AUSTIN, Texas— From 9/3-9/5, at the George Washington Carver Museum and Cultural Center, the 2010 Urban Media Festival, produced by Third Cousins Media, will show you how to reach more customers, craft your own story, discover job opportunities -in essence -make money in the world of digital media.

“Cisco is projecting that 90% of all web traffic in 2014 will be video.  That fact alone highlights the extreme importance of online video to be used along with other effective forms of promotional technology.  By posting an engaging informative video on a home page, a company can more easily break through the initial resistance that a potential customer experiences when deciding on which business to hire,” states Troy Nalls, Executive Director of Third Cousins Media, a marketing and media management company.  “Through Third Cousins’ 2010 Urban Media Festival, we’ve brought a group of industry professionals together who will help decode the current market by analyzing the past and forecasting the future of the media business,” reveals Third Cousins’ co-partner Edgar Gamble.  This year’s panelists include:

Jamaa Fanaka – Director of the Penitentiary Film Series

Maxie D. Collier – Author of The iFilm Digital Video Filmmaker’s Handbook, one of the first books on digital filmmaking

Anthony Artis – Author of “Shut Up And Shoot” Documentary Guide – The #1 Book on Amazon.com for Directing &Producing, and Amateur Production

Cliff McBean – Director of The DJ Screw Documentary