The MediaStorm Workshops present: An Apollo Legend

The second MediaStorm Advanced Multimedia Reporting Workshop recently wrapped up, and we are excited to present their project: An Apollo Legend by Ricky Montalvo, Bernadette Tuazon, & Evan Vucci. At the Apollo Theater, the audience is judge and jury for the hundreds of eager performers who come to Amateur Night at the Apollo each year. Some make it, many don't, all become part of the legend of the Apollo. See the project. Our next Workshops will be: * Workshop Three: November 15-22, 2008 * Workshop Four: December 6-13, 2008 Application deadline is today- if you're interested in attending, get that application in, or let us know if you have any questions.  Visit the site for more information about the Workshops.

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CFR.org and MediaStorm win Emmy for Crisis Guide: Darfur

Crisis Guide: Darfur, produced for Council on Foreign Relations, is the recipient of the 2008 Emmy Award in the New Approaches To News & Documentary Programming: Current News Coverage Category. Other nominees in the category included: current.com: Mogadishu Madness msnbc.com: The Fight for Iraq Washingtonpost.com: A Nation Divided Washingtonpost.com: After the Destruction Washingtonpost.com: Living with PTSD Congratulations also to the San Jose Mercury News, who won in the Documentaries category for "Uprooted", and to the Detroit Free Press, who won in the Arts, Lifestyle and Culture Category for "40 Years of Respect" and the Regional News Coverage Category for "Pit bulls: Companions or killers?" Pictured from left to right are: Brian Storm, Jeremy Sherlick, Pamela Chen, Mike Moran, Stephanie Hanson and Tim Klimowicz.  Image by bryan-brown.com.

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MediaStorm and Rocky Mountain News collaborate at DNC

At last! At last! A dream fulfilled. Barack Obama’s historic rise to the mountaintop at Denver’s Democratic National Convention. Forty-five years after Martin Luther King called on America to live out the true meaning of its creed – that all men are created equal ‑ a senator from Illinois becomes the first African-American nominee of a major political party. MediaStorm and the Rocky Mountain News collaborated during the Democratic National Convention to create At last, at last, a dream fulfilled, a multimedia presentation documenting the convention. The piece is a comprehensive overview, looking at all aspects leading up to, and including, the convention, and includes interviews with Colorado locals, Rocky Mountain News reporters, and other key figures. If you still want more after watching this piece, you can also check out the rest of Rocky Mountain News' convention coverage on their site.

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MediaStorm Publishes Common Ground

Common Ground by Scott Strazzante On July 2, 2002, Jean and Harlow Cagwin watched as their home — the last remnant of their 118-acre cattle farm in Lockport, Illinois — was torn down clearing the way for a new housing development. Several years later, Ed and Amanda Grabenhofer and their four children moved into the new Willow Walk subdivision, their house just yards from where the Cagwin's home once stood. Common Ground introduces us to the lives touched by this land, as photographer Scott Strazzante takes us on a visual journey exploring the differences and similarities of these two families while simultaneously asking us to look at what is common among us all.

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MediaStorm produces Clearing the Air for Asia Society

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Asia Society and MediaStorm collaborated to publish Clearing the Air: China's Environmental Challenge. With the 2008 Olympics starting in a matter of days, Beijing's air quality has been under close scrutiny, and despite efforts to clean it up, the pollution still poses a serious problem for everyone around. Clearing the Air looks at the overall causes of the problem, featuring a broad overview, a daily photo diary documenting "blue sky days", and resources for more information. Asia Society is the leading global and pan-Asian organization working to strengthen relationships and promote understanding among the people, leaders, and institutions of the United States and Asia. The Society seeks to increase knowledge and enhance dialogue, encourage creative expression, and generate new ideas across the fields of policy, business, education, arts, and culture. Founded in 1956 by John D. Rockefeller 3rd, Asia Society is a nonprofit educational institution with offices in Hong Kong, Houston, Los…

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