was out on assignment and couldn't make it to D.C. for the event). MAG packed the house—a beautiful cinema that seats 90—with people from organizations that both confront issues surrounding landmine removal and are in a position to do something about the problem. Representatives from the Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement, the Angolan Embassy, the U.S.-Angola Chamber of Commerce, The World Bank and Africare, among others, were in attendance. After a passionate introduction from MAG executive director Jennifer Lachman, the lights went down and…

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Infected or Affected: A Photographer’s Multimedia Project

Matthew Lloyd, a London-based editorial and commercial photographer, recently went to South Africa to create a project about AIDS for Bishop Simeon Trust. He’s mainly a still photographer and didn’t originally intend for the project to be multimedia heavy. When he arrived to shoot though, Lloyd felt multimedia was the right medium for the project. The project he created, Infected or Affected is a moving multimedia piece that puts a face on the harsh statistics that are a reality in South Africa today: One in two women are raped, one in three girls complete secondary school, 12 percent of the population has HIV/AIDS. Having done only some short multimedia pieces in the past, this piece is the first in-depth multimedia project in his portfolio. He shot and produced the project on his own and used the MediaStorm Online Training videos to help him through the process. He learned a lot about the…

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