“ Many journalists are grabbing video cameras, sometimes without training, to help their news organizations meet the exploding demand for Internet video. It’s an exciting time because the Internet allows videographers to experiment with storytelling forms. But it’s sometimes hard to find a sounding board for new ideas or feedback for completed work. News Videographer is meant to fill the gap in training and provide a robust feedback forum. The main service of this blog is to provide honest critiques of online news videos and related multimedia content.

“ Earth-Touch is both a company and a concept. We aim to film quality wildlife footage in High Definition from the most spectacular locations around the world, and to bring it to you, our users, within a few days or less of it being filmed. Our footage can be accessed on the Web through our main site and our blog, and can be seen on TV, through our global partnerships with broadcasters. We want to show people the truth and beauty of nature, and in doing so, to inspire them to looking after the precious yet dwindling natural resources our planet has.

“ Storm has developed unconventional ways for MediaStorm to make money — including putting some of the multimedia stories they produce into an eBay-style marketplace where news organizations bid on the rights to run the content on their sites. (via Poynter Online - Brian Storm Envisions the Future of Online Journalism)

“ The basic idea behind MediaStorm: “Create a place for interesting stories, particularly ones that are in-depth and driven by the power of photography,” says Storm. “There are all these photojournalists who have incredible long-form essays, but they don’t have a home for them. I wanted to create a place that took the time to produce those larger pieces.