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About the Media Center

History in Numbers

TALENTOur Members

Member Highlights

CONNECTIVITYCorporate Partners and SponsorsFellowships and GrantsExperts-in-Residence

International Partnerships

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KNOWLEDGEPrograms and Events

Demo Day Creative>>Founder

BOARD AND STAFF

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"First of its kind Internationally...to foster new development and innovation in the media sphere."

-Variety

The Made in NY Media Center by IFP is a new kind of collaborative workspace and incubator dedicated to supporting and connecting the next generation of artists, innovators, and entrepreneurs by providing industry resources, events, and educational opportunities.

Developed through a unique partnership between Independent Filmmaker Project, the Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment, and the New York City Economic Development Corporation, the Media Center is building a community that operates at the intersection of media + technology.

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ENTREPRENEURS SERVED

SINCE OPENING

THIS PAST YEAR

DEMO DAY

FELLOWSHIPS AND GRANTS

INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS

CREATIVE>>FOUNDER LAB

MEMBER S

OVER $2 .5 MILL ION RAISED BY MEMBER S

STUDENTS PROVIDED WITH ON THE JOB TRAINING

337

$2.5M

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MENTOR S

NEW JOB S CREATED

91

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AVERAGE TEAM S IZE3COMPANIES INCUBATED110

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# OF EVENTS

EVENT ATTENDEES

4,193

768

257

HOURS OF EDUCATIONAL

PROGRAMMING

21843

32160

The Media Center membership is a curated community of media + tech innovators, working at the center each and every day. From VR content creators to journalists creating new platforms, from game developers to app developers. Membership ranges from $150 to $450 a month and offers bespoke support, mentorship, and resources that all support our members in building their projects and companies towards success.

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TALENT CONNECTIVITY KNOWLEDGE

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COMPANY CATEGORY PLACE OF RESIDENCE

CONTENT

APP DEVELOPERS

BRAND / AGENCY

BROOKLYN

53% 27%

20%

MANHATTAN

OTHER

FILM

GAMING

VR / AR / IOT


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MEMBER HIGHLIGHTS

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Marcelle Hopkins is an award-winning journalist

specializing in human rights and humanitarian

crises. She spent seven years at Al Jazeera’s United

Nations bureau, and has covered nearly every major

international conflict and crisis of the past decade.

In 2015, Marcelle received a Magic Grant from the

Brown Institute for Media Innovation, a collaboration

between Columbia and Stanford Universities, and

a Social Justice Media Fellowship from the Ford

Foundation to work at the Media Center. On February

21st, 2016 “On the Brink of Famine” premiered on

Facebook 360 in partnership with FRONTLINE to

astonishing reviews. “On the Brink of Famine” is a

virtual reality documentary experience that gives

an in-depth and intimate look into the South Sudan,

where more than 2.8 million people are facing

unprecedented levels of food insecurity, and around

40,000 people are near starvation.


Narratively is a platform devoted to untold

human stories, exploring one theme each week

and publishing just one story a day. It ’s long-form

writing, short documentary films, photo essays,

audio, comics journalism, and other media.

Co-founded by Noah Rosenberg (former

journalist for The New York Times, CBS News,

Channel One News, and The Wall Street Journal)

and Brendan Spiegel (former writer for The New

York Times, The Washington Post, Wired, New

York magazine, Travel + Leisure, The Village

Voice and many other publications.) Narratively

has been working out of the Media Center since

December 2013. In just three years, they have

built a company with over 2,000 contributors

and brought on their first full-time employee in

addition to nine part-timers and one developer.

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MEMBER HIGHLIGHTSTALENT CONNECTIVITY KNOWLEDGE

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MEMBER HIGHLIGHTS

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What do you get when you hurl two concentrated

beams of particles into a head-on collision at

99.999999% the speed of light? You get new insight

into the fundamental laws of nature.

Loren Abdulezer is at the nexus of technology and

storytelling. His passion is in seeking a fundamentally

new way to meld narrative, experience, and virtual

reality into an epic collision of technology and

imagination.

Loren’s company, Evolving Technologies Corporation,

is a high-end boutique shop that does end to end

Unity development with a focus on VR, and specializes

in making comfortable VR experiences

as well as integrating custom input devices.


Skye Von is a director, writer, and VR creator

based in NYC. Starting in theater back in

London many eons ago, she has come full circle,

telling stories again in a 3-dimensional space.

