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Kalish Workshop 2013 Dates Announced

Post author:Lisa Jamhoury
Post published:November 27, 2012

The Kalish Workshop will be holding its next workshop June 16-21, 2013 in Muncie, Indiana. This five-day storytelling workshop is taught by Emmy and Pulitzer Prize winning editors including: Brian Storm, Geri Migielicz, Sue Morrow, Kenny Irby, Mark Edelson, Randall Greenwell and Scott Sines. Additional leaders in visual storytelling also join during the week. Attending workshop participants receive a discount for MediaStorm Online Training. The Kalish Workshop The Kalish Workshop is an inspirational and intense five-day experience in editing visual storytelling. It is designed to benefit anyone who touches photography with a narrative storyline for online and print. It is a hands-on, collaborative learning environment with daily in-depth discussions and exercises about the best practices to edit, produce and publish successful multimedia and interactive stories. Most faculty attend every session and are accessible to participants (AKA Kalish Kampers) the entire week, making the workshop unique and rewarding in a casual environment. The…

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.…

Transom Now Accepting Applications for 2013 Spring Workshop

Post author:Lisa Jamhoury
Post published:November 21, 2012

Transom has just released the application for its two-month intensive workshop to be held in April and May 2013. The lead instructor for this workshop will be Rob Rosenthal, along with Sarah Reynolds, the Transom Team, and special guests including Sean Cole and many others. Deadline to apply is January 4th. The Transom Story Workshop The Transom Story Workshop is an eight-week, full time training workshop for beginning radio producers. The Spring 2013 session will take place in Woods Hole, MA from April 1 through May 24, 2013. Cost is $6,500 and includes a license to Hindenburg Journalist, an audio editing software. Participants will also receive a free one-year account with the Public Radio Exchange. Full details about the workshop and registration are available on the Transom website. About the Instructors Rob Rosenthal will be the lead teacher at the Workshop. Rob is an independent producer and an experienced teacher. Most notably,…

NPPA Revamped: New Resources for Visual Journalists

Post author:Lisa Jamhoury
Post published:November 20, 2012

It's been an exciting month for the National Press Photographers Association (NPPA) with the launch of their new brand and website and a revamped News Video Workshop announced this month. According to NPPA, the 66-year-old organization began their rebranding process in 2008 when they realized, although they had begun equipping and supporting their members' work in new media, they needed to do a better job of communicating these efforts and offerings to their members. As NPPA president Sean D. Elliot said in his address to the NPPA Board last January, “We may still have some work to do convincing visual journalists that we have moved beyond print, but the mission of the NPPA is not tied to the printed page.” Their new branding package, designed in collaboration with Journey Group, of Charlottesville, VA "reflects the concepts of motion and community," and loosely represents a camera lens, according to NPPA. The new logo…

New Transom Manifesto: The MediaStorm Approach to Storytelling

Post author:Lisa Jamhoury
Post published:November 13, 2012

We're excited to announce the release of a new Transom Manifesto about quality storytelling by MediaStorm founder and executive producer Brian Storm. Here's more about the manifesto from Transom's Jay Allison: Brian Storm: The MediaStorm Approach to Storytelling In his Transom Manifesto, Brian Storm—the founder and executive producer of the innovative, multimedia production studio MediaStorm—talks about "quality" on the web as the main driver of web traffic (besides gossip or sensationalism, or being really funny). In an attempt to diagnose the elements of quality, he's prepared a fascinating Transom Manifesto, comparing three versions of the same story about a New York City Seltzer Man—one for radio, one for TV, and one by Mediastorm. He takes the time to disassemble them and break down the beats. This is a great multimedia storytelling exercise, highly recommended. See Brian Storm's Transom Manifesto at transom.org.