MediaStorm Welcomes Joe Fuller

MediaStorm is excited to welcome Joe Fuller, as our motion graphics designer. Fuller is a motion graphic designer, filmmaker, and avid drawer. His motion graphic work on features for the Kansas City Chiefs led to two Regional Emmy’s and several nominations for in stadium and publicity graphics. Fuller entered motion design as a means to combine video with his traditional art background. Through designing show opens for Kansas City Public Television, team intros and promos for various professional sports teams, ad campaigns, and viral videos, he delights in finding graphic solutions that are conceptually and aesthetically sound. Fuller earned his bachelors of fine arts from the Kansas City Art Institute, where he was awarded the Digital Filmmaking mentorship award in 2011.

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Philippine Revolution Revisited

Pulitzer Prize winning photojournalist Kim Komenich recently launched Revolution Revisited, an online presentation dedicated to the 1986 Philippine revolution and its relevance today. Revolution Revisited presents 13 multimedia stories of Filipinos—from field workers to government officials—that Komenich photographed in 1986 and 2011. It also serves as an entry point for Filipinos that were photographed by Komenich in the 1980s to connect with him in his effort to learn more about the people and revolution he photographed more than 25 years ago. Komenich took more than 28,000 photos between 1984 and 1986 during four extended assignments to the Philippines for the San Francisco Examiner. During this time he photographed the four-day People's Power Revolution that ousted dictator Ferdinand Marcos and brought Corazon Aquino to power. Komenich was awarded the 1987 Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Photography for this work. In 2011, he started to track down the subjects of his photographs from this…

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MediaStorm’s Post-Production Workflow

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MediaStorm is pleased to announce the release of our post-production workflow. Developed over the past seven years, the MediaStorm workflow covers every phase of editing, from organizing assets through outputting final projects and archiving. Covering more than 200 steps, our approach efficiently streamlines the editing process with a focus on organization and creativity. The MediaStorm Post-production Workflow includes: The full 200-step workflow MediaStorm uses everyday with Final Cut Pro 7 Exclusive access to MediaStorm’s Apple Aperture Workflow, including information on how to best use the image management program in conjunction with Final Cut Pro Exclusive access to MediaStorm’s Final Cut Asset Parser, a tool we developed to quickly generate a list of asset names used in a Final Cut 7 project Time-saving software suggestions for transcribing audio, syncing and converting and editing video Integration of more than 10 MediaStorm tutorials to help you choose the right music, color correct your video, work…

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MSNBC Hiring Director of Photography

MSNBC is hiring a director of photography. Director, Photography Editorial | New York City, NY, United States We seek an experienced, passionate photojournalism leader to direct our still photography report. As a member of msnbc.com’s editorial leadership team, you will lead in the creative production, acquisition, editing and presentation of news photographs. The ideal candidate will merge the highest journalistic and ethical standards with the digital imperative for open-minded, innovative adaptability. You will be accountable for the quality and quantity of the 10-10-person photo team’s output, for collaboratively defining and executing site standards for photo usage, and for mentoring a newsroom spread across 8 time zones in four locations on best practices in picture editing. You will have demonstrated success in industry-leading storytelling, staff development and multi-platform photojournalism. Your love for great pictures is broad-ranging, and you will be as comfortable editing pictures from a war zone as you are telling visual…

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Join Aday.org on May 15

On May 15th Aday.org asks you and people all around the world to pick up your cameras and picture what is close to you. In this unique photographic event, hundreds of thousands of people will work together to create a unique documentation of daily life. Professionals, amateurs, school children, farmers, social media fans, astronauts and office workers. Cell phone camera, Hasselblad, homemade or borrowed. Aday.org is looking for the perspectives of everyone who enjoys photography. The goal is to inspire perspectives on humankind – today and tomorrow. All images will be displayed online for you and everyone to explore. Some of them will be selected for a book, others will be displayed in digital exhibitions. Every single one will be saved for future research and inspiration. Let a part of your life inspire generations to come. Share your perspective! Read more about the project and sign up to participate. Take your photos…

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