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Join Brian Storm at the digiSTORY14 Conference

Post author:Cortney Cleveland
Post published:August 25, 2014

MediaStorm Executive Producer Brian Storm will join innovators, strategists and trend spotters at the digiSTORY14 Conference to share insights, secrets and stories about "The Power of Digital Storytelling." Experience a full day of captivating speakers in Kansas City’s historic Union Station on Wednesday, October 22nd, 2014. Event Details Never in history has the ability to communicate been so pervasive. Mobile devices, apps and internet connectivity can bring any person or idea to your fingertips with a simple click. Yet, sharing your ideas and messages through the vast profusion of these digital assets can be mind-boggling. Advertisers, social media strategists, publishers, journalists, businesses, non-profits and government agencies have all discovered that a good story can stir peoples’ emotions and compel them to action. Learn how to use today's powerful digital media technology to get the right story to the right audience. Purchase tickets online.

Join Brian Storm at Imprimatur: Unbinding the Book

Post author:Cortney Cleveland
Post published:April 17, 2014

Imprimatur, a joint effort between indie publishing platform Blurb and the visual arts studio Jotta, is a new global book arts project. Artists and designers are challenged to redefine the concept of what a book can be by creating original books and installations that push the boundaries of how books are experienced. Blurb will be hosting a launch event for the project in New York City on Monday, April 21st, 2014. Event Details The New York event will provide an evening of talks celebrating books, book-making, and illustrated storytelling alongside a set of inspirational installations and film. The evening's speakers will include: Yolanda Cuomo, book designer extraordinaire and founder of Yolanda Cuomo Design Brian Dettmer, renowned artist specializing in detailed and innovative sculptures with books and other forms of pre-existing media Sto Len, a painter, sculptor, and sound and performance artist based in NY and part of Booklyn Brian Storm, founder and executive producer of MediaStorm How…

Join Brian Storm for Storytelling Workshop at the University of Oregon

Post author:Cortney Cleveland
Post published:February 12, 2014

MediaStorm Executive Producer Brian Storm will visit the University of Oregon School of Journalism and Communication on February 20th-22nd, 2014 as the 2014 Frazier Journalist-in-Residence. While in attendance Brian will lead workshops for students and participate in discussions with faculty in addition to a leading a public presentation: Multimedia Storytelling @ MediaStorm from 7:00-9:00 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 20th in the Ford Alumni Center Ballroom. Members of the public and campus community are invited to attend at no charge. To register for the public workshop e-mail SOJC Event Manager Erika Vogt at evogt@uoregon.edu by February 15th, 2014.

The Evolution of Video Storytelling Featuring MediaStorm and DCTV

Post author:Cortney Cleveland
Post published:December 12, 2013

This week Futures Lab, with a little help from Brian Storm, founder and executive producer of MediaStorm, and John Alpert, co-founder and co-executive director of the Downtown Community Television Center in New York, explores how the proliferation of mobile apps and devices impacts visual journalism. The two veteran storytellers share insights about the place of micro-video via apps like Vine and Instagram and the challenges of funding quality work. In the midst of a changing industry and constant innovation, one principle remains: a good story is at the center of everything they do. Keep an eye out for cameos from the rest of the MediaStorm staff.

Digital Storytelling With Brian Storm at the Global21 Fall Conference

Post author:Cortney Cleveland
Post published:October 21, 2013

On Saturday, November 9th, 2013 MediaStorm's Brian Storm will present Digital Storytelling and the Cinematic Narrative at the Global21 Fall Conference. Citing work by MediaStorm, Brian will emphasize how storytelling continues to evolve as a result of technological innovations and an expanding media universe. The digital age gives filmmakers, documentary photographers and photojournalists extraordinary and unprecedented new ways to tell stories. The conference will take place between Saturday, November 8th and Sunday November 9th. About Global21 Global21 is a network of student-run international-affairs magazines at premier universities around the world. The organization was jumpstarted in 2005 with a $50,000 grant from the Yale Entrepreneurial Society. Global21 is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit with chapters at twenty universities around the world including Yale University, University of Oxford, University of Cape Town, Peking University, University of Sydney, the London School of Economics and Political Science, the Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Singapore Management…