MediaStorm

MediaStorm is a New York City-based multimedia production and publishing company. The company produces online news stories using high-quality^[1] photography, audio, interactivity, and video, and consults on interactive web projects. Seattle Post-Intelligencer said that "telling powerful stories through powerful images, MediaStorm has earned a reputation for engaging multimedia news."^[2]

MediaStorm was founded on 16 November 2005 by Brian Storm, a graduate of the University of Missouri in photojournalism, a former director of multimedia at MSNBC.com and a former vice president of News, Multimedia & Assignment Services for Corbis, who wanted to get back to his "publishing roots".^[3] The website, sponsored by The Washington Post,^[4] showcases in-depth feature stories with an emphasis on photojournalism^[5] and social commentary. Notable projects include Marlboro Marine,^[6] The Sandwich Generation, Driftless,^[7] BLOODLINE: AIDS and Family, and Never Coming Home. An innovation of MediaStorm's business model is running auctions for media agencies to bid for the rights to run their stories.^[3] The site also offers for sale books that films are based on, music from the works, and other products from the film producers.^[1]

In 2008, MediaStorm won an Emmy with the Council on Foreign Relations for Crisis Guide: Darfur, two Webby Awards and Best Use of Multimedia in the Pictures of the Year Contest. In 2007, MediaStorm won an Emmy for Kingsley's Crossing by Olivier Jobard,^[8] took first place in both the Best of Photojournalism Contest and Pictures of the Year, and won the Webby Award for the Magazine category.

The company’s clients include Apple Computers, the Council on Foreign Relations, The Los Angeles Times, MSNBC, National Geographic, and Starbucks, the first corporate client.^[9]

MediaStorm provides free documentation on gathering audio, producing with Apple’s Final Cut, as well as details on audio and video equipment.

See Also

• Photojournalism
• MSNBC

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Cohen, Joshua (1 January 2008). "Review of MediaStorm". Tilzy.TV. http://www.tilzy.tv/review-of-mediastorm.htm. Retrieved 2009-08-03. 
2. ^ Guzmán, Mónica (18 January 2007). "What's Online". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. http://www.seattlepi.com/lifestyle/300084_stayonline18.html. Retrieved 2009-08-03. 
3. ^ ^{a b} Junnarkar, Sandeep (22 January 2007). "Building a perfect storm of journalism and multimedia". OJR: The Online Journalism Review. http://www.ojr.org/ojr/stories/070122junnarkar/. Retrieved 2009-08-03. 
4. ^ Flores, Melissa (21 December 2007). "Still life set in motion on MediaStorm". The Weekend Pinnacle Online. http://www.pinnaclenews.com/business/contentview.asp?c=232277. Retrieved 2009-08-03. 
5. ^ Panzer, Mary (8 July 2008). "Photojournalism for the Web Generation". Wall Street Journal Online. http://online.wsj.com/public/article_print/SB121547603666334187.html. Retrieved 2009-08-03. ^{[dead link]}
6. ^ Mitchell, Natasha (13 July 2008). "Up close and personal...". All in the Mind blog (ABC Radio National). http://blogs.abc.net.au/allinthemind/2008/07/two-fabulous-au.html. Retrieved 2009-08-03. 
7. ^ Derballa, Bryan (21 May 2009). "Multimedia Done Right: ‘Driftless’ Blows Up the Format". Raw File (Wired.com). http://www.wired.com/rawfile/2009/05/driftless-stories-of-iowa/#more-274. Retrieved 2009-08-03. 
8. ^ Tilsner, Jamison (2 September 2007). "Broadband Emmy’s Show the Promise of Open TV". Tilzy.TV. http://www.tilzy.tv/broadband-emmys-show-the-promise-of-open-tv.htm. Retrieved 2009-08-03. 
9. ^ Walker, David; Photo District News (4 June 2009). "Multimedia Journalists Discover Life After Newspapers". Editor & Publisher. http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003980291. Retrieved 2009-08-03. 

External links

• MediaStorm website
• Profile on Apple.com
• Video interview with Brian Storm by PoynterOnline