Traveling Miles

'Crowded House' story for The Early Show

I shot, produced, and wrote this piece for The Early Show on CBS. It ran this morning. It's about multi-generational households. Basically three generations living together to try to save money in the recession.

My first piece on The Early Show

I shot, wrote, and produced this health piece for The Early Show. It's about people turning to low-cost clinics for healthcare.

Worm Gruntin' Shoot

Had a great time working with Steve Hartman and Bob Caccamise this weekend on a shoot in Sopchoppy, Fla. (about 45 minutes south of Tallahassee) about worm gruntin'. You may be wondering what, exactly, worm gruntin' is. Well, you'll just have to tune into the CBS Evening News with Katie Couric this Friday at 6:30 to find out! (or you could just Google it -- but I'd recommend the former) -m

Early wake-up, floods, and a shoot

I'm covering my friend Daniel's shift at WRUF tomorrow. The only thing is, it's at 5am. Yikes. I think it has been close to two years since I last worked a morning line shift at the station. Since then, AM850 has changed the way the morning newscasts are handled. Instead of anchoring the newscasts live, everything is pre-recorded. It's a cost-saving measure because instead of having to pay a board op to manually push the button to put us on the air, everything is just sent through the automated system that the station uses overnights and to play commercials.

Steve H. sent me an e-mail today asking if I'll be around tomorrow/Saturday. Turns out he'll be in the Tallahassee area shooting a rather odd AA story for the Evening News.

Here's a clue: dirt.

I'll probably head over there tomorrow night as they are going to start shooting at 8am Saturday. Recent heavy rains have caused the Santa Fe and Suwannee Rivers (among others) to rise, however. This is resulting in many road closures between Gainesville and Tallahassee so I'm hoping I'll be able to get there and then back to Tampa Saturday night without getting stuck. We'll see.

The Case Against Homework

Check out this week's 'Assignment America' from the CBS Evening News... I think I'm going to pass along this story to all of my former teachers...