At 93, a high school grad

In 1934, a strict teacher withheld Ridgell McKinney's high school diploma because she thought he popped his knuckles during an exam. But 73 years later, the school district finally buried the hatchet and awarded him his diploma.

"COPS," canine style

Ride along with the Dallas Animal Services "sweep team" as they round up stray dogs in the Oak Cliff neighborhood.

99 (OK, about 30) Luftballoons

Woke up at 4:30 a.m. today -- an EXTREMELY rare occurrence -- to take my camera on a hot air balloon ride on opening day of the Plano Balloon Festival.

Scenes from Jena 6 protest

Ace Dallas Morning News videographer Richard Michael Pruitt just filed this video from Jena, La., where crowds have gathered to march and rally in support of six black teenagers.

Sights and sounds of ACL Music Festival

The Austin American-Statesman deserves kudos for its extensive video coverage of the 2007 Austin City Limits music festival, which I attended over the weekend. Here's a sample of the hometown paper's video offerings, with North Texan Ben Kweller providing the audio. Unfortunately, I didn't have my camera with me during a wonderfully spontaneous visit to the ACL studio on Saturday while Wilco was rehearsing for a taping of the show. But there were plenty of cameras on hand for Wilco's sublime set, which you can see on your local PBS station in a few months.

This Year's Best Web Journalism

Behold the 2007 finalists for the Online Journalism Awards.

New York Taxi Strike

As newspapers add more video content to their Web sites, video journalists often struggle with the question of how to narrate their pieces. Some do TV-style standups and voiceovers, while others prefer to stay behind the scenes and let sources tell the story in their own words. This New York Times video on last week's taxi strike took a middle ground by introducing scenes with slides of text. Effective?

Maggot Art

Were maggots Jackson Pollock's secret artistic weapon? Check out my latest video on "maggot art" and judge for yourself.

Welcome!

Welcome to the new blog. Now that I've started my new "hybrid" gig as a staff writer and videographer for The Dallas Morning News,
I've created this blog to keep track of videos I've produced, as well as others that catch my eye. Please send me links to any exceptional examples of video journalism that you see on the Web. I would like this blog to become a showcase for the very best of visual storytelling.