{{Short description|American film production company}} '''MediaStorm''' is a Los Gatos, California based film production and interactive design studio. The company produces online news stories<ref name=review/> using photography, interactivity, and video, and consults on interactive web projects.<ref name=":0">{{cite news|url=http://www.seattlepi.com/lifestyle/300084_stayonline18.html |title=What's Online |last=Guzmán |first=Mónica |date=18 January 2007 |work=Seattle Post-Intelligencer |accessdate=2009-08-03 }}{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
== Content and services == The MediaStorm website features stories with an emphasis on photojournalism<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB121547603666334187 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924091410/http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB121547603666334187 |url-status=dead |archive-date=24 September 2015 |title=Photojournalism for the Web Generation|last=Panzer|first=Mary|date=8 July 2008|work=Wall Street Journal Online|accessdate=2009-08-03}}</ref> and social commentary. Their films have been picked up by ''The Los Angeles Times'',<ref>{{cite news|last1=Lee|first1=Albert|title=Best of the Web|url=http://framework.latimes.com/2012/08/02/best-of-the-web-99/|website=The Los Angeles Times Framework blog|accessdate=9 July 2014}}</ref> ''The New York Times'',<ref>{{cite web|last1=Estrin|first1=James|title=Photographing Violence Against Women, Even in Norway|url=http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/20/even-in-norway-abuse-and-assault/|website=The New York Times Lens blog|accessdate=9 July 2014}}</ref> ''The Atlantic'',<ref>{{cite web|title=Afghanistan in the 1950s and 60s|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2013/07/afghanistan-in-the-1950s-and-60s/100544|website=The Atlantic In Focus blog|accessdate=9 July 2014}}</ref> and ''The Washington Post''.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Kaphle|first1=Anup|title=See David Guttenfelder's award-winning photos from inside North Korea|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2013/05/02/see-david-guttenfelders-award-winning-photos-from-inside-north-korea/|website=The Washington Post WorldViews|accessdate=9 July 2014}}</ref> Notable projects include ''Marlboro Marine'',<ref>{{cite news|url=http://blogs.abc.net.au/allinthemind/2008/07/two-fabulous-au.html |title=Up close and personal... |last=Mitchell |author-link=Natasha Mitchell |first=Natasha |date=13 July 2008 |work=All in the Mind blog |publisher=ABC Radio National |accessdate=2009-08-03 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100125161532/http://blogs.abc.net.au/allinthemind/2008/07/two-fabulous-au.html |archivedate=25 January 2010 }}</ref> ''The Sandwich Generation'', ''Driftless'',<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.wired.com/rawfile/2009/05/driftless-stories-of-iowa/#more-274|title=Multimedia Done Right: 'Driftless' Blows Up the Format|last=Derballa|first=Bryan|date=21 May 2009|work=Raw File|publisher=Wired.com|accessdate=2009-08-03}}</ref> ''BLOODLINE: AIDS and Family'', and ''Never Coming Home''. MediaStorm runs auctions for media agencies to bid for the rights to run their stories.<ref name=ojr/> The site also offers for sale books that films are based on, music from the works, and other products from the film producers.<ref name=review>{{cite news|url=http://www.tilzy.tv/review-of-mediastorm.htm |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130418184758/http://www.tilzy.tv/review-of-mediastorm.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2013 |title=Review of MediaStorm |last=Cohen |first=Joshua |date=1 January 2008 |work=Tilzy.TV |accessdate=2009-08-03 }}</ref> Its clients include Apple Inc, the Council on Foreign Relations, The ''Los Angeles Times'', MSNBC, ''National Geographic'', and Starbucks, the first corporate client.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003980291|title=Multimedia Journalists Discover Life After Newspapers |last=Walker|first=David|author2=Photo District News|date=4 June 2009|work=Editor & Publisher|accessdate=2009-08-03}}</ref>
MediaStorm offers workshops on multimedia storytelling<ref>{{cite web |author=kari |title=MediaStormin työpaja New Yorkissa |url=http://www.docimages.org/mediastorm-workshop/ |website=Doc Images |accessdate=9 July 2014}}</ref> in addition to providing documentation on gathering audio, producing with Apple's Final Cut and Adobe Premiere Pro, and details on audio and video equipment.
== History == 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".<ref name=ojr>{{cite news|url=http://www.ojr.org/ojr/stories/070122junnarkar/|title=Building a perfect storm of journalism and multimedia|last=Junnarkar|first=Sandeep|date=22 January 2007|work=OJR: The Online Journalism Review|accessdate=2009-08-03}}</ref> By 2007, they had been positively profiled in the ''Seattle Post-Intelligencer.<ref name=":0" />'' In 2010, MediaStorm underwent a major site redesign.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Stuart|first1=Jessica|title=MediaStorm launches redesign and new projects|url=https://mediastorm.com/blog/2010/06/08/mediastorm-launches-redesign-and-new-projects/|website=MediaStorm Blog|accessdate=9 July 2014}}</ref>
== Awards == In 2013, MediaStorm was awarded the Edward R. Murrow Award for National Online News Organization Website.<ref>{{cite web|title=2013 National Edward R. Murrow Award Winners|url=http://rtdna.org/content/2013_national_edward_r_murrow_award_winners#.U72SdI1dVaR|website=RTDNA|accessdate=9 July 2014}}</ref> Since 2010, the company has been nominated for 15 Emmy Awards and won two Alfred Dupont Awards.<ref>{{cite web|title=Awards|url=http://mediastorm.com/about/awards|website=MediaStorm|accessdate=9 July 2014}}</ref> 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,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tilzy.tv/broadband-emmys-show-the-promise-of-open-tv.htm |title=Broadband Emmy's Show the Promise of Open TV |last=Tilsner |first=Jamison |date=2 September 2007 |work=Tilzy.TV |accessdate=2009-08-03 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090204064000/http://www.tilzy.tv/broadband-emmys-show-the-promise-of-open-tv.htm |archivedate=4 February 2009 }}</ref> took first place in both the Best of Photojournalism Contest and Pictures of the Year, and won the Webby Award for the Magazine category.
''A Tail of Identity,'' a 2009 short documentary about people identifying as furries, was produced as part of MediaStorm's storytelling workshop.<ref>{{Cite web |last=MediaStorm |title=MediaStorm |url=https://www.mediastorm.com/ |access-date=2024-01-04 |website=www.mediastorm.com |language=en}}</ref> It received an honorable mention at the International photography awards.<ref>{{Cite web |title=IPA 2012 Winner / Furries, A Tail of Identity / Toni Greaves Photography / Toni Greaves |url=https://photoawards.com/winner/zoom.php?eid=8-46335-12 |access-date=2024-02-22 |website=photoawards.com}}</ref>
==See also== *Photojournalism *Multimedia
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{official|http://mediastorm.com}} *[http://www.nieman.harvard.edu/reports/article/100937/Long-Form-Multimedia-Journalism-Quality-Is-the-Key-Ingredient.aspx Nieman Reports interview with Brian Storm on long-form multimedia journalism] *[http://cpn.canon-europe.com/content/interviews/brian_storm_on_multimedia.do Canon interview with Brian Storm on storytelling] *[http://www.poynter.org/content/content_view.asp?id=144857 Video interview with Brian Storm by PoynterOnline]
Category:American news websites Category:Photojournalism publications Category:Companies based in New York City Category:Mass media companies of the United States