Production
MediaStorm offers a variety of multimedia production services to publishing, broadcast and corporate clients. Our services include picture editing, audio editing, production of broadcast quality video and multimedia presentations, custom photography, audio and video reporting and web multimedia infrastructure development. We work regularly with an established network of world-class journalists, producers, designers and developers to create cutting-edge productions across multiple media platforms.

Consulting
As consultants, our team advises on content gathering techniques and innovative post-production techniques for producing interactive applications, web video, and more. We also provide consulting on multi-platform distribution and business models for the digital universe. We can work with you and your team to develop an industry-leading multimedia approach and improve your technology infrastructure.

Clients
MediaStorm works with a wide variety of clients, from major foundations to private corporations and leading news publications. See some of our recent projects.

Latest Projects

Clearing the Air for Asia Society

Multimedia production: Clearing the Air for Asia Society. Beijing's air quality has been under close scrutiny, and despite efforts to clean it up, the pollution still poses a serious problem. Clearing the Air looks at the overall causes of the problem, featuring a broad overview, a daily photo diary documenting "blue sky days", and resources for more information.

Crisis Guides for Council on Foreign Relations

Design, Development and Multimedia production: Crisis Guide: The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict for Council on Foreign Relations. Crisis Guide: The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict integrates a comprehensive array of audio, video, imagery, and text, to offers an in-depth look at the history of the conflict and its geopolitical repercussions.

Design, Development and Multimedia production: Crisis Guide: Darfur for the Council on Foreign Relations. The Darfur guide is the second in a series of interactive guides to the most complex issues and conflicts on the planet. The six-chapter project includes a multimedia narrative, interactive maps and timelines, and extensive information on the situation in Darfur. Awards: Nominated for 2008 Emmy Awards in New Approaches to News and Documentary Programming: Current News Coverage Category.

Design, Development and Multimedia Production: Crisis Guide: The Korean Peninsula for the Council on Foreign Relations The Korea guide provides comprehensive background information on the Korean crisis and is driven by in-depth reporting via CFR experts. It is the first in a series of interactive guides to the most complex crises, issues and conflicts on the planet.

Bearing Witness for Reuters

Design and Multimedia production: Bearing Witness: Five Years of the Iraq War for Reuters. Reuters video, photography, info-graphics and journalists are showcased in this 5 chapter interactive application created from more than 20 hours of video footage and images selected from 3,600 of the best of Reuters photographs - some published here for the first time. Additional chapters include a timeline of the Iraq War made up of 223 still images and 15 videos, and five maps drawn from dozens of pages of data. Awards: Best Multimedia (Video), New York Photo Awards, 2008

Katrina: An Unnatural Disaster for Open Society Institute

Design and Multimedia production: Katrina: An Unnatural Disaster for Soros Foundation. This site chronicles the struggles and triumphs of Gulf Coast residents since the destruction of Hurricane Katrina. Through stories and images, the site explores what is preventing residents from recovering from the disaster and returning home. It features the work of dozens of award-winning print and radio journalists, photographers, filmmakers and youth media organizations. Awards: 2008 Webby Award for Charitable Organizations Nonprofit Category.

Projects for the Los Angeles Times

Multimedia production: The Marlboro Marine for the Los Angeles Times. MediaStorm collaborated with the Los Angeles Times to produce a three-part multimedia series entitled The Marlboro Marine to the tell the story behind Luis Sinco's photograph of soldier James Blake Miller and his struggle as he tries to rebuild his life after a tour of duty and a diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder. Awards: Nominated for 2008 Emmy Awards in New Approaches to News and Documentary Programming: Documentaries Category. Second Place, Best Multimedia Project, 2008 Pictures of the Year International Competition.

Development and Multimedia production: Blighted Homeland for The Los Angeles Times. MediaStorm worked with award-winning Los Angeles Times Photojournalist Gail Fisher to produce a four-part multimedia series on the legacy of uranium mining on the Navajo reservation entitled Blighted Homeland for the newspaper's website.

Projects for National Geographic

Multimedia production: Gorilla Massacre for National Geographic. This story takes place in the heart of Africa, where humans and animals alike have long suffered a history of violence and instability. It is the home of the endangered mountain gorillas, and where Dian Fossey conducted her intimate research on their world. Photographers Michael Nichols and Brent Stirton discuss the significance of the recent mountain gorilla killings in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Awards: Second Place, Multimedia Feature Story, 2007 Pictures of the Year International Competition

Multimedia production: A Change of Heart for National Geographic A Change of Heart tells the story of one man's total artificial heart transplant. This multimedia piece, with images by Robert Clark, is one element of National Geographic's comprehensive feature project entitled Mending Broken Hearts.

Multimedia production: Ivory Wars: Last Stand in Zakouma for National Geographic Ivory Wars describes the elephant poaching situation around Zakouma National Park in Chad and was produced in conjunction with National Geographic's cover story of the same title by conservationist J. Michael Fay and photographer Michael "Nick" Nichols.

Living Without the Enemy for Abuse Aware

Multimedia production: Living Without the Enemy for Abuse Aware. Abuse Aware features photographer Donna Ferrato’s prolific documentary of domestic violence victims and families from her body of work, Living With the Enemy as well as its video production by MediaStorm.

Projects for AARP

Multimedia production: Soldier's Boy for AARP MediaStorm worked with award-winning photojournalist Nina Berman to produce a story entitled Soldier’s Boy for AARP Bulletin. The story chronicles the parents of a fallen soldier as they struggle to raise the young son she left behind without the financial benefit the government normally gives to next-of-kin.

Never Coming Home for Slate
Multimedia production: Never Coming Home, a five-part series for Slate. Never Coming Home tells of the grief and sacrifice of the families of five soldiers killed in Iraq. This cinematically produced multimedia package combines still photography and audio interviews to give a voice to the family members as they struggle with their tragic loss. Awards: Nominated for 2007 Webby Award in the News/Documentary/Public Service category.

Projects for MSNBC
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Multimedia production: Broadband centerpiece for MSNBC.com's Take 3, a monthly online magazine targeted at the Baby Boomer generation.