Multimedia projects from Eddie Adams Workshop XXII now live

This past weekend, 100 students and well over 100 faculty and volunteers gathered in Jeffersonville, NY for the 22nd Eddie Adams Workshop. All of the students who attend shoot still images during the Workshop, and several are given the chance to also record audio and video for a final multimedia presentation. A team of producers, led by Brian Storm, Tom Kennedy, and Rich Beckman produced 10 multimedia stories this year. This year's multimedia team included: Jenn Ackerman, Kari Collins, Maisie Crow, Rob Finch, Sonya Hebert, Loup Langdon, Paul Myers, Stefania Rousselle, Steve Sapienza, and Melissa Wiley, with graphics by Jacky Myint and multimedia tech support from Bob Houlihan. See the projects on the Eddie Adams Workshop site. Congratulations to all of the students who attended Barnstorm XXII for a job well done!

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MediaStorm Advanced Multimedia Workshops launch new projects

During the week of September 19-25, 2009, we brought 6 talented professionals together to collaborate with the MediaStorm team at the fifth MediaStorm Advanced Multimedia Reporting Workshop. See the projects produced during this workshop below or apply for the next round of Workshops. Family Kocktail by Deanne Fitzmaurice, Stan Alcorn and Doug Grant Kryssy Kocktail always dreamed of leaving her troubled family to join the circus. Now she eats fire and sits on an electric chair as a performer at the Coney Island Circus Sideshow. She also realized her dream of being part of a family. See the project. The Art of Attraction by Paolo Black, Melissa Pracht and Scott Lituchy The New York Post called them “The Best Buskers in New York City.” Street artist twins Tic and Tac perform their acrobatics in The Art of Attraction. See the project. Behind the Scenes by Maisie Crow MediaStorm intern Maisie Crow takes…

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MediaStorm looking for Spring 2010 interns- apply by October 15, 2009.

We're looking for interns for Spring 2010. If you're motivated, highly-organized, and passionate about multimedia, we'd love to hear from you. Start dates are flexible. We're looking for experience in multimedia production, design, motion graphics, and/or programming for web. Internships will be paid. We've pulled together some of the most frequent questions applicants ask- please read through these, and let us know if you have any other questions. Application Deadline is October 15, 2009. Apply here. What will I be doing? This is a production internship. You will be working closely with the MediaStorm team to produce multimedia projects. This means full days in front of Final Cut, doing picture research, organizing images, transcribing, etc. If you are here during one of our Advanced Multimedia Reporting Workshops, you will be producing a Behind the Scenes piece (you can see previous ones here and here), but other than that, you will most likely…

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Words of Wisdom: Chad A. Stevens on learning important multimedia skills

We're kicking off a new series on the blog, talking with educators and journalism students about the value of Journalism school and the multimedia skills students need to start their careers. There has been a lot of discussion lately on whether it's worth it to go to Journalism school, and whether students are learning the multimedia skills they need to be successful in a pretty rough market. As the school year gets back underway, we're getting more and more questions from students wondering what skills they need to acquire to land jobs. Obviously, there are no simple answers to these questions, but we hope to offer up some words of wisdom for students and others interested in the profession, especially during this time of transition. We're going to kick it off with Chad A. Stevens- a former MediaStorm Producer, who is now an Assistant Professor at UNC Chapel Hill. Where are you…

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MediaStorm welcomes intern Maisie Crow

We are excited to welcome Maisie Crow as our fall 2009 Intern. Maisie Crow is an award-winning photographer and a graduate student in the School of Visual Communication at Ohio University. Maisie was the recipient of the 2009 Pierre and Alexandra Boulat Association Award, and also won the 2009 Ian Parry Scholarship for her series, Love Me. She spent the summer as the photography intern at The Boston Globe, and previously worked at Patuxtent Publishing Company. She received her undergraduate degree from the University of Texas at Austin and studied for a semester at the Salt Institute of Documentary Studies. In 2007, she attended the Eddie Adams Workshop. MediaStorm accepts interns throughout the year. The deadline for our spring 2010 Internship is October 15, 2009. Go here for more information.

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