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FRONTLINE’s Complete ‘News War’ Series Viewable Online

Post author:MediaStorm
Post published:April 15, 2007

FRONTLINE's special four-part series "News War" examines the challenges facing today's mainstream media and how print, broadcast and electronic news organizations are struggling with, and adjusting to, these new challenges. If you missed the original television broadcast you can watch the full series online. FRONTLINE's site also offers extended interviews and other supplemental material not included in the broadcast. From the FRONTLINE site: In a four-part special series, News War, FRONTLINE examines the political, cultural, legal, and economic forces challenging the news media today and how the press has reacted in turn. Through interviews with key figures in print, broadcast and electronic media over the past four decades -- and with unequaled, behind-the-scenes access to some of today's most important news organizations, FRONTLINE traces the recent history of American journalism, from the Nixon administration's attacks on the media to the post-Watergate popularity of the press, to the new challenges presented by the…

VideoSpace Widget Calculates Disk Space

Post author:Eric Maierson
Post published:April 12, 2007

VideoSpace is a handy Mac OS X dashboard widget that allows producers to determine how much hard drive space is needed to store various video durations and formats. It's perfect for calcuating just how much media your drives will hold. Learn more about our approach to producing multimedia by purchasing MediaStorm's Post-production Workflow. Spanning more than 200 steps, the workflow covers every phase of editing, from organizing and editing assets in Final Cut Pro 7 through backing up and archiving your project. The workflow includes exclusive access to our Aperture Workflow and our Final Cut Asset Parser. Learn more about MediaStorm's Post-production Workflow.

Editing Theory from Walter Murch

Post author:Eric Maierson
Post published:April 12, 2007

In the Blink of an Eye is a series of short essays originally written in 1995 by Academy Award Winning editor Walter Murch. Murch tries to tackle the question of why moviegoers are not more startled and confused when shown the disconnected images that ultimately make up a film. His realizations are not only pertinet to visual journalists, they are also relevant to those editing for the internet. Interestingly, Murch edited 1993's Cold Mountain using Apple's Final Cut Pro and has since become a Final Cut evangelist.

MediaStorm Nominated for Webby Awards

Post author:MediaStorm
Post published:April 10, 2007

MediaStorm has been nominated for the 11th Annual Webby Awards in the Magazine and Broadband categories and has been selected as an Official Honoree for the Best Home/Welcome Page category. In addtion, Slate Magazine has been nominated in the News/Documentary/Public Service category for Never Coming Home, a project produced by MediaStorm. MediaStorm has also been nominated for the The People's Voice Awards, which allows people around the world to vote on the nominees that are their favorites. Unlike other Awards shows where self-promotion is frowned upon, the Webby Awards encourages its Nominees to campaign for People's Voice votes, adding to the fun and spirit that personifies the Webby. You can vote for MediaStorm online. About the Webby Awards: Hailed as the "Oscars of the Internet" by the New York Times, The Webby Awards is the leading international award honoring excellence on the Internet, including Websites, Interactive Advertising, Online Film & Video, and…

MediaStorm Produces Nina Berman’s ‘Soldier’s Boy’ for AARP Bulletin

Post author:MediaStorm
Post published:April 1, 2007

MediaStorm worked with award-winning photojournalist Nina Berman to produce a story entitled Soldier's Boy for AARP Bulletin. The story chronicles the parents of a fallen soldier as they struggle to raise the young son she left behind without the financial benefit the government normally gives to next-of-kin.