media : Innovation & Job News

Elizabeth Shea cofounded SpeakerBox Communications in 1997 after a stint on the West Coast. This week, she chats with Elevation DC about agile development, singing karaoke and her love/hate relationship with winter.

SwitchPitch, a reverse pitch event in which large companies pitch their projects to startups, took place yesterday at Arena Stage. Startups heard from NPR, PBS, The Washington Post, Monumental Sports and others.

Startupland, the documentary series about five first-time founders working in the nation's capital, premiered last night to sold-out crowds.

Want a job in #dctech? Check out open positions for engineers, writers and editors, graphic designers and more.

CJ Isakow, creator of Eyebloc, gives Elevation DC a peek behind the curtain after his appearance on Shark Tank.

The Fort, the accelerator arm of Fortify Ventures, is closing. Managing Director Jonathon Perrelli will use time not spend on the accelerator to work on the documentary series Startupland.

Wearab.ly, a platform that brings news to Google Glass and smart watches, is a finalist in Mobile Future's national awards, The Mobileys.

SonicWords, a B2B in Arlington, gives web and mobile content creators and easy and lightweight way create audio and monetize as well.

D.C.-based Betterific has added USA Today as a client. The home of the digital suggestion box is also rolling out Google Hangouts with certain brand founders in the coming months.

ReelGenie, the startup out of Silver Spring, Md., that aims to put quality video storytelling within everyone's reach, just closed a seed round worth $850K.

Faster than a speedy T1 data connection...able to assemble and motivate vertically deep teams in a single bound...they're founders, they're visionaries...they're in Origin Stories!

Startupland is a documentary series about the five most recent Fortify Ventures accelerator graduates. Producer/director Justin Gutwein wants to raise $75K on Kickstarter. Are you in?

District-based the Duke and the Duck video and animation studio has hired a director of business development and is looking for new offices.

ReelGenie, a video creation platform that lets ordinary folk fancy themselves the next Steven Spielberg or Kathryn Bigelow, is also hiring two Rails developers.

The corporate video production company is bringing communication professionals together for a city-wide pow-wow.