Gold Star Wife
Jane Horton, 26, stands with the American flag which draped the coffin of her husband Army Specialist Christopher Horton, 26, who was killed in Afghanistan in September 2011, outside of her home near Tulsa, OK. Military leaders worry that after 10 years of war, there is a growing disconnect between the tiny minority of Americans [...]
Former NFL Player Ben Utecht
Former NFL player Ben Utecht won a Super Bowl ring with the Indianapolis Colts and retired from professional football in 2009 after suffering four known concussions in the NFL plus two in college. Utecht is lead male vocalist performing in the Jim Brickman 2011 national Christmas tour. I caught up with Ben prior to a [...]
Hanson Talks 90′s
Isaac, Zac and Taylor Hanson are best known for their 1997 hit song ‘MMMBop,’ which earned them three Grammy nominations. Today, older and touring while promoting the band’s fifth album, Hanson photographed during the Falls Church, VA stop of their The Musical Ride Tour for a story in USA TODAY.
Shafer Vineyard Night Harvest
Harvesting ripe cabernet sauvignon grapes at the Shafer Vineyards in Napa, CA in early morning hours. The scene at this vineyard is part of a worldwide practice that’s increasingly the way all wine grapes are harvested — in the dead of night. Check out the story in USA TODAY here.
Bowling Jonas
It is not everyday I go to work and end up in a bowling alley. I have to admit it did happen once or twice when I worked in Flint, Michigan right out of college but definitely not much in the last twenty years. Last week, not only was I hanging out at Lucky Strike [...]
Joplin Schools After Tornado
Joplin’s school system has become a powerful symbol of resilience and recovery as students, teachers and administrators prepare to start on time on Aug. 17 despite a devastating tornado in May that killed 160 people. This video was produced with video shot by me in Joplin nearly three months following the tornado along with footage [...]
NMG Electric Car
Carolyn Buckley of East Stroudsburg, PA drives to work 35 miles each way four days a week. When she decided to take the job, she went online to find “the most energy-efficient, affordable, highway- speed commuter transportation available” available and come up with the futuristic-looking NMG. “I’ve driven almost 15,000 miles in my little EV” [...]
Hard Rock Memorabilia Tour
The Hard Rock International 40th Anniversary Memorabilia Tour starts in New York at the Times Square restaurant on May 18, 2011. It will travel to 32 other cafes around the USA in an 80-foot-long double-wide truck specially constructed to exhibit 64 memorable artifacts once owned by rock’s idols: their iconic signature guitars, brilliant costumes, handwritten [...]
Mr. Schilling goes to Washington
Bobby Schilling will be the U.S. Representative for Illinois’s 17th Congressional district when taking office on Jan. 5, 2011 after being sworn into the 112th Congress. Schilling is one of 85 incoming freshman Republicans to the House of Representatives with the Democrats adding just nine to the 94 total incoming freshman congressional class. Schilling has [...]
Country Doctor of the Year
Family practitioner Ken Jackson is known around Kingman, Ariz., as the “Cowboy Baby Doctor,” though he says the nickname is a bit misleading — he doesn’t always ride a horse or wear his cowboy hat, and he prefers alternative rock to country music. But for the past three years, Jackson has traveled by horseback once [...]
Voices Afghanistan
If you could bring an American to Afghanistan, what would you show them? I posed this question to the nearly twenty-five marines of the 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment based at the remote outpost named COP Kunjak in the Helmand Province. The marines were nearing the finish of a seven month tour of duty in [...]
War Zone TBI
Military doctors treating traumatic brain injuries at the Role 3 Military Treatment Facility in Kandahar, Afghanistan.
Newberry College No Names
The Newberry No-Names didn’t used to be. Until last spring, Newberry’s Division II teams were the Indians. Then, under pressure from the NCAA —poof! — the spear disappeared from helmets, the arrow from center court and the name from uniforms, like Stalin’s enemies from fading Soviet photographs.
Run Amuck with the Nikon D3S
The third annual Run Amuck 3.5-mile event featured 2,130 runners at the Marine Corps Base Quantico featuring race obstacles, military PT drills and pits of mud on the course. My first assignment using the new Nikon D3S shooting both video and stills. Pretty amazing how easy the camera is to use while shooting video. Talk [...]
1/2 Marines in Helmand
Shot with the Nikon D3S, a video to accompany the story published in USA TODAY on 10/27/2010 describing the 2010 combat tour by the 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment in the Helmand Province hit by more than 240 IED’s.
Combat Stress Therapists
Video from Mehtar Lam, Afghanistan in late October 2009 following the work of a USAF combat stress team deployed in remote area of Afghanistan. The story written by USA TODAY reporter Gregg Zoroya and video by USA TODAY photographer Jack Gruber was published in conjunction with the breaking news story from the rampage at Fort [...]
Iraq: Third Tour of Duty
This project published July 29, 2005 focused on Cpl. James Welter, Jr serving his third tour of duty with the 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment in Iraq.
