MediaStorm welcomes Tim Matsui

We are excited to welcome Tim Matsui as a Spring 2010 intern. Tim Matsui is a multimedia journalist whose recent work focuses on human trafficking. He is a past Blue Earth Alliance Project Photographer and a recipient of grants from the Open Society Institute, Fund for Investigative Journalism, and King County 4Culture. Tim earned a bachelors degree in journalism, with a minor in geology, from the University of Washington. He is the founder a 501(c)3 non profit using documentary multimedia to create dialog about the lasting effects of sexual violence. Tim co-founded the Travel and Outdoor Photographer's Alliance and organized several state-of-the-industry panel discussions with leading photographers and editors. The World Affairs Council regularly invites him to speak with international visitors hosted by the US Department of State. Tim will be spending the next couple of months in Brooklyn with MediaStorm, but is usually based in Seattle where he lives with his…

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MediaStorm welcomes Megan Lange

We are excited to welcome Megan Lange as a Spring 2010 intern. She will be working with us for the next few months to produce some exciting projects we have coming down the pipeline. Megan is a recent graduate of the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University, where she obtained a B.A. in Photojournalism and Psychology. She also studied for a semester in London through the SUAbroad program with a concentration in photojournalism. Megan spent her summer in Uganda, documenting the conditions of the families left in the Tegotatoo IDP camp resulting from a 20-year civil war and producing a multimedia project for Every Child Ministries. She has interned with The Muskegon Chronicle, and externed with The Post-Standard. Interested in interning with us? MediaStorm accepts interns throughout the year, in multimedia production, design, motion graphics, and/or programming for web. The deadline for our fall 2010 Internship is June 15,…

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Now Hiring: MediaStorm looking for Business Development superstar

MediaStorm is looking for a Business Development superstar to focus on our growing client services business and to support our publishing efforts. The ideal candidate will have an intimate understanding of the online video marketplace and a passion for working with interactive, multimedia storytelling. This position is located in Brooklyn, New York. All applications must be submitted online. For more information, please see the full job description. If you have any questions, please email us. Application deadline is February 1, 2010.

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Thomson Reuters Foundation, Red Cross and MediaStorm Produce Surviving the Tsunami: Stories of Hope

MediaStorm along with Thomson Reuters Foundation and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) announce Surviving the Tsunami: Stories of Hope. The project marks the fifth anniversary of the Indian Ocean Tsunami. Combining imagery by Reuters photojournalists with eyewitness testimony and interactive graphics, the documentary reveals the strength of the human spirit in the face of catastrophe. These are stories of compassion and hope. Surviving the Tsunami follows two previous productions with Reuters, Bearing Witness about the Iraq war and Times of Crisis about the global financial meltdown.

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CFR.org and MediaStorm win Emmy for Crisis Guide: The Global Economy

Crisis Guide: The Global Economy, produced for Council on Foreign Relations, is the recipient of the 2009 Emmy Award for New Approaches to Business & Financial Reporting. Other nominees in the category included: CNBC.com: Boom, Bust & Blame CBS.com: The Fast Draw The Wall Street Journal Digital Network: Mongolian Way of Life at Risk Congratulations to all of the winners. Pictured from left to right are: Jacky Myint, Michael Moran, Brian Storm, Eric Maierson, Jeremy Sherlick, Lee Hudson Teslik. Image by bryan-brown.com.

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