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‘A Darkness Visible: Afghanistan’ to Show at AnthropoGraphia

Post author:Lisa Jamhoury
Post published:August 8, 2012

A Darkness Visible: Afghanistan was selected by the curators of AnthropoGraphia Human Rights Through Visual Storytelling to be one of six multimedia pieces included in its 2012 exhibition. Based on 14 trips to Afghanistan between 1994 and 2010, A Darkness Visible: Afghanistan is the work of photojournalist Seamus Murphy. His work chronicles a people caught time and again in political turmoil, struggling to find their way. AnthropoGraphia is committed to promoting human rights to the world through high quality visual storytelling. This year's curators are Tina Ahrens, co-founder of Emphas.is, James Estrin, founder of the New York Times’ Lens blog and Matthieu Rytz, founder of AnthropoGraphia. The final selections include 12 photo-essays and six multimedia projects. MediaStorm is proud A Darkness Visible: Afghanistan is included in this years selection. See a full list of this years awardees on the AnthropoGraphia website. Congratulations to all the selected projects.

Worth Watching #82: The Hidden Cost of Hamburgers

Post author:Lisa Jamhoury
Post published:August 6, 2012

Staggering data from the Center for Investigative Reporting. - Brian Storm The Hidden Cost of Hamburgers by Center for Investigative Reporting on YouTube. See other videos that we think are Worth Watching.

Worth Watching #81: A Beautiful Waste

Post author:Lisa Jamhoury
Post published:August 3, 2012

A side of New York City you have not seen. - Brian Storm A Beautiful Waste from Powering a Nation on Vimeo. If you liked A Beautiful Waste, also check out UNDERCITY from Andrew Wonder on Vimeo. See other videos that we think are Worth Watching.

Worth Watching #80: One Morning at Home with John Irving

Post author:Lisa Jamhoury
Post published:August 1, 2012

Great insight from Irving and lovely visuals from Shaul Schwarz and Jeff Hutchens - Brian Storm One Morning at Home with John Irving by Shaul Schwarz on TIMELightbox. See other videos that we think are Worth Watching.

MediaStorm Welcomes Taylor Buley

Post author:Brian Storm
Post published:July 30, 2012

MediaStorm is excited to welcome Taylor Buley to the MediaStorm staff as a developer. Taylor Buley is a developer/journalist specializing in JavaScript. He studied Philosophy, Politics & Economics at the University of Pennsylvania and got his masters in Communication from Stanford. He started his career as a fact-checker at Forbes Magazine, where he later became a staff writer and developer and reported from Silicon Valley. Previous to Forbes, where he became a lead editorial developer, he was a Robert L. Bartley fellow at The Wall Street Journal's Editorial Page, a Burton C. Gray intern at Reason magazine and interned for the White House Council of Economic Advisers.