Jacky Myint joins MediaStorm

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I'm excited to welcome Jacky Myint as MediaStorm's newest Interactive Designer. Jacky Myint is a web and interactive designer who has worked for Condé Nast Portfolio.com and The Associated Press, producing interactive infographics. Her interactives at Portfolio.com were part of a portfolio that won silver from MALOFIEJ, an international competition for print and online information graphics sponsored by the Society for News Design. Jacky's first job was for Idealist.org/Action Without Borders where she spent two and a half years designing for both print and web and organizing Idealist's first nonprofit design competition. Jacky graduated from Duke University with a B.S. in Biology and B.A. in Visual Arts and received her M.F.A. in Design and Technology from Parsons School of Design in New York City.

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University of Missouri School of Journalism Commencement Speech

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Columbia, MO, Jesse Hall – I went back to my alma matter yesterday to deliver the commencement speech at the University of Missouri's School of Journalism graduation ceremony. I do presentations all the time, but always with the support of visuals. The process of writing a speech was new and intense, but it was rewarding to share the experience with the Class of 2008. I was introduced by graduating senior Robert Crosby. Robert Crosby: Our speaker is Brian Storm who graduated with his Missouri School of Journalism master’s degree in 1995. Mr. Storm is president of MediaStorm, the award-winning multimedia production studio based in New York City. MediaStorm has won several nationally recognized awards for its multimedia and documentary work. In just the past two years, the company has won multiple Webby Awards, Pictures of the Year International awards and an Emmy. Mr. Storm… Brian Storm: It’s quite an honor to be…

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2008 Commencement Speech

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Columbia, MO, Jesse Hall – I went back to my alma matter yesterday to deliver the commencement speech at the University of Missouri's School of Journalism graduation ceremony. I do presentations all the time, but always with the support of visuals. The process of writing a speech was new and intense, but it was rewarding to share the experience with the Class of 2008. I was introduced by graduating senior Robert Crosby. Robert Crosby: Our speaker is Brian Storm who graduated with his Missouri School of Journalism master’s degree in 1995. Mr. Storm is president of MediaStorm, the award-winning multimedia production studio based in New York City. MediaStorm has won several nationally recognized awards for its multimedia and documentary work. In just the past two years, the company has won multiple Webby Awards, Pictures of the Year International awards and an Emmy. Mr. Storm… It’s quite an honor to be here on…

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Bob Sacha joins MediaStorm

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I'm excited to welcome Bob Sacha as MediaStorm's newest Multimedia Producer. Bob is an award-winning photojournalist who has spent more than 25 years producing in-depth photo essays, portraits and covers for National Geographic, Life, Time and Fortune, among dozens of other national and international publications. Bob was the John H. and James L. Knight Foundation Fellow at Ohio University in 2006-2007, teaching photography and as a master's candidate in new media and film. This year he leads a graduate seminar in documentary and photojournalism at New York's International Center of Photography.

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Greg Harris joins MediaStorm

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I'm excited to welcome Greg Harris as MediaStorm's Creative Director. Prior to MediaStorm, Harris was creative director of publishing products for Brightcove and has been designing interactive experiences for more than 15 years. Harris is also a a co-founder of MetaStories, an online publishing tool, that was acquired by Brightcove in 2006. Before MetaStories Greg served as Creative Director for the Seattle office of Circle.com an interactive agency founded by Roger Black. Harris also served as Design Director for MSNBC.com where he and his team were responsible for the design and user experience for the site.

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