Read more about the article Production and Social Media Internship at Talking Eyes Media

Production and Social Media Internship at Talking Eyes Media

Production/Social Media Internship Talking Eyes Media (TEM), a non-profit production company, seeks a Production/Social Media Intern for the 2012 Fall season (September – December). Talking Eyes Media is an award-winning organization that produces documentary films, multimedia, books, and exhibitions on various pressing social issues. TEM is currently in production for its latest project Bring it to the Table, a webisode series aimed at exploring the roots of American political beliefs and helping to depolarize the nation’s political dialogue. This internship provides a unique opportunity to work in an innovative and creative multimedia production company and gain experience in multimedia, social media, and communications. This position requires a two to four day per week commitment in our New Jersey office. (Talking Eyes Media is based in Montclair, NJ, located a block away from a NJ Transit station and 35 minutes by train from New York Penn Station.) This position is unpaid but offers…

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Discover a Bigger, Badder New York with Narratively

Discover Narratively It’s no secret that New York is saturated with top-notch media outlets. But in such a fast-paced city, many of those outlets have no choice but to focus on the 24/7 cycle of breaking news, politics, entertainment and gossip. Countless blogs and websites repeat these stories over and over, but few have the time, resources or interest to undertake high-quality feature reporting. As a result, great human-interest pieces about New York are hard to find. Narratively, a new digital publication, is here to change that by running the bigger, badder, weirder, sadder, uplifting and intoxicating stories about New York that average news headlines don't cover. Narratively is devoted to telling original, true and in-depth stories about New York, with plans to expand to other cities. It aims to slows down the news cycle. Each week, Narratively will explore a different theme about New York and publish a series of connected…

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FotoVisura Pavilion in San Juan Announced

FotoVisura is delighted to announce The 2012 FotoVisura Pavilion in San Juan, Puerto Rico. This four-day contemporary photography event celebrates international and local photography through exhibitions, panel talks, and a portfolio consultation and review. The event will run from August 30 to September 2, 2012 and will feature exhibitions including "Beyond War: Mexico’s Drug War" by Guest Curator Whitney Johnson, director of photography at The New Yorker, "Falling Eyelids: A Fotonovela" written, directed and photographed by ADÁL, and "Interpolations" featuring Migdalia Luz Barens-Vera. Exhibitions at the 2012 FotoVisura Pavilion Beyond War: Mexico's Drug War Guest Curator Whitney Johnson, Director of Photography at The New Yorker Featuring: Eunice Adorno (Mexico City, Mexico), Dominic Bracco II (Texas, US), Alejandro Cartagena (Santo Domingo, Domincan Republic), and Katie Orlinsky (New York, US). Description: Description: In “Beyond War: Mexico’s Drug War” four young photographers share their perspectives on the ongoing conflict. Each looks beyond the graphic violence…

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‘A Darkness Visible: Afghanistan’ to Show at AnthropoGraphia

A Darkness Visible: Afghanistan was selected by the curators of AnthropoGraphia Human Rights Through Visual Storytelling to be one of six multimedia pieces included in its 2012 exhibition. Based on 14 trips to Afghanistan between 1994 and 2010, A Darkness Visible: Afghanistan is the work of photojournalist Seamus Murphy. His work chronicles a people caught time and again in political turmoil, struggling to find their way. AnthropoGraphia is committed to promoting human rights to the world through high quality visual storytelling. This year's curators are Tina Ahrens, co-founder of Emphas.is, James Estrin, founder of the New York Times’ Lens blog and Matthieu Rytz, founder of AnthropoGraphia. The final selections include 12 photo-essays and six multimedia projects. MediaStorm is proud A Darkness Visible: Afghanistan is included in this years selection. See a full list of this years awardees on the AnthropoGraphia website. Congratulations to all the selected projects.

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Film Festival Strategy with Mark Stolaroff

Mark Stolaroff recently posted a useful guide to festival strategy, Film Festival Strategy: Withoutaclue to Withoutabox in 16 Steps. The guide is based on Stolaroff's 20 years of festival going experience and is offered as a teaser for his upcoming class in Los Angeles, The Art & Science of No-Budget Filmmaking. His 16-step guide focuses on using strategy and persistence to navigate the festival circuit. He gives insight on how to decide which festivals to apply to and how to handle (almost inevitable) rejection. Importantly, he gives some helpful pointers on festival etiquette, including a reminder about how much you stand to gain by just being nice. The two-part guide was featured as a guest post on The Stage 32 Blog. Read the full article. And if you're in LA this August, consider checking out Mark Stolaroff's upcoming course: NO BUDGET FILM SCHOOL PRESENTS: "The Art & Science of No-Budget Filmmaking" Saturday…

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