MediaStorm is excited to welcome Samia Khan to our team as the Director of Partnership Development. Samia Khan is dedicated to using the power of collective action and storytelling to build a more just world. She has spent the past decade working on human rights and development issues in Kenya, Pakistan, and the United States; […]

Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield performs David Bowie’s 1969 classic “Space Oddity” from the space station. With gorgeous time lapse of our lovely blue planet. Close the internets. We’re done here. – Eric Maierson Space Oddity from Chris Hadfield on YouTube. See what else we think is Worth Watching. […]

The deadline to apply for grants presented by the W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund is set for May 31st, 2013. W. Eugene Smith Grant for Humanistic Photography 2013 Grant: $30,000 Discretionary Fellowship: $5,000 To Apply: http://smithfund.org/eugene-smith-grant Application Deadline: May 31, 2013 The W. Eugene Smith Grant is presented annually to a photographer […]

Photoshelter’s latest free education guide is here. Creating a Successful Photography Portfolio contains insights from seasoned photography consultants on how to build an online photography portfolio that attracts clients and wins jobs. Get your free guide now to learn more about a range of topics including: 11 Secrets to Creating a Successful Online Photo P […]

This article is part of a new series of posts with tips and tricks from our producers’ experience working with Adobe Premiere Pro after years of working in Final Cut Pro. To read more about why we made the switch, check out this post. Today’s post was written by MediaStorm producer Eric Maierson. There’s a […]

The Alexia Foundation will host the opening night of “Eyes on the World” at 25CPW Gallery on June 20th, 2013 in New York, New York. The evening will feature current work on the clothes factory collapse in Bangladesh, an intimate look at domestic violence, and 2011 Alexia Foundation grant award winner Amanda Berg’s story on […]

As a producer, I log hours and hours of video. There are three mistakes that I frequently see. They cut across all levels of experience. Fortunately, they’re easy to fix. Don’t Talk When Shooting B-roll It’s easy to think that you won’t need audio when you’re shooting visual sequences. But the truth is, b-roll is […]

Can innovative interactive graphics come from Microsoft? Sure! Although we like to pick on Microsoft for lots of reason the still have some great products and have just released a new tool that integrates two of their best: Excel and Bing Maps. According to Bing Map’s blog post, the new tool called, GeoFlow allows user   ...Continue Reading […]

Here are a few of the job postings found through out the interactive journalism industry. Developer & Programmer Positions News Developer PBS Newshour http://www.pbs.org/newshour/jobs/webdev.html Senior Front End Developer The Washington Post http://careers.washingtonpost.com/?q=content/senior-front-end-developer Mobile Developer The Washignton Post http […]

Photo via @macon44 By  Jacqueline Kazil Editors Note: Jacqueline Kazil participated in the recent White House Hackathon and is a web application developer for CACI at the Library of Congress. She previously worked a dynamic application developer for The Washington Post. She resides in Washington, D.C and works primally in Django, Python, HTML, CSS and   ...C […]

Innovation” and “startup” have become buzzwords in the journalism and publishing industries as companies try to find new ways to tell stories. But sometimes the best tools come from people in other industries — such as aerospace engineering at MIT. Misha Leybovich, an international technology consultant, likes to tell stories the old-fashioned way: in person […]

The Royal Couple’s desire to see as much as possible on the last leg of the Diamond Jubilee Tour meant a great deal of jetting around in order to keep up! […]

On Oct. 29, renowned architecture photographer Iwan Baan found himself in New York to shoot a museum opening. Only problem? A storm was coming. […]

The pageantry of the event was, for me, the most interesting part of coverage. People arrived wearing every conceivable hat or pin... […]

I made a lot images of the kids romping through the blizzard of paper, but when Carly formed a confetti angel, I knew the picture was right in front of me. […]

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The international jury of the 52nd annual World Press Photo Contest have selected a black-and-white image by American photographer Anthony Suau as World Press Photo of the Year 2008. The picture shows an armed officer of the Cuyahoga County Sheriff’s... […]

"It’s rare for a day to go by in which the president of the United States is not seen in multiple newspaper and magazine photographs. The “clack” of shutters and the accompanying burst of light from camera flashes is part... […]

I case you missed last weeks announcement of Nikon’s new flagship DSLR, the full frame D3X, here a few of the important stats. FX-format CMOS image sensor with 24.5 effective megapixels. Low noise from ISO 100 to ISO 1600. Near-instantaneous... […]