MediaStorm projects nominated for five Webby Awards

Hailed as the "Oscars of the Internet" by the New York Times, The Webby Awards is the leading international award honoring excellence on the Internet. The 12th Annual Webby Awards received nearly 10,000 entries from over 60 countries and all 50 states. From now through May 1st, fans around the world can register and cast their votes in The Webby People’s Voice Awards at http://pv.webbyawards.com.   Of course, we'd love for you to vote for these projects: WEBSITE ENTRIES: Category: BROADBAND MediaStorm Category: CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS NONPROFIT Katrina: An Unnatural DisasterOpen Society Institute / Produced by MediaStorm   ONLINE FILM AND VIDEO ENTRIES: Category: NEWS & POLITICS: INDIVIDUAL EPISODE Finding the Way Home by Brenda Ann Kenneally MediaStorm Category: PUBLIC SERVICE AND ACTIVISM Eyes on ZimbabweOpen Society Institute / Produced by MediaStorm Category: BEST WRITING Evidence of My Existence by Jim Lo Scalzo US News & World Report / Also on MediaStorm.org  …

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Pulitzer Prize Winners Announced

Congratulations to Preston Gannaway of the Concord (N.H.) Monitor for winning the 2008 Pulitzer Prize in Feature Photography. Her story, Remember Me, is an intimate look at how one family deals with a parents' terminal illness. The connection Preston made with Carolynne St. Pierre and her family in the almost two years she documented their lives is amazing. Watch the story. Adrees Latif of Reuters was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in Breaking News Photography, for his photograph of a Japanese videographer killed during a street demonstration in Myanmar. Congratulations also to the other finalists in these categories: David Guttenfelder (AP) and Mona Reeder (Dallas Morning News) for Feature Photography, and Mahmud Hams (Agence France-Presse) and the Los Angeles Times Staff for Breaking News Photography. Also worth mentioning, the Washington Post won six awards, including the Public Service Prize, for a story on wounded veterans at Walter Reed Hospital, which photographer Michael du…

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April 2008 Digital Journalist now online

The April 2008 Digital Journalist is now online. Scott Jensen of KTUU in Anchorage, was recently named NPPA's TV News Photojournalist of the Year. Three stories from his award-winning portfolio, along with his favorite story, are on the site, each with a video interview with Jensen. This month's issue also features "Philip Jones Griffiths in Memorium," a tribute to the late photographer, whose work in Vietnam and throughout his career at Magnum made such a great impact on photojournalists and on everyone who saw his work.     

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Eric Maierson interviewed in Edit Well Newsletter

MediaStorm producer Eric Maierson is interviewed in the current issue of Larry Jordan's rich-media newsletter, Edit Well, (vol. 2 no. 8). Maierson discusses how he uses Final Cut Pro and Aperture, as well as an overview of MediaStorm's production workflow. Edit Well is published monthly by Peachpit press. For subscription information, please visit editwell.com. Learn more about our approach to producing multimedia by purchasing MediaStorm's Post-production Workflow. Spanning more than 200 steps, the workflow covers every phase of editing, from organizing and editing assets in Final Cut Pro 7 through backing up and archiving your project. The workflow includes exclusive access to our Aperture Workflow and our Final Cut Asset Parser. Learn more about MediaStorm's Post-production Workflow.

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Photo Competitions: World Press Photo Winners, Px3 awards, and an exhibition

Winners for this year's World Press Photo Competition have been announced. British Photographer Tim Hetherington won the 2007 World Press Photo of the Year, for his image of a US soldier resting in a bunker. Other winners include John Moore/Getty Images, who won 1st Place Singles and 1st Place Stories in the Spot News Category, and Balazs Gardi/VII Network/Alexia Foundation, who won 1st Place in both Singles and Stories in the General News Category. Check out the complete list, along with the winning images. The Px3 Photo Competition has also announced their winners: 1st Place- Stephanie Sinclair, The Bride Price 2nd Place- Juliana Beasley, Eyes of Salamanca 3rd Place- Marco Di Lauro, Chad Refugees Sinclair's work is also being shown in a separate exhibition in a special one-day exhibition on Capitol Hill, hosted by the International Center for Research on Women. The exhibition on February 25 from 4:30-6 is open to all,…

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