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It’s been a weirdly warm winter here in the Carolinas, the kind of thing we really don’t mind so much. But with the lack of activity on the radar screen, some at El Ocho have started to mess with Mother Nature. We’re talking straight up sorcery, bro. O…

It’s been a weirdly warm winter here in the Carolinas, the kind of thing we really don’t mind so much. But with the lack of activity on the radar screen, some at El Ocho have started to mess with Mother Nature. We’re talking straight up sorcery, bro. O…

Used to hear versions of this every day when I was still working the field. How come you’re covering THAT story? Why don’t you do some GOOD news? I called your station and they won’t cover (insert grand opening of brother’s store, daughter’s ballet recital, whatever…here). So I’m about to give away some dirty little […]

Rick Portier isn’t the only photog to have written fiction about the news photography business. Many decades ago, Fred “Red” Felbinger, a newsreel cameraman for Paramount News, wrote a little story about a hapless soundman and his misadventures with both women and cameramen called “Roderick Giles, Noise Ketcher.” Click here to read Red Felbinger’s short […]

For the past three years, I have started each new year with an adventure. Journeys that were meant to demonstrate all that is right and true in the world. Voyages into the unknown that were intended to start the year off on a high note. It’s been rough…

For the past three years, I have started each new year with an adventure. Journeys that were meant to demonstrate all that is right and true in the world. Voyages into the unknown that were intended to start the year off on a high note. It’s been rough…