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All the presidents boys get mash’d-up
This is just one of those things that is just too perfect for me to not post. That part after the first drop beat is sheer brilliance. I seem to have a weakness for clever editing, the Beastie Boys, good Robert Redford movies and engaging dramas based on journalistic endeavors. (Which reminds me I still...
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Quick Hits: Kids with Guns
Tim Hussin, who is interning at the Deseret Morning News, decided to fill in his time away from work with, what he describes as an opportunity: “I just wanted to go as overboard as I could with it. And I wanted to experiment with garageband.” And experiment he did with “Kids with Guns,” a feature...
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Quick hits: Medals of Memory
A slick interface, a heartfelt story and few moments of laughter fuse to create Medals of Memory, a look at the military tattoo and the men and women who emblaze their flesh with the ink. The Naples Daily News package features Army Specialist Jolene Wieber’s path to having a cross tattooed on her right leg...
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Quick hits: Including Samuel
Rumor has it Dan Habib of the Concord Monitor may be considering a second career as a filmmaker (but it’s just a rumor so I won’t dwell on it to much at this point) and after checking out some of his work on his latest documentary, that might not be a bad idea. Including Samuel...
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Quick Hits: Uprooted
I haven’t been posting as often as I like, because while I see a lot of Multimedia out there, I don’t always see a lot of good multimedia. And then sometimes I see something that just grabs the foundations and shakes it all up like a rag doll in a pit bulls mouth. Chew it...
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Quick hits: First in Line
If you’re working at a newspaper around the Thanksgiving holidays then it’s a guarantee that at some point you’ll be sent out to cover Black Friday, the annual post T-day holiday marked by long lines, shivering toes and AP video of grandmas being trampled in the aisles of some big box store as they mad...
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Quick hits: Out of Town
It’s the holiday weekend and that can only mean one thing, it’s time to get Out of Town (ok, two if you’re working at a paper: that you’re working at a paper). While Out of Town is not affiliated with any newspaper, that doesn’t stop this web series from delivering short and sweet feature-y community...
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Quick hits: Heroes of HIV
The Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting and The Palm Beach Post got together to create a very in depth exploration of an HIV/AIDS epidemic in our backyard, or should I say playground. The Caribbean islands, a popular American vacation destination, has the highest rate of infection in the western hemisphere, with rates rivaling that of...
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Time out Tuesdays: Modest
Welcome back to Time out Tuesdays, a continuing effort to share the stories that resonate with me and to keep myself constantly spelunking for the very best in photojournalism week after week. Every week, I’ll post up a new photo story, video, picture or multimedia piece that I think gets it right and is worth...
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Time out Tuesdays: How we Met
Welcome back to Time out Tuesdays, a continuing effort to share the stories that resonate with me and to keep myself constantly spelunking for the very best in photojournalism week after week. Every week, I’ll post up a new photo story, video, picture or multimedia piece that I think gets it right and is worth...
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Time out Tuesdays: Sad Lamp
Welcome back to Time out Tuesdays, a continuing effort to share the stories that resonate with me and to keep myself constantly spelunking for the very best in photojournalism week after week. Every week, I’ll post up a new photo story, video, picture or multimedia piece that I think gets it right and is worth...
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Time out Tuesdays: Love in the first person
Welcome back to Time out Tuesdays, a continuing effort to share the stories that resonate with me and to keep myself constantly spelunking for the very best in photojournalism week after week, I’ve decided to start this new feature. Every week, I’ll post up a new photo story, video, picture or multimedia piece that I...
