Reporter Karin Crompton and photographer Tim Martin spent a week in Haiti with a local ministry group that had a mission house on the outskirts of Port-au-Prince. They returned with several hours of video shot by Karin, and thousands of photos shot by Tim. They gave me a selection of their best stuff, and I […]
Read more "Picking up the pieces in Haiti"This assignment was a particularly run-of-the-mill one: local WNBA team holds a press conference to announce the signing of a free agent. I would have looked at the sports editor who gave me the heads up on this a funny look if not for a couple of things: his instinct for videos has always been […]
Read more "Renee Montgomery introduces Kara Lawson"It’s always fun to look back at the football season and collect the top plays of the year. In addition to picking our top ten plays, we ask our web audience to vote for their favorite play. I suspect that the voting ends up being less of a scientific poll and more of a contest […]
Read more "Top 10 High School Football Plays of 2009, and some more sports coverage"This was an enjoyable profile to shoot, but posed a bit of difficulty in the editing. The reporter and I shot about a half-hour interview walking around the farm and forest. He won his award for sustainable forest practices, something that’s extremely difficult to show in a short video. There was no planting or logging […]
Read more "Connecticut Tree Farmer of the Year"A quick-turnaround daily video of a local event held by U.S. Submarine Veterans to remember the anniversary of the World War II attacks on Pearl Harbor. I’ve been doing lots of interviews and narration recently, so I decided to go with a natural sound only approach.
Read more "Sub Vets Mark Pearl Harbor Anniversary"I went out on Friday night thinking this video was just going to be a basic story about the sights and sounds of a Friday night fight at the Coast Guard Academy. When I got there I found a much more interesting story.
Read more "A Boxing Revival at Coast Guard"On Veterans’ Day, we cover a lot of assemblies and orchestrated event with songs and speeches. One of my colleagues brought this observance to my attention as something a little different. These four vets play the pipes and drums at monuments in Mystic, Westerly, Pawcatuck and Stonington, and don’t expect anyone else to be their. […]
Read more "A Musical Salute to Veterans"Every election day, I look at the swaying fields of campaign signs and the horde of candidates wishing me good morning and wondered, do all of these displays really help anyone make up their mind. This became the subject of Rick’s and my latest video column:
Read more "Campaign signs tell me how to vote"
Peter Huoppi - Multimedia Journalist 