MediaStorm Publishes Black Market and Ivory Wars

Black Market: by Patrick BrownBlack Market is an in-depth look into the wildlife trade, the third largest illegal trade in the world. A driving force behind the trade is the ancient belief that animal parts contain "magical" properties. Although science has largely disproved these superstitions, these illegal practices continue. Ivory Wars: by J. Michael Fay and Michael NicholsIvory Wars visits Zakouma National Park in Chad, one of the last places on earth where thousands of elephants roam together. As perennial rains arrive to replenish the desert landscape, some 3,500 elephants seek better forage outside the park perimeter where poachers await them.

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Sharon Hoffman joins MediaStorm

I'm excited to welcome Sharon Hoffman as a Senior Producer at MediaStorm. Sharon comes to us from NBC News where she was a senior producer and has over 14 years experience in the network television news business. She has won a number of awards for the projects she has produced and managed, including the DuPont, Peabody and two Emmy awards.

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FCP Rescue 6 Released

Anders Holk Petersen has released Final Cut Rescue 6, an updated version of his Final Cut preference utility. The new version works with the recently upgraded FCP 6. Final Cut Rescue 6, like it's predecessor, is freeware. For more information on using this utility see the previous FCP Rescue post. 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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Jessica Stuart Joins MediaStorm

I'm excited to announce that Jessica Stuart has joined MediaStorm as a project manager. Jessica will continue in her current role as workshop director for The Eddie Adams Workshop which will celebrate it's 20th anniversary this year in October. While she won't be full time at MediaStorm until November, Jessica will be expanding our blog coverage, writing grants and developing the upcoming MediaStorm Advanced Multimedia Workshop.

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MediaStorm Actively Seeking an Interactive Designer and a Developer

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MediaStorm is a multimedia production studio based in New York City and collaborating virtually with creative resources around the globe. MediaStorm's principal aim is to usher in a new era of multimedia storytelling, via our publication and our industry-leading production and consulting services. We are actively seeking candidates for positions as interactive designer and developer. INTERACTIVE DESIGNER Interactive designers shape the look and feel of mediastorm.org as well as projects for MediaStorm's clients. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience designing cutting-edge user interfaces and developing interactive design specs. Experience designing across multiple media (broadcast, print, online) is a strong plus. Description The Interactive Designer will: Create world-class multimedia pieces and innovative production tool interfaces Design websites, broadcast and print marketing products Conceptualize and document requirements for user interfaces Work with Multimeda Producers and Project Managers to establish production timelines Participate in client meetings and design to their needs Work with developers…

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