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Eclipse Update – Video Highlights

May 27, 2012
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Eclipse Update – Video Highlights

The Solar eclipse was one week ago today. On that afternoon KCRA-TV in Sacramento, California, broadcast 90-minutes of live coverage from 5-7 o’clock, with a half hour for NBC Nightly News at 5:30-6 P.M. As I detailed in last week’s blog, I operated the “Eclipse Cam” for the entire coverage of the eclipse, including feeding a continuous shot to the KCRA website, which continued streaming until the end of the eclipse at 7:30, resulting in some of the highest number of hits that the site’s had in the past year. When KCRA Reports at 5 O’Clock came on with...

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Digital Convergence Podcast Talks “Naked Filmmaking”

May 24, 2012
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Digital Convergence Podcast Talks “Naked Filmmaking”

I’ve been listening to the Digital Convergence Posdcast for two years now. The podcast consists of host Carl Olson, a photographer and DSLR filmmaker based in Atlanta, Georgia; Mitch Aunger, also known as “Planet Mitch” for his premiere DSLR...

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Covering The Eclipse

May 21, 2012
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Covering The Eclipse

News is not a regularly scheduled thing. Sometimes things happen on your days off and a call for volunteers is put out. I’ve always been fascinated by astronomy, the planets and alignments — so eclipses are something I’ve never...

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U.S. Army “Wounded Warriors” Practice Yoga–KCRA Story

May 19, 2012
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U.S. Army “Wounded Warriors” Practice Yoga–KCRA Story

This is a TV news story that I shot, reported, wrote and edited that ran on KCRA-TV’s Common Ground on Saturday May 19, 2012. In daily news we live under very strong time constraints of stories not exceeding a...

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KCRA Chinese Delegates Visit Sacramento — Expanded

May 19, 2012
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KCRA Chinese Delegates Visit Sacramento — Expanded

A month ago I reported a story KCRA Channel 3 Reports about a delegation of Chinese businessmen and government officials from Funan County in the People’s Republic of China coming to Sacramento to look at a facility for a...

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“Breaking Into TV News” – Breaks Into TV

May 19, 2012
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“Breaking Into TV News” – Breaks Into TV

This past week I was a guest on KCRAChannel 3 Reports at 7 A.M. with host Adrienne Bankert to discuss my new book Breaking Into TV News: How To Get A Job & Excel As A TV Reporter-Photographer. You...

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KCRA Olivia Morgan Graduates

May 6, 2012
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KCRA Olivia Morgan Graduates

Saturday at KCRA, my end of the week. After quickly shooting a story on an auction of California state government surplus i was given printouts for three addition stories for me to shoot quickly throughout the day for use...

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“Breaking Into TV News”–All Done! And Two Weeks Of Vacation

April 29, 2012
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“Breaking Into TV News”–All Done! And Two Weeks Of Vacation

I can’t remember when, if ever, I’ve taken two weeks off and didn’t go any place. Believe this is now referred to as a “Stay-cation.” The time off was necessary because I’d built up so much time at work...

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“Breaking Into TV News” — Kindle Edition Is Here!

April 17, 2012
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“Breaking Into TV News” — Kindle Edition Is Here!

The Kindle ebook of Breaking Into TV News – How To Get A Job & Excel As A Reporter-Photographer is now available for instant download on Amazon! And the Look Inside feature is available on the Kindle Edition so...

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“Breaking Into TV News” — Watch The Videos Described In “Writing News Scripts”

April 14, 2012
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“Breaking Into TV News” — Watch The Videos Described In “Writing News Scripts”

In Breaking Into TV News – How To Get A Job & Excel As A Reporter-Photographer is a section on “Writing” where I present five different stories that I’ve done as a reporter-photographer, starting with my very first story...

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Digital Convergence Podcast — Shout Out About “Breaking Into TV News”

April 12, 2012
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Digital Convergence Podcast — Shout Out About “Breaking Into TV News”

A few weeks ago I posted about walking my dogs and listening to my favorite podcast — The Digital Convergence Podcast, about DSLR cameras and digital editing — and hearing the host Carl Olson read an e-mail that I’d...

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“Breaking Into TV News” — Look Inside How To Get A Job In TV News

April 8, 2012
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“Breaking Into TV News” — Look Inside How To Get A Job In TV News

Breaking Into TV News became available on Amazon only just yesterday morning and by 10 AM had sold its first copy! Thank you!!! I wrote Breaking Into TV News – How To Get A Job & Excel As A...

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“Breaking Into TV News” — The New Book Is Now On Amazon!

April 7, 2012
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“Breaking Into TV News” — The New Book Is Now On Amazon!

The book year is now available on Amazon! Breaking Into TV News – How To Get A Job & Excel As A TV Reporter-Photographer goes on sale on Amazon as of today. It is larger than my first book...

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New Book – Only Days Away!

April 1, 2012
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New Book – Only Days Away!

The new book which I’ve been mentioning here on the blog and to friends since last summer is only days away from publication and becoming available on Amazon. I finished the writing and layout a month ago at the...

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Found Objects 3-26-2012

March 27, 2012
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Found Objects 3-26-2012

Haven’t posted one of these walking-the-dogs snapshot series in a while. I like taking “the kids” out for a walk around the neighborhood, slip in an iPod earbud, get caught up on the podcasts. Time to think, look around....

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KCRA Chinese Businessmen In Sacramento

March 24, 2012
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KCRA Chinese Businessmen In Sacramento

A delegation of Chinese government leaders and businessmen from Funan County in China are visiting Sacramento, considering setting up a distribution center here for their products — baskets and woven furniture. I’ve seen woven baskets and rattan and bamboo...

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