The Power of YouTube – Behind the Scenes at a Funeral Home

There was some debate in our newsroom about whether to publish videos to YouTube: YouTube would get our videos in front of more potential eyeballs, but the traffic would not be landing on our site, and those eyeballs would not be looking at our advertisements. At the heart of the debate was the question: “Will […]

Song Spinner: Above/Below

For the third episode of our Song Spinner series, Rick Koster and I recorded the jazz/hip-hop band Above/Below in the New London apartment of one of the band members. The past two Song Spinners were just one musician with a guitar, so I was able to shoot it myself with two cameras. Since this was […]

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.

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 […]

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 […]

Rick Koster declares Fort Trumbull a success

The latest edition of our video column.

Basketball Double Header

I shot a pair of girls basketball semifinals last night, about two hours each to capture, edit, compress and post. Got to bed by 2:30 and then it was up at 6 to make a radio appearance with Rick Koster and Lee Elci at WXLM. So sleepy… Bacon vs. St. Bernard: NFA vs Montville

New London beats NFA, 61-54

Extreme Makeover Viewing Party

The episode of ABC’s “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” featuring the Girard Family of Voluntown, CT, aired Sunday. The builders, volunteers and members of the public joined the Girards at the MGM Grand Theater to watch the show. Behind all of the made-for-TV drama is the story of a family who went through a terrible tragedy […]

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