Yesterday was a long day as Jordan Fifer, Stephanie Ogilvie and I represented roanoke.com at President Obama’s visit to Bristol, Va. He spoke in the Kroger grocery store at 4 in the afternoon, but we had to be there to set up video equipment at 11 a.m. It was the military attitude of [...]

The Discovery Channel - because it’s the greatest channel on TV - aired an eight-hour marathon of CBS’ “Cronkite Remembers” series Sunday, which originally aired in 1997.
It’s such a great series because it takes you back to a lost time in the news industry. Not just a time when the public trusted mainstream media, but [...]

The Roanoke Valley Aquatic Association hosted its annual City/County swim meet this Friday and Saturday at the Salem YMCA.
The video was fun, although I think the visuals in the video are stronger than the story itself. I tried to focus on the behind-the-scenes aspect of the volunteers and preparation but most of my footage [...]

I just got home from “Men’s Mountain Weekend” in West Jefferson, N.C. Though most of the weekend will be censored for this blog’s purposes, the above video was a fun little segment on Saturday morning.
We eventually moved Scott’s CRV … but it took two pickup trucks.

I had a late night yesterday … or should I say an early morning?
The sixth Harry Potter movie, The Half-Blood Prince, came out at midnight yesterday so I went down to the Carmike 10 movie theater to talk to fans who had lined up in preparation. Some fans had been at the theater since [...]

From right, Chris Jones, Mike Ruggieri and yours truly atop Grandfather Mountain in Linville, N.C., after running The Bear. The Bear is a five-mile race from Linville, N.C., to the top of Grandfather Mountain, an elevation climb of nearly 1,600 feet.

It’s been a while, but I’m back in the pulpit.
I was in North Carolina for [...]

In two days, I will try to take down - for the second time in my life - The Bear.
The Bear road race in Linville, N.C., is a five-mile run from the base of Grandfather Mountain to the very top. A five-mile uphill climb that tests the grueling limits of any runner. (And [...]

This video has been in the works for a long while - mostly just waiting for the story to be published. But it was probably six weeks ago when I first met with J.D. to interview him on camera.
It’s a really great story about a local musician, his family and how life always comes [...]

For those who know me, you know I love paying attention to advertising campaigns. This one was sent to me this morning by a co-worker.
It’s called Philips Vs Anything and it’s designed to spread like wildfire around social media sites and in viral videos (and in random blog posts like this one).
Read the link [...]