GlobalPost and MediaStorm collaborate on Life, death and the Taliban

GlobalPost and MediaStorm have collaborated to produce a new multimedia project, Life, death and the Taliban, which seeks to enhance America’s understanding of Taliban history in Afghanistan and Pakistan. At this crucial time in the U.S.-led war against the Taliban, Charlie Sennott recaps the group’s rise to power and looks at current political and counterinsurgency efforts in Afghanistan. Photographer Seamus Murphy, who has long chronicled the shifts of power in Afghanistan, accompanied Sennott to Kabul for this report. This project includes several stories and video pieces, along with an interactive timeline, to help viewers understand the complex issues at play in this volatile region.

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MediaStorm Workshops launch new projects

During the week of June 20-26, 2009, we brought 8 talented professionals together to collaborate with the MediaStorm team at the fourth MediaStorm Advanced Multimedia Reporting Workshop. This was a special workshop for us - given the tough economic climate and the critical need for multimedia training, we decided to hold a one-time, tuition-free Workshop, and we were thrilled and inspired at the number of people who put the time into applying for this opportunity. See the projects produced during this workshop below or apply for the next round of Workshops. Hold Out by Zachary Barr, Jeff Hutchens, Nacho Corbella and Uma Sanghvi Developers want to demolish a Brooklyn neighborhood to build a basketball arena and numerous high rises. But a small a neighborhood and a handful of residents stand in the way.See the project. A Tail of Identity by Toni Greaves, Jeff Davis, Steve Rowland, and Gregory Warner Enter the world…

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MediaStorm produces ‘Crisis Guide: The Global Economy’ for Council on Foreign Relations

The Council on Foreign Relations and MediaStorm have collaborated to produce Crisis Guide: The Global Economy. This new CFR.org Crisis Guide is an in-depth, multimedia look at the causes and consequences of the global economic crisis that seeks to unravel the questions surrounding the downturn and shed light on its policy implications, drawing on insights from leading thinkers on economics and international affairs. This is the fifth in a series of Crisis Guides, CFR.org’s interactive, award-winning franchise, which seeks to bring context and historical perspective to the world’s most complex issues.

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MediaStorm Methodology Workshop to be held July 27-31, 2009

As we've traveled around the country and collaborated with many schools and newsrooms, it has become apparent that there is a strong desire and need for a forum focusing on the overall methodology behind creating and implementing a successful multimedia strategy. We have been working with educators and newsroom leaders to create a Workshop targeted specifically at educators looking to create curricula based on our approach, for organizational leaders tasked with creating and leading multimedia departments, and for professionals looking to start their own media company or integrate MediaStorm concepts into their organization. We will be holding the first MediaStorm Methodology Workshop July 27-31, 2009, at our offices in Brooklyn, NY. Over this five-day course, attendees will participate in a collaborative, fast-paced, hands-on overview of what it takes to produce successful multimedia projects. They will work closely with MediaStorm producers and interactive designers to learn the essential elements of multimedia post-production, project…

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MediaStorm publishes Driftless: Stories from Iowa

Driftless: Stories from Iowa by Danny Wilcox Frazier Life in Iowa can be punishing. Many Iowans expend their lives sweating over soil and spilling the blood of livestock; they endure the hardships associated with a life inextricably bound to the ups and downs of nature. Today, those challenges and a shift in our nation's economy have pushed the youth of rural communities to migrate to the metropolises of America. Those left in the wake of this out-migration continue their lives, seemingly unchanged from the generations that preceded them, and entombed in obscurity. The tension of contemporary rural life plays out here: the struggle of a family farm to continue, disenfranchised youth, the slaughterhouse, migrant labor, and the aged fading from Iowa's mythical landscape. Through their stories we gain insight to a way of life that is disappearing, a culture that could be lost forever. As "community" continues to be homogenized in zones…

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