I went to Bath County today to visit the Williamsville Post Office - a post office that is potentially closing and has its small but vocal patrons up in arms. I made the two-hour drive with a reporter and a photographer, and I will produce a video that will run with the story on [...]

If I never see a wrestling mat again, I think that would suit me fine.
I’ve spent nearly 15 hours over the past two days at the Virginia Wrestling Championships at the Salem Civic Center (group A and AA). The experience was a little overwhelming, a little stressful, very exciting and - most importantly - [...]

I’m in the corner with a video camera, of course. This photo actually ran four columns wide on the back page of our A section today … I’m practically famous.
I also did a video on the event, which is pretty much a man-on-the street with a few b-roll shots. It’s funny though [...]

…with my posts, that is! But in my defense, I’ve had to be at work at 5 a.m. this entire week to update our website.
Since I’ve last posted something of worthwhile, journalistic value there’s been a lot going on. Mainly, two videos and a graphic that I’ve published in the past week have kept [...]

Here are some photos from my trip this past weekend to the NYC (all taken with my Canon G10 … I’m loving it more and more)

The Mill Mountain Star is the largest man-made star on earth…and it’s located in Roanoke.
I went up there last night with my G10 and messed around with some settings on my camera. Like I’ve said before, still photography is pretty new for me, but I’m happy with this outcome.

I went around to all eight Roanoke area housing projects on Friday to take pictures for an interactive map I’m working on. It definitely wasn’t the most comfortable thing I’ve ever done, but I’m starting to realize that most of my field experience here in Roanoke thus far has tested my comfort level - [...]