Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Practicing with Qik video on a sunny day in Washington, D.C.

(1) Fire trucks at the German Embassy in Washington



(2) Clayton's take on the usefulness of fire drills



(3) Slow early afternoon traffic on a sunny day in Washington



(4) Amy on what she misses most about her home in upstate New York



(5) Inside the hotel lobby at the Renaissance near Dupont Circle



(6) Taking a break at the Illy coffee bar inside the Renaissance hotel



(7) Illy coffee is offered for sale at the Renaissance hotel near Dupont Circle



(8) The hard-working people behind the Illy coffee bar inside the Renaissance hotel



(9) People are always coming and going at the Illy coffee bar



(10) Patrons enjoy an afternoon break at the Renaissance hotel near Dupont Circle

Saturday, March 17, 2012

Professor Ron Yaros teaches UMD grad students how to use Qik video

Professor Ron Yaros on March 17 led a group of University of Maryland mobile journalism graduate students across the campus in College Park, Md., to teach them how to use Qik to shoot video.



They tried to shoot video while walking around.



And then he led them back to the journalism building.

Erin's weekend of nothingness!

Monday, March 12, 2012

Radio Report: Washington area workers can find healthy and sustainable downtown dining options today

AUDIO SCRIPT

Finding healthy dining options on the go in the Washington Metropolitan Area had not always been easy, as graphic designer Amy Ver Hague, who commutes every weekday to downtown DC from Vienna, Virginia, has found in the past.

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Now, however, the DC dining scene has changed for busy commuters such as Amy.

Today, a wide range of soup-and-salad-style luncheon venues and restaurants serving up locally or sustainably sourced meals provide more healthy - and ethical - dining options for hard-working Washingtonians.

Among them are all-vegan, local businesses such as Soupergirl, a soup pick-up and delivery service in Takoma Park, and other farm-to-fork restaurants like Founding Farmers.

But what about how this stuff tastes?

Pretty good actually - as the survival of these thriving businesses easily attests.

FOR NEWS RADIO, THIS HAS BEEN KAREN CARSTENS REPORTING.

NARRATION - Karen Carstens
SOUNDBITE - Amy Ver Hague