MediaStorm is proud to be a supporter of W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund and its annual grants in humanistic photography. Join us at their 38th annual ceremony, on Wednesday, October 18, 2017, 7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. (doors open at 6:15 p.m.) at The School of Visual Arts (SVA) Theatre, 333 West 23rd St. (between 8th and 9th Ave.), New York, NY 10011 Admission is free, first come, first served, but seating is limited. You can RSVP here The program includes presentations of photo essays by this year's grant and fellowship recipients, plus finalists, including: The 2017 W. Eugene Smith Grant of $35,000 The 2017 jurors’ discretionary Smith Fellowship(s) of $5,000 The 2017 Howard Chapnick Grant of $5,000 There will be a keynote presentation by Lynsey Addario, photojournalist awarded the Pulitzer Prize as part of the New York Times team for International Reporting, and recipient of a MacArthur fellowship and author of “It’s…

Magnum Photos is excited to announce a professional practice workshop in San Francisco, taking place on Saturday & Sunday November 11-12, 2017 at SF Camerawork. MediaStorm's founder and executive producer Brian Storm will be joining Magnum photographer Matt Black, and Mother Jones magazine Photo Editor Mark Murrmann, for this workshop that will include invaluable inspiration and practical advice for early and mid-career photographers. The event is a two-day photographic masterclass centered around photographic storytelling in which we grapple with such questions as what makes a good story, how to choose and narrow in on your subject, the importance of editing and how to connect with your audience. For more information and to apply click here. And if you are closer to the East Coast, today is the last day to register for MediaStorm's One Day Master Class in New York, October 21. Or you can apply to our five day Methodology master classes, also…

MediaStorm has always focused on telling personal stories about pressing issues, hoping to both educate and inspire audiences. In that vein, six years ago we created Nine Digits–a story about the hopes and dreams of an undocumented college student–as part of our Storytelling Workshop. We hoped then that it wouldn’t be as relevant as it is today, since over 800,000 youth covered by DACA are in limbo as their legal futures hang in the balance.     Nine Digits tells the story of Cesar, an honors sophomore in college, who arrived in the United States with his family at age 6 from Ecuador. Cesar is one of over a million undocumented youth who live in this country, many having lived here longer than they did in their birth countries. While revealing his status could jeopardize his family, Cesar feels like he has no other choice but to do so, as part of…

The Paley Center for Media has announced a call for entries for its celebrated Art of the Documentary Pitch Workshop, which will be held at the Paley Center in New York on Monday, November 6, 2017. This program offers a $5,000 grant from A&E IndieFilms for an unfinished or work-in-progress documentary from an emerging filmmaker (someone with two or less credits for directing feature documentary films, whether or not those films have been released). In this workshop/competition—now in its fourteenth year—a panel of documentary executives and producers discuss the process of developing a documentary and will hear and evaluate pitches from up to five pre-selected up-and-coming filmmakers who are hoping to sell either a nonfiction concept or a documentary work-in-progress. The winner of the pitch competition in November will receive a $5,000 grant to be used towards the completion of their project. Complete submission guidelines and entry forms can be found here.  

  The MediaStorm Online Training program offers a simple way for educational institutions to use our acclaimed training in their classrooms. In just three easy steps, we'll have your students learning from our award-winning staff. Notable institutions like the University of Missouri, University of Iowa, and Northern Arizona University have already made it a regular part of their curriculum. TESTIMONIALS This is what some of our happy faculty users have to say: “I started using MediaStorm's Online Training videos as a part of a flipped classroom, so that students could learn the "how-to" outside of class, allowing for more hands-on learning and discussion during class sessions. It's been an invaluable set of tools that reach and engage students with varying skills. The support and service from MediaStorm is excellent, which encourages me to continue to be a loyal client.” -Mikki K. Harris, Assistant Professor, Journalism and Sports Program at Morehouse College (current); Assistant…