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Chad Stevens
Multimedia Producer

Chad A. Stevens joined the MediaStorm team in June 2007. He is teaching multimedia storytelling at the International Center of Photography in New York this spring and has been a faculty member in the photojournalism program at Western Kentucky University, a master’s degree candidate in the School of Visual Communication at Ohio University and a photographer and multimedia producer in Africa. While teaching at Western Kentucky University, Stevens created an annual documentary photography workshop, the Appalachian Cultural Project, and won the University Faculty Award for Public Service in 2006. In 2002, he spent a year of living in East Africa producing multimedia projects for Save the Children, AIDchild, Literacy and Basic Education and the Global Food for Education Initiative. Prior to this journey, Stevens worked at the Kalalmazoo Gazette as a staff photographer and page designer. He is a graduate of Western Kentucky University and interned at National Geographic. He was named College Photographer of the Year in 1997.

David Stephenson
Photograher

David Stephenson, 37, joined the Herald-Leader in 1997 and twice has won the Kentucky News Photographers Association’s Photographer of the Year Award and Sports Photographer of the Year two times. He was named National Press Photographers Association Region 4 Photographer of the Year in 2000 and 2002. He is a graduate of WKU. Stephenson recently completed a four-year project, “A New Dawn?”, following a young mother addicted to pain pills through a local Drug Court Program.

In 2005, David created heraldleaderphoto.com, a place for staff photographers to publish multimedia and slideshows which recently won a Media Eclipse Award for 2007 Kentucky Derby Coverage online. He also created a site specifically for one of his favorite series of stories on oddly name towns in Kentucky, Project Dateline. David led the staff’s charge into multimedia and has produced award-winning videos and multimedia projects.

Websites:
http://www.heraldleaderphoto.com
http://www.davidstephenson.com
http://www.projectdateline.com

Sue Morrow
Deputy Director of Photography

A graduate of Indiana University School of Journalism, the last 20 years has allowed me to work with some of the finest talent in journalism. I was a features designer at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution before joining the San Jose Mercury News as the photo assignments editor. I was also a features picture editor, assistant art director and features design director. In 1999, I joined the St. Petersburg Times as AME/Photography and also taught at The Poynter Institute for Media Studies. The Times’ photo staff won numerous photography and editing awards in POYi and SND, including winning Picture Editing Team Portfolio in POYi. In 2005, I became the deputy director of photography at the Sacramento Bee. I edited and designed “A Mother’s Journey” by Renee C. Byer, which won the 2007 Pulitzer Prize in feature photography and the World Understanding Award in POYi. The series was also recognized for editing in POYi, BOP and SND. Diving into multimedia storytelling, I have produced several online stories for sacbee.com.

I share my life with my partner, Michael Rondou and our most-perfect dog, Roxie.