LumaTouch today announced it has partnered with
CNN Academy in a concerted effort to advance mobile storytelling techniques and support training across all of CNN Academy’s training simulations, master classes, courses and workshops. As a result of this partnership, LumaFusion—the award-winning professional multitrack editing platform for mobile devices—will become the exclusive video editing application taught across CNN Academy training programs.
CNN Academy was established to nurture the skills and talent of the next generation of journalists and content creators, offering advanced training and mentorship across multiple continents.
Terri Morgan, co-founder of LumaTouch commented, “This partnership marks a significant step in bridging the gap between media training and practical application in today’s rapidly-evolving digital landscape.”
Additionally, as part of the agreement, LumaTouch has worked closely with CNN Academy to develop a comprehensive approach to empowering its students, including:
Co-Developed Course Development: CNN Academy and LumaTouch have jointly developed a course on Mobile Storytelling, featuring best practices and tutorials on using the LumaFusion app. This course will be made available to all CNN Academy Hub users.
Training Support: LumaTouch is providing LumaFusion training support throughout the CNN Academy programs, including virtual workshops, Q&A sessions and resource materials.
LumaFusion Free for All CNN Academy Students: LumaTouch is also providing the LumaFusion mobile video editing app free of charge to all CNN Academy students for the duration of their participation in the program.
The partnership, announced this week during
Mojofest 2025 in Dublin which is also sponsored by CNN Academy, signals LumaTouch’s commitment to empowering and educating the next generation of journalists, storytellers and creators with the tools, techniques and skills they need to navigate the Creator Economy in one of the most technologically disruptive, and challenging eras for journalists since the dawn of the Internet.
LumaTouch co-founder and creator of LumaFusion, Terri Morgan, will deliver a presentation during Mojofest on ethics in storytelling and journalism in the age of AI, as part of a panel discussion entitled “Trust in the Age of AI.” For more information about Mojofest and its mission, please visit here.
About LumaFusion
LumaFusion is a multitrack editing platform for Mac, iOS, Android and ChromeOS that delivers professional-caliber video editing with a fluid, intuitive and natural multitouch screen experience and a UI/UX that is inspired by, and specifically designed for, the touch screen.
With a simple, clean yet powerful workflow, the LumaFusion UI has been thoughtfully designed by post production industry veterans with a careful eye toward re-thinking how key features are presented - accessible and elegantly deployed within a touch screen environment. LumaFusion presents a single, glass-panel window into a fluid, intuitive and inspiring story-telling environment, with features and function literally right beneath your fingertips - and not buried in disruptive, clumsy and antiquated menu/submenu user interfaces so ubiquitous in legacy editing platforms.
This approach has made LumaFusion the editing platform of choice for novices and professionals alike as the elegant presentation of feature sets discoverable during the creative process has effectively recaptured the joy of storytelling, the joy of editing. LumaFusion was also named Apple’s App of the Year for 2021. More about LumaFusion:
luma-touch.com
About CNN Academy
CNN Academy is CNN’s international training program, designed to nurture the next generation of journalists by offering hands-on learning, mentorship, and access to real-world newsroom experiences. For more information, please visit
academy.cnn.com.
About Mojofest
Mojofest is an annual conference dedicated to digital storytelling, mobile journalism, artificial intelligence, filmmaking, and photography. It brings together industry leaders, innovators, and creators to share skills, ideas, and inspiration in the rapidly evolving world of mobile content creation. For more information, please visit
mojofest.eu.
About Luma Touch, LLC
LumaTouch is a team of passionate engineers, designers, video professionals and storytellers dedicated to helping the Creator Community craft and share their stories. For more information, please visit
luma-touch.com.