Videos
Blumenthal vs. McMahon: the scene on the street
Richard Blumenthal and Linda McMahon are in the middle of an intense campaign for the US Senate seat from Connecticut currently occupied by Chris Dodd. On Tuesday, the campaigns came to New London for a televised debate at the Garde Arts Center sponsored by The Day and WTNH. My job was to capture the audio […]
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My colleague, photographer Sean D. Elliot, has been following the the Herkner family for several months. Jennifer is home with two children while her husband is deployed to Afghanistan with the Connecticut National Guard. Just before the story was due to publish, we decided to put together an online component. So I went with Sean […]
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This started as a portrait project, but turned into something more. The Day photographer Abigail Pheiffer started on a project to shoot portraits of local people in their 90s who still lived a vibrant, active lifestyle. It expanded to include a series of stories by reporter Kenton Robinson. As the project was winding down, someone […]
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In an attempt to expand our popular high school football coverage, I’m going to try to produce two videos each week instead of one. We’ll still do the weekly “game of the week,” adding a mid-week feature. The feature will probably be on a player who we saw in the weekend’s game. This week, I […]
Read more "High School Football Opening Day – New London vs. Montville"Garde Transformed into Digital Canvas
This was a quickie that Jenna Cho shot on a Monday night and I edited and posted when I came in on Tuesday morning. While I don’t love editing other people’s work, I was glad to have plenty of variety to work from.
Read more "Garde Transformed into Digital Canvas"Song Sinner – Red Hot Stove Tops
Our latest episode of Song Spinner features the Red Hot Stove Tops. It was fun to see how the song Iris transformed from one person’s idea to a fully developed song for a trio. I learned a few good lessons for next time when recording the trio segment. First, we need to get a better […]
Read more "Song Sinner – Red Hot Stove Tops"Coast Guard’s Will Leffler: Two Sports, One Day
I heard about the Coast Guard Academy’s punter/goalie Will Leffler last year when my colleague Mike DiMauro wrote a column about him. I was determined not to miss this opportunity this year, so I had it on my to do list all summer. Turns out there was only one Saturday where soccer and football both […]
Read more "Coast Guard’s Will Leffler: Two Sports, One Day"Five Guys vs. Jake’s: Mystic Burger Showdown
There are several burger fanatics in our newsroom who were delighted when Five Guys Burger and Fries opened in Mystic a few years ago. I hadn’t been a huge burger guy until I tried Five Guys, now I’m a devotee. I almost took it personally when Jake’s Wayback Burgers opened right down the street in […]
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High school football is always big for us in the fall. This year, as a preview to our weekly game coverage, I put together preview videos for some of the more prominent teams in the area. I started out on a Friday night at Montville, where I was actually able to get some action during […]
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Peter Huoppi - Multimedia Journalist 