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MediaStorm Nominated for 2012 Webby Awards

Post author:Lisa Jamhoury
Post published:April 10, 2012

We are thrilled to announce two MediaStorm projects have been honored by the 2012 Webby Awards. A Thousand More is a nominee for this year's Webby Awards in the Documentary: Individual Episode category. A Thousand More is also in the running for the Webby People's Voice Awards. The People's Voice Awards polls are open from April 10th to April 26th and anyone can vote. A Thousand More is the story of one family’s determination to give their son a whole and vital life. In the midst of a great burden, one small child – with a seemingly endless supply of love – can be the blessing that holds a family together. Other nominees for this category are Guardian News & Media, the National Film Board of Canada, and VICE. Surviving the Peace is an Official Honoree of the 16th Annual Webby Awards in the Public Service and Activism category. Laos is the most heavily bombed country per capita in…

Three MediaStorm Projects nominated for News and Documentary Emmy Awards

Post author:Jessica Stuart
Post published:July 18, 2011

Three MediaStorm projects are among the Nominees announced today for the 32nd Annual News and Documentary Emmy Awards. Undesired, By Walter Astrada for the Alexia Foundation, was nominated in the New Approaches to News & Documentary Programming: Documentaries Category. In India, all women must confront the cultural pressure to bear a son. The consequences of this preference is a disregard for the lives of women and girls. From birth until death they face a constant threat of violence. See the project here. Crisis Guide: Pakistan, produced for Council on Foreign Relations, was also nominated in the New Approaches to News & Documentary Programming: Documentaries Category. Pakistan's stability is of great consequence to regional and international security. Crisis Guide: Pakistan examines the roots of its challenges, what it means for the region and the world, and explores some plausible futures for the country. See the project here. Airsick by Toronto Star Photographer Lucas…

CFR’s ‘Crisis Guide: Pakistan’ named as winner of Overseas Press Club of America’s Best Use of Multimedia Award

Post author:Jessica Stuart
Post published:April 29, 2011

Crisis Guide: Pakistan, produced by the Council on Foreign Relations in partnership with MediaStorm, was selected as the winner for the Overseas Press Club of America's Best Use of Multimedia Award. OPC introduced 6 new awards this year for online journalism. Award recipients were announced last night at the 72nd Annual OPC Awards dinner in New York City. Congratulations to all of the winners!

MediaStorm nominated for two Webby Awards

Post author:Jessica Stuart
Post published:April 12, 2011

MediaStorm is thrilled to announce that two of our projects have been Nominated for this year's Webby Awards in the Online Film and Video Division. The 15th Annual Webby Awards received nearly 10,000 entries from all 50 US states and over 60 countries worldwide. Undesired by Walter Astrada was nominated in the Public Service and Activism Category: In India, all women must confront the cultural pressure to bear a son. The consequences of this preference is a disregard for the lives of women and girls. From birth until death they face a constant threat of violence. When the Water Ends for Yale Environment 360 was nominated in the Documentary: Individual Episode Category. As temperatures rise and water supplies dry up, semi-nomadic tribes along the Kenyan-Ethiopian border increasingly are coming into conflict with each other. When the Water Ends focuses on how worsening drought will pit groups and nations against one another. All…

MediaStorm-Reuters collaboration recognized at 2010 FRANCE24-RFI Web Documentary Awards

Post author:MediaStorm
Post published:September 7, 2010

The 2010 FRANCE24-RFI Web Documentary Award jury met last week in Perpignan, France at the 22nd International Photojournalism Festival, Visa pour l'Image, and gave special distinction recognition to Times of Crisis, an interactive Web site produced by Jassim Ahmad and Ayperi Karabuda of Reuters, in association with MediaStorm. The Executive Producer was Brian Storm. Times of Crisis follows the success of Bearing Witness, which was the first collaboration between MediaStorm and Reuters in 2008. Prison Valley, by Philippe Brault and David Dufresne, was selected as this year's winner of the FRANCE24-RFI Web Documentary Award. It was produced by Upian and co-produced by Arte.