Intended Consequences at Aperture Gallery

Jonathan Torgovnik's exhibit for his project Intended Consequences is now on view at the Aperture Gallery, through May 7.  There will also be a panel discussion on Wednesday, April 29, 2009, at 6:30 (check the gallery's website for more info). Torgovnik's book, Intended Consequences: Rwandan Children Born of Rape will be released on April 7, 2009, coinciding with the fifteenth anniversary of the start of the genocide. If you haven't seen it yet, you can view the full multimedia piece here, and get more information on the project at http://www.foundationrwanda.org/.

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Tim Hussin to join MediaStorm for Summer Internship

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We are excited to announce that Tim Hussin will be joining MediaStorm as our Summer 2009 intern. Tim Hussin is an award-winning photographer and a recent graduate in journalism from the University of Florida.  He was named 2008 College Photographer of the Year and will intern at National Geographic in Fall 2009.  Hussin has interned at the Monroe Evening News, Deseret News and Rocky Mountain News.  He was a student at the Eddie Adams Workshop in 2008 where he was awarded an assignment at Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive. We will also be seeking fall interns.  If you're interested in applying, you can get more information here.  The application deadline is May 1.

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MediaStorm’s 2009 Workshop Dates Announced

Dates for the 2009 MediaStorm Advanced Multimedia Reporting Workshops have been announced: Workshop Four: March 7-13, 2009 - Application Deadline: Friday January 23, 2009 Workshop Five: May 2-8, 2009 - Application Deadline: Monday March 30, 2009 Workshop Six: August 8-14, 2009 - Application Deadline: Wednesday July 1, 2009 The MediaStorm Multimedia Reporting Workshop in New York City is an intensive, hands-on educational experience in advanced multimedia storytelling. Over the course of a week, participants will work in three-person teams, reporting and editing in collaboration with a MediaStorm Producer to create a multimedia project for distribution across multiple platforms. Each team will produce a professional-quality, ready-for-publication multimedia story. See the site for more information, or to apply for the Workshops. Projects from past Workshops:

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Apply now for the Barefoot Workshop

There are still some spots open in Barefoot Workshops' 2 Week Documentary Workshop in The Mississippi Delta, which starts on February 15, 2009. This 2-week DV workshop is designed for photojournalists who are looking to make the move to videojournalism and the web, new documentary filmmakers who want to launch their careers in web and television documentaries and for those with experience in some aspects of filmmaking that are looking to expand their skill, understanding and mastery of the whole process. Producers, cinematographers, editors and writers with narrative experience who are considering working in non-fiction filmmaking are also encouraged to enroll. Students will learn all aspects of the process including the importance of the still image, DV camera, compact lighting methods, field sound, field editing and how to weave the story. To view an extended version of the course description, visit our website at www.barefootworkshops.org. This is one of many workshops that…

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Jacky Myint joins MediaStorm

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I'm excited to welcome Jacky Myint as MediaStorm's newest Interactive Designer. Jacky Myint is a web and interactive designer who has worked for Condé Nast Portfolio.com and The Associated Press, producing interactive infographics. Her interactives at Portfolio.com were part of a portfolio that won silver from MALOFIEJ, an international competition for print and online information graphics sponsored by the Society for News Design. Jacky's first job was for Idealist.org/Action Without Borders where she spent two and a half years designing for both print and web and organizing Idealist's first nonprofit design competition. Jacky graduated from Duke University with a B.S. in Biology and B.A. in Visual Arts and received her M.F.A. in Design and Technology from Parsons School of Design in New York City.

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