Archive for October, 2007

Thursday, October 25th, 2007

Zoo Logic :: Green Tree Python

Synopsis: Zoo Logic returns! Well, it never really went away, but was on a short hiatus while I reported on some other stories. But I made it back to the National Zoo earlier this week and filmed a bunch of new animals. So sit back, grab a hot cup of Red Bull and enjoy!

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Wednesday, October 24th, 2007

Discovery News homepage gets needed facelift

Check this out:
Old Discovery News homepage

New Discovery News Homepage

Pretty nice, no? Video on the front with the 5 latest clips, reporter blogs, an iTunes-like scroller. Good times.

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Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007

The Skinny on Setting a Prescribed Fire

Synopsis: My last segment from the prairie - this one is part of our “The Skinny on…” series that we feature on our site. The video focuses more on the ‘how’ these prescribed burns are done, rather than the ‘why,’ which I highlighted in an earlier segment. I guess I could have combined them into […]

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Monday, October 22nd, 2007

Solar Decathlon Illuminates Future Homes

Synopsis: Discovery News team on location! I think this may be the first segment the three of us (Kasey-Dee Gardner, James Williams, myself) have done together. We hit the Mall in Washington, D.C. for the Solar Decathlon.

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Friday, October 19th, 2007

Nanotube Radio Device Plays Tunes

Synposis: I read a press release yesterday regarding this carbon nanotube radio device and thought it would make a cool story. Also, they had video - so there was no need for me to jet to UC-Irvine on a moments notice (not that I would have had the opportunity to). In any case, I think […]

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Tuesday, October 16th, 2007

Going to the vault: Old AZNightBuzz articles

Just for fun, I thought I’d go through some old links to some articles, reviews and blog posts I’ve wrote when I was editor at AZNightBuzz. Here are a few I dug up:
2005, wha’ happened?
From west to east and back again, Rogue Wave strikes with aural bliss
New Pornos crowd Rialto stage with pop bliss
Serpe’s latest […]

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Tuesday, October 16th, 2007

Endangered Coral Grown in Zoo

Synopsis: A pretty straight news segment on some research going on at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo. Probably one of the faster turnarounds I’ve done on shooting, producing and editing a piece - since I shot on Thursday morning, came back and logged the video that afternoon and edited and published it on Friday.

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Thursday, October 11th, 2007

Cool Jobs :: Burn Boss

Synopsis: My second prairie segment. A Cool Jobs on Mike Melnechuk, who was burn boss that day. I always enjoy segments where I don’t have to track any audio. Maybe it’s because I find my own voice kinda irritating. Or maybe it’s always nicer to have the subject tell the story. Also, is there […]

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Wednesday, October 10th, 2007

Prescribed Burn Cures What Ails Prairies

Synopsis: My first segment covering prescribed fires in the Arkansas prairies. The second will deal more with the “how” of the operation, which, by the way, was pretty awesome to watch first-hand.

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Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007

Zoo Logic :: Caribbean Flamingo

Synopsis: Here’s the latest in my Zoo Logic series. It’s about flamingos. They’re pink. And mean, apparently.

No Comments » - Posted in Work, Video, Series by Jorge Ribas