Tag Archives: video

Fred Robledo’s buzzer-beater Tout wins Short Video DFMie

Fred Robledo of the Los Angeles News Group won the 2014 Short Video DFMie for capturing a buzzer-beating basketball shot.

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Denver Post team wins Long Video DFMie for ‘The Fire Line’

Meghan Lyden, Mahala Gaylord, AAron Ontiveroz and Helen H. Richardson of the Denver Post won the 2014 Long Video DFMie for “The Fire Line.”

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This 95-year-old vet goes viral with San Jose Mercury News video

WWII veteran, Joe Bell, 95, became a viral video Internet sensation after Mercury News writer Julia Prodis-Sulek posted a Tout video of the spontaneous tributes Bell received while he stood in front of his home cheering on participants during the annual Pat Tillman running race. (Gary Reyes/Bay Area News Group)

There’s a reasonable chance that you or someone you know has seen this video by now. It shows runners breaking off in the middle of a race to thank World War II veteran Joe Bell for his service. Here’s a behind-the-scenes look at how it happened.

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Behind the Scenes

The long and steady implosion of a well-intentioned slow jam

The slow jam that almost wasn't: After nearly scrapping footage for our slow jam video of Jimmy Fallon's high school, David Freid dove deeper into the footage and came back with something different than originally planned. The result got some laughs, and a tweet from Jimmy Fallon.

This is the story of two videos: the one that was supposed to happen, and the one that did.

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Best Practices

Cross-team collaboration earns Kitchen Pop another win

The team behind Kitchen Pop, our stop-motion recipe project, won our coveted “cross-team collaboration” award this week, becoming the first one to win the contest in the process.

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DFM News

Say hello to our newest team member: The Thunderdrone

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s a journalist.

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Things We Like

4 upcoming tech trends we can implement in newsrooms right now (drones not included)

Forget the flashy drones and cyborg glasses for a minute. These tech trends can make a difference now. (Thinkstock)

Forget about drones and Google Glass for a minute. Annette Arrigucci explores the possibilities of four tech trends that can make a difference in newsrooms right now.

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Best Practices

From ONA13: 7 tips to improve your video technique

"Great crowd for #fasttrackvideo #ONA13 see http://bit.ly/onavideonotes for more info." (Credit: Andrew Lih via Twitter - @fuzheado)

Salt-N-Pepa. Cat gifs. Cronuts. Ryan Gosling. PB&J. Looking for a common theme? Each of these items made an appearance at ONA13′s Fast Track Video Workshop.

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Best Practices DFM News

Congratulations to our September Tout Bout winners

This screenshot shows the scene of a 7-alarm fire that destroyed several homes and burned 40 acres in Fairfield, Calif. on Aug. 27. (Tout by Catherine Bowen Mijs/The Reporter)

The votes are in for September’s Tout Bout! Congratulations to Catherine Bowen Mijs, Joel Rosenbaum, Greg Trott and Karen Robes Meeks, whose videos were voted the best of Digital First Media for the month of September.

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