Archive for July, 2008

Crazy cook Lenny makes for a fast-paced, fun video

This was my seventh video for The Miami Herald and was definitely one of the most fun to do. It went with fellow metro intern Ely Portillo’s story about a small local seafood and wings joint, Tarks of Dania.
Tarks’ cook Lenny, just being himself, provided a lot of great material. Check it out:

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New Miami Hurricane site begins public beta Aug. 1

After months of discussing the new Miami Hurricane site on this blog and Twitter, from our consideration of Drupal to our ultimate selection of WordPress, the public beta version will launch this Friday, Aug. 1.
It’s a pretty sweet site and it’s even better than we expected. I’m tempted to drop the link now, but I [...]


Two more Herald videos: Parkinson’s patients boxing and an unemployed couple

My video adventures continue at The Miami Herald. I really like the most recent one, “Seniors fight Parkinson’s with boxing.”
See this video on MiamiHerald.com
A week earlier, the following video ran with Cindy Goodman’s business column about how unemployment affects families.
See this video on MiamiHerald.com
I shot some stills along with the video (it’s always good to [...]


Second Miami Herald video: Campers cook with the pros

My second video for The Miami Herald went online yesterday with a story I wrote. The piece is about a camp group that learned to cook ice cream and spring rolls from chefs at a Fort Lauderdale restaurant.
Read the story here — the video is below, as well as embedded in the story page.
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