I edited a quick piece for Valentine's Day. One colleague joked: "You can tell this was produced by a woman in love." *Shucks
Ultimate Valentine's Gift: Your Love Story on Film
02.07.13
A growing number of couples, eager to stand out from the Facebook pack, are turning to professional filmmakers to chronicle how they met. WSJ's Linda Freund reports.
The San Francisco 49ers, my home team, is in the Super Bowl this year. I've definitely got football fever, but not as badly as these couples!
My latest WSJ video looks at football-themed weddings. Some extreme sport's fans are turning in ring pillows for pig's skin. Now, a whole industry is being built around this developing craze.
Super Bowl Weddings: Lovers Unit Football Style
01.25.2013
Check out football-themed weddings-complete with pom-pom shaking bridesmaids and referee officiants. WSJ's Linda Freund reports.
I took a quick day trip to San Luis Obispo, CA to produce this video. Camera in hand, Horkheimer's words echoed through my mind: "It is not that chewing gum undermines metaphysics, but that it is metaphysics."
It's Okay to be Naughty in Bubblegum Alley
1.18.2013
Gum chewing may be going out of style, with overall sales down in the U.S., but there's one place where it's still poppin': California's Bubblegum Alley. For decades, visitors have smashed gum on the walls. Hygienic? No way! But, the tradition has stuck.
Californians prepare for earthquakes with regular drills even though a big quake is a rare thing. But, how many people prepare for an active shooter situation? I produced a video that offers some basic lessons.
Tips to Survive a Random Gunman's Attack
12.17.2012
What do you do if a gunman is loose in a mall or on a college campus? Gayle Orr-Smith, SF State University's emergency preparedness coordinator, breaks down some scenarios.
A Parent's 9/11 - what many called the shooting in Newtown Connecticut that left 20 children dead.
The horrific event brought tears to faces of the most hardened journalists in my newsroom.
The evening of the shooting I produced a quick package in hopes of helping Americans handle these raw emotions. In the piece, Lauren Kenney, bereavement services manager at Hospice By The Bay, offers some insights.
Nearly a week later, her thoughts remains relevant. As a nation, we are still grieving as we wrestle over gun-control policy.
The Day After: Coping With the Nation's Tragedy
12.14.2012
I was given the opportunity to report from the tsunami-torn Rikuzentakata, Japan last week - to capture in video the beauty, fragility and challenges evident in the town's long-term recovery.
Many peers have noted: The sense of human resilience (and suffering) in my stories out of Japan are much more muted than my stories out of India and Africa. This is surely a matter of cultural differences. It leads me to ask, however, if leaning less on overt emotionality has added more analytical depth to my latest batch.
Below are some of the videos I produced. Many are updates for a larger interactive package that tracks the city's growth.
Japan Sake Brewer: Rebirth in Recovery In Japan, Can a Sweets Shop Make a Comeback?
In Japan, a New Hospital for Tsunami-Torn Town
I've produced a number of feature videos for Wall Street Journal over the past 6 months as a Hong Kong-based employee.
This has marked a definite shift from my India beats: Inflation & economic growth, infrastructure bottlenecks, terrorism and gender disparities.
Though I miss the more in-depth reportage, dabbling in lifestyle has been a great way to experiment with different editing styles. Think bells and whistles with a purpose. Here's a smattering of my latest.
David LaChapelle on Bruce Lee
Kung Fu to the Rescue?
Speedy Knife Work
De-stress with Aerial Arts
Cooking Pasta with Michael White
HK Art Fair - Investor's Playground
India ramped up its police force in Indian Kashmir this past weekend in an effort to prevent violent separatist protests meant to catch President Obama’s attention during his India visit.
But, hundreds of miles away in India’s capital New Delhi, the President said the U.S. does not plan to impose a solution to Kashmir directly, saying it is a long-standing dispute between India and Pakistan.
The Himalayan hot-zone, often referred to as a “beautiful prison” by locals, has been wracked by violence for decades as dozens of rebel groups fight for the state’s independence from India.
Violence reached a high point this summer as clashes between Indian police and protestors left more than 100 people dead, most young boys.
“It is very unfortunate for we people and very painful if Obama will not take into consideration the Kashmir situation,” said Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Leading Separatist in Kashmir. “It will be unfortunate and we will feel pain,” he said.
India officially sees the Muslim-dominated Kashmir as an integral part of India and recently appointed a panel of interlocutors in an effort to find solutions to problems in the state. Pakistan refers to the territory as disputed and up to the people of Kashmir.
India further accuses Pakistan of arming Muslim militants who enter Indian Kashmir. Islamabad denies the charge, saying it only gives moral support to anti-India rebels.
If Mr. Obama tries to intervene in Kashmir, he runs the risk of alienating India or Pakistan or both. He could also jeopardize the past weekend’s efforts to improve economic ties with India, which has an added urgency following the Democrats’ recent elections losses due largely to Americans’ frustration with the economy.
But, many young separatists say they are still hopeful that Mr. Obama will eventually visit Kashmir and see the situation for himself before his term is up.
In a curtain-drawn room three 20-something males sit, their faces covered with bandanas for sake of anonymity. Each one has spent time in an Indian prison for alleged links to anti-India militant groups. And once they were released, their background made it difficult for them to get a job, they said.
So, the young boys have taken to pelting stones at Indian police in protest of what they call “Indian occupation.”
One boy removes his shirt to show two large bullet wounds he says are from police fire last summer while pelting stones at a protest.
Police officials respond they only do so when necessary to protect citizens from unruly mobs.
“Our future is nil,” said one stone-pelter, his eyes partially-concealed by a maroon bandana. It is up to us to solve this problem and unless we get freedom from India we have to live like this as stone pelters. We are hopeful that Obama and the US will do something to get us out of this hole,” he said
“Unfortunately what happens here in Kashmir is invariably the protests are always accompanied with massive stone-pelting and also then the mobs engage in arson,” said Inspector General Sahai. “When these situations go out of control then a little more than minimum force has to be used,” he said.
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