Source: Carnegie
Non-Proliferation Receives Media Award
The Carnegie Endowment's Non-Proliferation project recently received a Bronze Remi Award at the 2002 Houston International Film and Video Festival in the New Media-Interactive competition category. Director Joseph Cirincione was given the award as executive producer of the Proliferation 2001 CD-ROM produced with Jon Lottman of Masaya Media.
The CD-ROM features video highlights, panel discussions, audio recordings, and transcripts from the 2001 Carnegie International Non-Proliferation Conference held in Washington DC.
"This is a first for Carnegie and we proud to have been the project that
did it. Jon Lottman did a fabulous job of turning our conference discussions
into six gripping video documentaries then adding transcripts and background
material in an very easy-to-use format" said Joe Cirincione. "We try
to use our web site, email service and now this CD to 'break down the walls'
of our meetings so that others not physically able to attend can benefit from
the discussions."
Jon Lottman of Masaya Media noted that "this award testifies to the environment Carnegie creates with its annual Conference where you truly have the best thinkers and the best thought all coming together on a subject of tremendous importance," in this case the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. "Maybe we in Washington are a bit jaded in this respect, but this type of gathering means much more than a chance to rub shoulders and get our names in the paper. It can provide the raw materials to help us engage and educate people in new and innovative ways."
The Carnegie Endowment has received thousands of requests for the Proliferation
2001 CD-ROM, and The Nuclear Threat Initiative www.nti.org
is also using the disc in its outreach efforts. Masaya Media has produced a
web-based version of the disc for Carnegie, available online at www.proliferation.info.