Robert Browman

Independent Journalist, Freelance Writer | Miami, Florida

Archives for the ‘News & Awards’ Category

Discovery’s Planet Green Calls ‘The Coal War’ an “Important Film on an Important Topic”

By Robert Browman • Jul 17th, 2010 • Category: News & Awards

The Discovery Network’s 24-hour eco-lifestyle television show Planet Green is asking its website readers to support the The Coal War.
Planet Green’s Rachel Cernansky writes:

‘The Coal War’ Shows Alternatives to Mountaintop Removal - But Needs Help on Kickstarter
We’ve already seen some great projects started with the help of Kickstarter, and we are already aware of [...]



The Daily Yonder Publishes Browman’s Story on Mountaintop Removal

By Robert Browman • Jul 13th, 2010 • Category: News & Awards

The Daily Yonder — a source of news, commentary, research, and features about issues facing rural communities — is currently leading their site with a story by



Named one of the 100 Most Notable Multimedia Professionals

By Robert Browman • Dec 5th, 2009 • Category: News & Awards

I am proud to announce that I have been named as one of the 100 Notable Multimedia Professionals by
Innovative Interactivity. I am humbled and honored to be named alongside such a talented group of innovative journalists.



Denver-bound for the Democratic National Convention

By Robert Browman • Jul 30th, 2008 • Category: News & Awards

I will be covering the DNC for the Rocky Mountain News and MediaStorm.



2008 Webby Award for ‘Katrina: An Unnatural Disaster’

By Robert Browman • May 15th, 2008 • Category: News & Awards

Katrina: An Unnatural Disaster — a multimedia site which I coded as part of a MediaStorm team hired by the Open Society Institute — has won a 2008 Webby Award in the Charitable Organizations Nonprofit category.
Hailed as the “Oscars of the Internet” by the New York Times, The Webby Awards is the leading international award [...]



First Place, Best Use of Multimedia - Pictures of the Year International Competition

By Robert Browman • Mar 5th, 2008 • Category: News & Awards

My teammates at MediaStorm and I have been awarded Best Use of Multimedia - Small Markets, in the 2008 POYi Competition.
The MediaStorm team was involved with seven of 26 multimedia awards including:
Second Place, Multimedia Feature Story: “Gorilla Massacre” Michael Nichols and Brent Stirton, National Geographic / Produced by MediaStorm.org
Award of Excellence, Multimedia Feature Story: “Evidence [...]



Browman Speaks at Syracuse University Journalism School

By Robert Browman • Jan 25th, 2008 • Category: News & Awards

In mid-January, I had the honor to speak to students and faculty at the prestigious S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communication at Syracuse University. My presentation focused on the new opportunities for narrative storytelling available to journalists due to changes in the journalism industry, and the ways organizations and individuals can best seize these opportunities [...]



Emmy Award for Outstanding Documentary for Broadband

By Robert Browman • Sep 25th, 2007 • Category: News & Awards

Robert Browman, Brian Storm, Elodie Mailliet and Eric Maierson of MediaStorm. (Image by bryan-brown.com)

MediaStorm’s Kingsley’s Crossing by Olivier Jobard, is the recipient of the 2007 Emmy Award for Documentary/NonFiction for Broadband.
MediaStorm’s BLOODLINE: AIDS and Family by Kristen Ashburn was also nominated in the same category.
Other nominees included:
Washingtonpost.com - Being a Black Man
Washingtonpost.com - [...]



2007 Webby Award - Magazine Category

By Robert Browman • May 1st, 2007 • Category: News & Awards

The MediaStorm site has been awarded the prestigious 2007 Webby Award in the Magazine category. Other nominees in the category were Salon, Nerve, Zink and Worldchanging.
Hailed as the “Oscars of the Internet” by the New York Times, The Webby Awards is the leading international award honoring excellence on the Internet, including Websites, Interactive Advertising, [...]