Read more about the article MediaStorm Launches Online Training Educational Program

MediaStorm Launches Online Training Educational Program

MediaStorm is pleased to announce a new Educational Program that offers discounted Online Training licenses to students at participating universities. MediaStorm Online Training Educational Program The MediaStorm Online Training Educational 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 classroom learning from our award-winning production staff. How It Works Our Educational Program makes it easy for educators to integrate our training into their curriculum, while offering a significant discount to students. The training modules can be incorporated into the program syllabus just like a textbook and can be accessed by students at any time during the semester. Notable institutions like the University of Missouri and Syracuse University have already made the MediaStorm Online Training experience a regular part of their curriculum. For tomorrow's multimedia journalists and visual storytellers, there's no better way to learn. Sign Up Today…

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MediaStorm Hiring Summer 2013 Operations and Social Media Intern

MediaStorm is looking for a motivated, creative and detail-oriented intern to work with the operations and social media manager for Summer 2013. The intern will focus on writing for the MediaStorm blog, updating and maintaining our social media presences, creatively and strategically thinking about growing MediaStorm’s online community, assisting with contest submissions, and helping with other daily tasks as they come up. Qualifications The intern that we’re looking for has: experience writing for an online or print publication an interest in developing online communities the ability to work and research independently a strong interest in online journalism, storytelling and their respective evolutions a love of new technologies a compulsive need to correct typos a burning desire to learn and improve his or her work This internship is paid. The internship runs from May - August 2013. Exact start and end dates are flexible. To apply enter your cover letter, resume, links to…

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MediaStorm Hiring Front-End Developer

MediaStorm is looking for a passionate and self-motivated Front-End Developer to implement and maintain web-based applications and websites for MediaStorm's publication and client projects, as well as in-house and public-facing products and tools. The ideal candidate will have proven technical expertise in creating complex web sites and applications using modern front-end technologies and frameworks. They will be working with back-end developers and interactive designers to lead and execute development. Description MediaStorm Front-End Developers will: Develop innovative production and workflow tools Work with Back-End Developers, Interactive Designers and Project Managers to establish production timelines Participate in client meetings and develop to their needs Work with designers to implement designs and user interfaces Be responsible for testing code across browsers and platforms Manage deployment of code updates to live websites Remain up-to-date with new web development trends and technologies Qualifications The successful applicant should have: At least three years of professional development experience Strong…

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MediaStorm Hiring Back-End Developer

MediaStorm is looking for a passionate and self-motivated back-end develop to implement and customize PHP and MySQL code for MediaStorm's publication and client projects. The ideal candidate will have proven technical expertise in creating scalable, database-driven web applications and websites in PHP, MySQL and MVC frameworks such as CodeIgniter. They will be working with front-end developers and interactive designers to lead and execute development. Back-End Developer Description MediaStorm Back-End Developers will: Code back-end website solutions in PHP and MySQL Develop and maintain elastic cloud scaling servers (Amazon EC2), along with other cloud-based third-party applications (Zencoder, Braintree, etc.) Develop back-end strategies for large-scale projects Develop innovative production and workflow tools Work with Front-End Developers, Interactive Designers and Project Managers to establish production timelines Participate in client meetings and develop to their needs Work with designers to implement designs and user interfaces Be responsible for testing code across browsers and platforms Be responsible for…

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Read more about the article Pictures of the Year International 2013 Awardees Announced

Pictures of the Year International 2013 Awardees Announced

MediaStorm is honored to announce we have won second place in the Pictures of the Year International Best Website category. Other winners in this category were the Los Angeles Times, which won first place, and TIME, which won third place. It is always a pleasure and inspiration for us to see the best of the industry's work honored in the annual POYi competition and this year is no exception. Here are some highlights from this year's multimedia competition. The winner of the Documentary Project of the Year was Liz O. Baylen, Mary Vignoles, Scott Glover, Lisa Girion, Hailey Branson-Potts, Marc Duvoisin, Matt Lait, Megan Garvey, Stephanie Ferrell, Hailey Branson-Potts, Doug Smith, Sandra Poindexter, Maloy Moore, Armand Emamdjomeh, Lily Mihalik and Lorena Iñiguez Elebee of the Los Angeles Times for "Dying For Relief - A Times Investigation." MediaStorm Spring 2013 Interns, Joshua Davis and Jon Kasbe were part of the team that produced…

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