Harvard-Yale rowing: a long tradition on the Thames

For a series our newsroom is producing on the Thames River, reporter Jenna Cho proposed a story about the unique circumstances surrounding the annual regatta between Harvard and Yale. Both teams have camps in Gales Ferry where they train for ten days before the four-mile race. Both teams have been using the same facilities for over 100 years, so there is quite a bit of history and tradition surrounding their annual stays at The Ferry and Red Top.

Lindsay Whalen returns to Connecticut

Lindsay Whalen was a favorite of fans and journalists during her six years with the Connecticut Sun. After an off-season trade, she played her first game back in Connecticut on Thursday. The atmosphere was mixed. She was greeted enthusiastically before the game, especially when she was announced in the starting line-up. But once the ball […]

Song Spinner: Ben Parent of The Rivergods

This is the second in our Song Spinner series, in which musicians give an insight into their songwriting process and tell the story behind a particular song. Ben Parent of The Rivergods picked his song “Signs” and had the great idea to take us to the spot where he first got the idea for the […]

Behind the Scenes at Mohegan Sun

This is the latest in an occasional video series called Behind the Scenes that Rick Koster and I have been doing. Rick had the great idea to give people a look behind the “employees only” doors at Mohegan Sun. We got a fascinating tour, but were then faced with the challenge of making an interesting […]

Salamanders, Snakes and Frogs in Salem

Went for a walk with some folks from the Salem Land Trust and STRONG-CT to see some critters.

Southeast Connecticut needs more pizza

Our latest video column came out of observations Rick Koster and I had made about the inordinate number of pizza restaurants in our area. When we started talking to co-workers about it, they pointed out locations that had three, four or five pizza places within easy walking distance. When Pfizer announced they were leaving New […]

Record Flooding in Southeast Connecticut

At the end of March, it rained for three days straight. On the first day of major rainfall, rivers weren’t particularly high. I knew that the actual “news” was probably a day or so off, so I shot some scenes from around my house and worked with my partner in crime Rick Koster to put […]

Song Spinner: Matt Gouette

Song Spinner is a video series that reporter Rick Koster and I are starting in which local musicians perform a song and then talk about their songwriting process. The first subject was New London pop/rock musician Matt Gouette. This was a pretty simple two-camera shoot that lasted less than 30 minutes. For the edit, I […]

March Madness, Connecticut High School Style

This was the second year in a row that Mohegan Sun arena played host to all eight Connecticut high school basketball state championship games over the course of two days. We had two local teams this year (NFA girls and New London boys) but since the games were in our back yard, we decided to […]

Molly: Submarine Base Working Dog

This was a nice story that turned out to be a little tough to shoot. Molly is a ten-year-old springer spaniel who is a working dog at the submarine base in Groton. I wanted to get an up-close view of Molly’s training session, but my proximity would distract her and interfere with the test. The […]

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