Category: Journalism

Avid blog readers, personal historians, and all-purpose stalkers might remember a post I wrote in 2009 detailing the launch of the ISUtv website. That work has come full circle.

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Talk about an awkward minute of live television.

Talk about a superstar!

My friend and colleague Brandon Blue created this short NATPKG/Documentary about the broadcast classes at Iowa State University. Journalism courses 306 and 354 create a weekly news program I-State News and take turns running different equipment and producing the show. Brandon did a great job with this piece!

Friday, July 9 It’s Bluegrass Festival time here in Stratford, Iowa. I decided to shoot this package on my own to cover this little-known event. I ended getting up way too much footage, so hopefully I’ll be turning that into a good package Monday or Tuesday of next week.

Friday, July 2 I went into work today – and saw some interesting fireworks.

Friday, June 25 Today was Geoff Greenwood’s last day. We started off with a goodbye celebration in the newsroom. Words were read and cake was eaten. It seems like Geoff has had a great career at KCCI – starting out in production, then becoming a photog, then photog/reporter, then full-fledged investigative reporter. It sounds like […]

Friday, June 18 Early morning today! Since producers are on vacation/getting married, they’ve been doing some shifting, and I ended up working with just Chris Ludlow, the morning Executive Producer.

Friday, June 11 Although I didn’t work today, the story about Des Moines businesses using social media for advertising was finally posted on KCCI.com.

Saturday, June 5 This morning, we covered Dam to Dam, a race through Downtown Des Moines. KCCI is the media sponsor, so we covered it and did several live shots for the live Saturday morning show.