The potential she sees for VR is endless, and

she can't wait to take everyone to a place called

the Metaverse. Skye is currently working on the

VR/360 experience "Falling Out of Love" for the

band Aloud. Skye was selected as the 2016's

IFP/Indiegogo Fellow at the NY Media Center for

this very project with her team. She’s a member

of Association of Women Directors (AWD), of

New York Women in Film & Television (NYWIFT)

and of Film Fatales. She once shared a Jeep

from Timbuktu to the Sahara with Henry Rollins.

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Gamechat is video game messaging app breaking

through console barriers.

Michael Piggott is a Data Analyst and Project Manager

with over 4 years working in the financial industry,

including New York University, United Bank of Switzer-

land, Hong-Kong Shanghai Banking Corporation and

Societe Generale. In 2014 he was Winner of the 2014

Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator Hackathon, from

which Gamechat was created.

Gabe Velez is a Graphic designer with over 15 years of

freelance experience creating lasting brand strategies

through his company, Design On Cue. What once started

in print design has evolved creating logo & brand

initiatives as well as User Experience Design for different

web and mobile startups.


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SPONSORS AND PARTNERSThe programs and initiatives of the Made in NY Media Center by IFP are made possible thanks to our incredible network of sponsors and partners.

C O R P O R AT E C O M M U N I T Y B U I L D E R S

F O U N D E R

F O U N D I N G PA R T N E R S

P R E S E N T E D B Y

S U P P O R T I N G PA R T N E R S


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FELLOWSHIP AND GRANT OPPORTUNITIES

The Made in NY Media Center by IFP has been able to provide underwritten fel lowships and grant opportunities to the media + tech

community thanks to these wonderful organizations.

CONNECTIVITY KNOWLEDGETALENT

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EXPERTS- IN-RESIDENCE

Our Experts-in-Residence provide one-on-one monthly off ice hours along with counsel and feedback in areas including legal , accounting,

mobile strategy, interactive video, app development and social impact strategy. These experts include:


CASE STUDY: SPONSORSHIP ACTIVATION

We partnered with VERIZON to cultivate programs and an atmosphere designed to allow our Media Center members to create in a space on the cutting edge of technology. With Verizon’s support , we have had the opportunity to produce bi-annual DEMO DAY programs since our inception that provide our members with the chance to develop their brand’s identity and showcase it to an audience of potential stakeholders, investors, press, and corporate sponsors and partners.

Verizon is also involved in the developmental process, and works side-by-side with the pitching founders as they define their innovative projects.

Further more, with our Verizon sponsored WiFi and private phone booths, members are provided with the technical infrastructure they need on a daily basis to make their business successful.

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CASE STUDY: SPONSORSHIP ACTIVATION

We partnered with HEARST CORPORATION to produce the HEARST IMMERSIVE HACK , which brought together over 100 talented developers, designers, and entrepreneurs to compete over 36 hours by building amazing applications focused in IoT, VR and AR using APIs, SDKs, Oculus Rifts, Oculus Gear VR dev kits, and Leap Motion VR dev kits.

The grand prize included 10K cash, a community workspace membership for 6 months, and a chance to pitch to Phil Wiser and Hearst executives.

The Hearst Hackathon was a great example of how the Media Center works with our partners to help them navigate the future of media and new technologies.

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The Made in NY Media Center by IFP partners with foreign trade commissions, cultural embassies, and consulates to develop international programs that provide media + tech entrepreneurs the skills they need to adapt to foreign markets through intensive training labs and cultural exchange programs.

Countries we have partnered with include Canada, France, UK, Germany, Portugal, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Sweden, Finland, Ukraine, Australia, and Dubai.

INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS


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Demo Day is our f lagship program designed to provide Media Center Incubator members with the opportunity to present their projects or companies in front of a curated audience of VCs , entrepreneurs , potential partners , sponsors , clients , and press . We provide each team with a creative and business mentor along with a series of pitch trainings to prepare them for their presentations. Past mentors and panel ists have come from Mccann , Rothenberg Ventures , Verizon , and Hearst . The program culminates in a two-part Demo Day event , where six selected teams pitch their companies in a closed Demo Day Pitch Panel . The Demo Day Marketplace directly fol lows and provides a tradeshow sett ing for al l our Incubator members to present their companies.


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The Creative to Founder Lab is a two month intensive program

for 20 creative innovators who need's the business tools and

tech insights to make their vis ion into real ity. During the sixteen

sessions part icipants discover the mindset needed to be an

entrepreneur, as wel l as practical ski l ls related to f inance, product

development , and creating an actionable business plan. Past

modules have included introduction to design thinking , gaming

and systems thinking , working with developers , and rapid prototyping and fail ing fast .


