MediaStorm 2013 Workshop Dates Announced

We are excited to be entering into our sixth training year at MediaStorm. Each year our workshops attract leading industry professionals looking to advance their multimedia and storytelling skills. We've now had more than 100 participants come through our professional workshops and we continue to be humbled by how much they take away from the experience. John Temple, now managing editor at the Washington Post, told us that our Methodology Workshop gave him, "time to stop and step into a different way of seeing journalism." He said, "I came away inspired by what's possible if we commit to a different way of thinking about stories." After taking our Storytelling Workshop, Simon Schorno, head of media relations for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in North America, had the following to say, "The passion of the entire MediaStorm crew for documentary storytelling, their professionalism, their willingness to share what they know…

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MediaStorm offering Multimedia Storytelling seminar at LOOK3

We are excited to announce that we will be partnering with LOOK3 to offer a one-day Multimedia Storytelling seminar, prior to the Festival of the Photograph this summer.  Whether you're already producing multimedia stories, or are interested but don't know where to start, this workshop with Brian Storm will get you on the right path. The workshop will be focusing primarily on multimedia methodology and theory - this is not designed to teach you how to use your new audio recorder - it's a workshop where you will be asked to look deeper, into the when and why of different storytelling techniques and approaches. The Workshop will be held from 10am-6pm on June 10, 2009, in Charlottesville, VA.  We hope to see you there! What you will learn: Narrative Storytelling - Examples of successful projects - Developing the best approach for creating effective multimedia stories - Pros and cons of the various…

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Register now for the UNC Multimedia Bootcamp

UNC's Multimedia Bootcamp will be held May 17-22, 2009. With speakers and faculty including Len De Groot, Jay Heinz, Laura Ruel, Donny Lofland, Mike Schmidt, R. Scott Horner, and a keynote by our own Brian Storm, this is an opportunity you won't want to miss. From their site: "This workshop is designed for professional journalists who want to explore the various forms of multimedia storytelling and how they work together to create a cohesive package. The intensive, weeklong multimedia training program includes sessions on project planning, audio and video collection and editing, Flash animation and production, and ActionScript basics for journalists. While this multimedia training workshop draws many news photographers and visual journalists, reporters, web developers and all who need multimedia training are welcome." Registration is limited to the first 20 who sign up and pay, so don't wait.  For more info, visit their site.

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