Posted on 25 June 2008
The newspaper industry is changing, and one of the necessary adaptations it is making is content produced exclusively for the internet, which includes video and slideshows. For the last couple of months, I worked on a slideshow on the Benton County Sunshine School. I found out about the school after previously covering a couple [...]
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Posted on 25 June 2008
One of the things I like about working at a medium-sized daily, especially in this part of the country, is that you get to cover a wide range of things. Earlier this month, I was at the shareholders meeting for one of the largest companies in the world, and today I got to cover [...]
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Posted on 24 June 2008
Meet John Luther, director of Washington County Department of Emergency Management. He likely to be at the scene of any accident or emergency in the area.
When local emergency crews are shorthanded, Luther suits up and lends a hand wherever needed. On Monday June 16, 2008 I got these shots of him at a fire in [...]
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Posted on 23 June 2008
All the sporting events in Northwest Arkansas this past weekend kept me very busy. I had not one, but two, triathalons, the All Star football game, the Solar Splash boat races, a Naturals’ game, and a children’s baseball clinic. The baseball clinic, which was held at Arvest Ballpark, may have been the most fun to [...]
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Posted on 06 June 2008
This morning, I got up 4:30 to drive down to cover the annual Wal-Mart shareholders meeting at 7:00 at Bud Walton Arena in Fayetteville (I live in Rogers, and I like to have a couple cups of coffee before going to work, hence the early wake-up time). I got to Fayetteville around 6:20, drove [...]
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