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THE FUTURE MEDIA SERIES focuses on uncovering trends within media and technology that are beginning to impact the industry, including virtual reality, the internet of things, experiential design, and more. This series brought together the creators of four outstanding VR pieces from Sundance New Frontiers to talk through their experiences while creating compelling VR works. As a second component of this series, we also created The Brooklyn Media Breakfast--a new monthly breakfast series highlighting innovators who push the boundaries of media and technology. In January, we hosted an interview with pioneers of experiential design, Layne Braunstein of Fake Love and James George of Specular. The interview covered topics like how they conceptualized an installation, created an emotional response, and where they see the future of media heading.

PROGRAMS AND EVENTSThe vision for the Media Center programming is to provide high level professional development to our members and the public alike. We host a mix of events discussing large scale trends on the future of media in conjunction with programs providing the fundamentals of running a successful creative business.


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PROGRAMS AND EVENTS

THE CREATIVE BUSINESS SERIES highlights topics and tools that have an immediate impact on entrepreneurs and freelancers, including hands on workshops and “nuts and bolts” presentations. For example, we hosted a recent event with Interlude, an Interactive video platform to show filmmakers how to create using gaming elements to tell a compelling story. We also host one-dayBOOTCAMPS as part of this series, which are intensives that focus on building and running a creative business. Past examples included the “Breaking into the World of Video Journalism" Bootcamp covering pitching techniques, contracts, budgets, client management - all the basic tools needed to navigate professional life as a video journalist .


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TEAM

JOANA VICENTEEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

SABRINA DRIDJEDIRECTOR

KIA BROOKSMANAGER, EVENTS &

OPERATIONS

MICHELLE CAROLLOCOMMUNITY

ENGAGEMENT MANAGER

ANNIE MALARKEYSENIOR PROGRAMS

PRODUCER

JOHN MATSONSALES & MARKETING

MANAGER

LEADERSHIP

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ADVISORY BOARD INNOVATION COMMITTEEADRIENNE BECKER

KATHERINE OLIVER

SPENCER WANG

JONATHAN ASKIN

JAMIN O’BRIEN

CEO/Killer Content

Principal/Bloomberg Associates and Former Commissioner, NYC MOME

Founder and CEO/888 Advisory, LLC

Founder/Director, Brooklyn Law Incubator & Policy Clinic

Producer

KATE DALY

NOAH ROSENBERG

PHILIPP ENGELHORN

TOM CONSTABILE

JESSICA LAWRENCE

LAURA LEE

GORDON AMPEL

NOAH HARLAN

MARC SCHILLER

BILLY DIMICHELE

KENT SANDERSON

JOANA VICENTE

NICK FORTUGNO

MARGARET WALLACE

JON MILLER

LAURA WALKER

AARYN ANDERSON

PAUL NOGLOWS

PAUL WOOLMINGTON

LANCE WEILER

VANESSA GOLDSTEIN

DEBIKA SHOME

SVP and Managing Director for the Center for Economic Transformation/NYCEDC

Founder, CEO, and Editor-in-Chief/Narratively (Made in NY Media Center member)

Founder/Cinereach

Associate Director, Strategic Marketing & Community Development Verizon Ventures

Executive Director of NY Tech Meetup (NYTM)

Director/Head of North American Content Partnerships, YouTube

Entertainment & Media Executive

Founder, Two Bulls

Founder and CEO/BOND Strategy and Influence

Vice President, Creative Development, Scholastic Inc

President, Acquisitions and Ancillary Distribution at Bleecker Street

Executive Director of IFP and the Made in NY Media Center

Co-Founder/COO, Playmatics

CEO, Playmatics

Co-Founder/Fuel Media Capital, Advisory Board Chair

President and CEO/New York Public Radio

Executive Director, Vectorform New York

Executive Producer, Forbes Reinventing America Summits

Co-founder, Naked Communications Americas and Senior Fellow, Columbia School of the Arts

Filmmaker and Founder/WorkBook Project

YouTube Creator Programs Manager

Deputy Director, Harmony Institute

JASON HIRSHHORN

SCOTT STEDMAN

DR. CRAIG NEVILL-MANNING

OWEN DAVIS

TOM RYAN

CEO/ReDEF Group

Founder/Northside Media Group

Engineering Director/Google

Managing Director, NYC Seed

Head of Ventures, Archer Gray

JEFFREY KUSAMA-HINTEPresident, Antidote International Films

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