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What’s Talking
What Do You Want?
From: Richard W Adkins, WRAL-TV Raleigh, NC What do you want in a Chief Photographer? I try to be the type of Chief Photographer I would want to work with. But at times I just don’t understand what people expect out of me. Here is what one photographer wrote, I Read More →
Jack Packs
From: Richard W. Adkins Meet Jack. Jack makes packs of snacks. Jack’s packs of snacks are called Jack-Packs. This tongue twisting Suess-like tale is not a children’s story of simple sentence, rather it’s a novel of survival through North Carolina’s violent hurricane history. Jack Edwards, 20+ years of a camera Read More →
“real” JOB LISTINGS
OK, if I were to write a job description for a photog opening, what should it say? I see from the JOBS section of b-roll.net that everyone writes a different ad. Some say “Clean driving record” others want “able to carry 60 pounds of TV gear” still others are looking Read More →
THE LOST TRUCK (Hurricane Dennis)
It all started innocently enough. Reporter Dale Gauding and I were on Outer Banks patrol in North Carolina, covering the storm. I normally like covering the storms down there. It’s like a road trip, and the surroundings are so much different. The only problem develops in the fact that I’ve Read More →
Stories of the Eastern Front…
The Photog Flies again. Kevin Johnson and Reporter Mike Gooding are on the road for another 2 weeks to cover the “War” with Yugoslavia. Over the next few weeks, we’ll have updates from them as they travel to Italy and “Points Unknown” to cover the story. April 19, 1999 The Read More →
about b-roll.net
Back in April of ’99, I was asked to document the history of B Roll Online for the AR&D Website. Here is what I sent to them. I’m 27 years old, and got into television in 1991 while going to college at Salisbury State University. My first station was WMDT Read More →
Navy Christmas 1998
Stories of the High Seas… For the next 2 weeks, B Roll Online will be coming to you from the Med… Kevin Johnson and Reporter Joe Flanagan are covering the Navy for a Documentary called “Navy Christmas.” Updates will come as often as possible from off the coast of Italy Read More →