Michael Tribble is Vice President of integrated storytelling at National Geographic Media. Currently he leads the iconic brand’s most ambitious storytelling and editorial partnerships across The Walt Disney Company and with its non-profit partner, the National Geographic Society. Before joining National Geographic, the Emmy winner spent 20-plus years leading innovative news and product teams at major media companies across the country. A Texas native, he is a graduate of Texas A&M University-Commerce, and currently lives outside Washington, D.C. with his wife, a chief correspondent with Kaiser Health News, and two children.

Javier Zarracina is the Graphics Director at USA Today where his work is to coordinate and coach the Graphics Department, including researching and creating information graphics, interactives and motion graphics for the different platforms of the USA Today Network. He collaborates with the different newsrooms to identify priorities for visual storytelling and serves as liaison with sections, networks and platforms as he edits daily and long-term data visualizations. Previously he was the Graphics Editor at Vox.com, Graphics and Data Editor at the Los Angeles Times. and Graphic Director of The Boston Globe. Before he worked as Graphic Director at El Correo in Bilbao, Spain, Deputy Graphics Director at the San Jose Mercury News. Additionally he consults for several international media companies and contributes as infographic artist and illustrator for several publications.