Colorado Springs Gazette Video
The Gazette, in Colorado Springs is doing some great work with video. Take a look at some of their interactive features.
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Friday, July 27, 2007
Thursday, July 26, 2007
Pep alumn suffers fire, emerges with good spirits
Here is an email about Kimiko Martinez's situation. Please keep her and her son in your prayers.
-Chris
Hi everyone,
We are writing on behalf of our good friend Kimiko Martinez, a fellow Pepperdine alum ('04). Monday night, she came home to see her block sectioned off with police tape and her house up in flames. It appears to be a random arson situation, but the police were unable to catch the suspect. Kimiko has found a place to stay, but she and her young son lost everything, including their beloved dog and cat.
I'm sure most of you knew her, but if not, here's a bit about her: Kimiko, 29, is an amazing person. After high school, she had a child, her beautiful son Ricky. She enrolled in community college, excelled, and entered Pepperdine shortly after. She was a natural journalist--people felt so comfortable with her. She was editor in chief of our school's newspaper and graduated at the top of her class while waitressing full time. She was offered a job at the Indianapolis Star and literally jumped out of an airplane for a story. She and her young son, now 11, have acclimated to the cold winters and big city and had made a great home together.
Nothing was salvaged from the flames. Kimiko is a strong woman of whom it takes a lot to ask for help, but clearly, she needs it. She has no family in the area, just a small group of good friends. Kimiko and Ricky don't have clothes, toiletries, furniture or beds, but she's staying positive.
"Now, 14 hours later, I still haven't slept and am stuck in a bit of a state of shock. But I am absolutely counting my blessings. Luckily, I wasn't home at the time, my son was in California, and everyone in the house next door got out safely. Nobody was hurt, although my dog and cat were both killed (and that's the one thing I'm rather emotional about). Still, it could have been worse and what it all boils down to is that stuff – furniture, clothes, etc. – can be replaced. My animals, of course, cannot. Things like yearbooks, photos, momentos and memorabilia can't either. But it's all still just stuff."
Instead of shipping large items, we're hoping to collect some money from friends and mentors at Pepperdine and elsewhere. We are hoping to send a gift card, as well as a note from everyone who contributed to let her know that people are thinking of her at her alma mater.
Below is a news story about the fire, which started in her house and spread to two others. Also, a cell phone-camera photo of what's left of Kimiko's home. And, a list of things she needs, although with shipping costs, we are hoping to just send a gift card.
Thanks so much everyone for considering helping our friend. We appreciate it so much.
Joann Groff, '05
Kyle Jorrey, '04
Karma Salvato, '03
Donations can be sent to any of us at:
The Acorn Newspapers
Attn: Joann Groff (for example)
30423 Canwood St. #108
Agoura Hills, CA 91303
If you'd like to contribute to the gift card, just make the check out to one of us. If you'd like to write her a check directly, feel free to make it out to Kimiko Martinez and we'll send it along.
Multimedia for the Ventura County Star
Pine Mountin Inn
Click here to watch the videos>>>By Anthony Plascencia and Chris Segal
Miles above Ojai on Highway 33, Tom Wolf offers water and help to those who might need it. Someday he hopes to also offer a meal.
Ventura County Star Videos
Here are some of the videos I have produced for the Star:
Tortoise in Recovery
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Video by Chris Segal
Bob, a 42 pound tortoise, who was kidnapped and mutilated recovers at a Santa Barbara animal rescue center.
Crowds gather for antique appraisals
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Video By: Chris Segal
Information seekers traveled from as far as two counties away to have experts appraise their household antiques at the Museum of Ventura County. At the fundraiser many hopefuls stood in line holding their art, jewelry, prints and furniture waiting to have their valuables appraised. Some valuables were purely sentimental while others were worth hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Teen cooking camp
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Video By: Star staff
Teens learn the science of baking at The Magical Kitchen in Simi Valley. Video by Chris Segal, Whitney Diaz and Jennifer Muhmel
Appeal-Democrat wins D.R. Segal Award of Excellence
Appeal wins award for journalism excellence
The Appeal-Democrat has won three awards, including one for journalism excellence.
Freedom Communications Inc., parent company of the Appeal-Democrat, presented the newspaper with one of the two 2006 D.R. Segal Awards, named after the former Appeal-Democrat editor and Freedom CEO.
The award, recognizing overall journalism excellence, was based on the results of independent grading by the American Press Institute.
The Appeal-Democrat was awarded in the papers-under-25,000-circulation category. Freedom Communications, headquartered in Irvine, publishes more than 70 newspapers.
The D.R. Segal award was presented last month at a Freedom conference in Tempe, Ariz.
“This prestigious award is a tribute to the great work being done by our newsroom and throughout our organization to provide our audience with top-quality news and information relevant to their lives,” Appeal-Democrat Publisher Don T. Bricker said in a statement.
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Malibu Beach Access
The Ventura County Star did a great story about Malibu beach access.
Group's 'safaris' take public on little-known routes to access Malibu's beaches
From the road, Malibu sometimes looks not so much like an ocean coast as it does one long row of multimillion-dollar homes. Some may wonder if there really is an ocean there.
The Los Angeles Urban Rangers plan to change that notion.
The group, which was formed to highlight all the wonders of Los Angeles — both concrete and natural — is leading "safaris" through Malibu in coming weeks. The idea is to let people know how to get beyond the mansions and to the public beaches that sit behind them.
Read More>>>An email from Jane Lee
Here is an email I recieved from the amazing Jane Lee:
Well my internship's over, but I realized I haven't updated one of my biggest fans (a.k.a. you) in quite awhile. Here's some of the other stories that got into the paper...the last one is actually running in tomorrow's paper, so if you have the chance you should pick one up because it takes up all of page 3, which is pretty cool :o)
Now I'm back home writing for the Stockton paper and another magazine....can't quite compare to the DC life though. But I actually walked away from USAT as the first intern in their history with a freelance contract, so I'm technically still working for them.
See you in a few weeks!
Jane
Tuesday, July 24, 2007
Ventura County Star Interns
All the interns here got a little press the other day. I don't know why I'm on the bottom of the list. I hope they are saving the best for last and that I'm not the least favorite. I'm inclined to believe the latter.
Pods of Death
Miss Airan Scruby recently brought to my attention an accident involving the St. Louis Arch. This reminds me of a very special trip that many members of the Graphic staff took back in October to St. Louis for a media conference.
For those like me who had very little urge to visit that moument other than it being one of the major attractions in the city our group went up the Arch. To get to the top four people have to share these little white pods. There is about an quarter of an inch of space between the window inside the pod and the interior of structure of the Arch.
Being myself I had to make comments about what would happen if these things broke down. Poor Jaimie Franklin who was not a big fan of small spaces was sharing my pod on the way up. Luckily for all of us the pods took us up and down with no problem. Here are some pictures that even prove that.
There were some other students that were not quite so lucky. But I imagine they made some of these faces.
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