MediaStorm
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MediaStorm is a New York City
-based multimedia
production and publishing
company. The company produces online news stories using high-quality 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."
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". The website, sponsored by The Washington Post, showcases in-depth feature stories with an emphasis on photojournalism and social commentary. Notable projects include Marlboro Marine, The Sandwich Generation, Driftless, 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. The site also offers for sale books that films are based on, music from the works, and other products from the film producers.
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, 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.
MediaStorm provides free documentation on gathering audio, producing with Apple’s Final Cut, as well as details on audio and video equipment.
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
-based multimedia
Multimedia
Multimedia is media and content that uses a combination of different content forms. The term can be used as a noun or as an adjective describing a medium as having multiple content forms. The term is used in contrast to media which use only rudimentary computer display such as text-only, or...
production and publishing
Publishing
Publishing is the process of production and dissemination of literature or information—the activity of making information available to the general public...
company. The company produces online news stories using high-quality 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."
MediaStorm was founded on 16 November 2005 by Brian Storm, a graduate of the University of Missouri
University of Missouri
The University of Missouri System is a state university system providing centralized administration for four universities, a health care system, an extension program, five research and technology parks, and a publishing press. More than 64,000 students are currently enrolled at its four campuses...
in photojournalism
Photojournalism
Photojournalism is a particular form of journalism that creates images in order to tell a news story. It is now usually understood to refer only to still images, but in some cases the term also refers to video used in broadcast journalism...
, a former director of multimedia at MSNBC.com
Msnbc.com
msnbc.com is a news website owned and operated as a joint venture by NBCUniversal and Microsoft.In addition to original content from its news staff, msnbc.com is the news website for the NBC News family, with content from the cable television news channel MSNBC, NBC shows such as Today, NBC Nightly...
and a former vice president of News, Multimedia & Assignment Services for Corbis
Corbis
Corbis Corporation is an American company, based in Seattle, Washington, that licenses the rights to photographs, footage and other visual media...
, who wanted to get back to his "publishing roots". The website, sponsored by The Washington Post, showcases in-depth feature stories with an emphasis on photojournalism and social commentary. Notable projects include Marlboro Marine, The Sandwich Generation, Driftless, 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. The site also offers for sale books that films are based on, music from the works, and other products from the film producers.
In 2008, MediaStorm won an Emmy with the Council on Foreign Relations
Council on Foreign Relations
The Council on Foreign Relations is an American nonprofit nonpartisan membership organization, publisher, and think tank specializing in U.S. foreign policy and international affairs...
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, 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
Los Angeles Times
The Los Angeles Times is a daily newspaper published in Los Angeles, California, since 1881. It was the second-largest metropolitan newspaper in circulation in the United States in 2008 and the fourth most widely distributed newspaper in the country....
, MSNBC, National Geographic, and Starbucks, the first corporate client.
MediaStorm provides free documentation on gathering audio, producing with Apple’s Final Cut, as well as details on audio and video equipment.