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York newspaper photogs transform into Web videographers

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York Daily Record/Sunday News photograph Jason Plotkin produced this still image of the laying of sod at Sovereign Bank Stadium. For Plotkin’s slide show on the work, see below.
York Daily Record/Sunday News photographer Paul Kuehnel has provided two tours of the Hex murder house in East Hopewell Township. (See below)
A newspaper photographer taking video?
Our shooters are increasingly carrying their video cameras with their still cameras. Sometimes, we send two photographers to a scene, one to shoot videos and the other stills for the newspaper… .


The fact is that the newspaper has become a news center, the Web unties its publication cycle from the printing press. Now, we can compete – and beat – radio and TV.
Our folks have come up with some good stuff.
For example, In a slide show, Jason Plotkin shoots the laying of sod at Sovereign Bank Stadium: See ‘Finishing a Field’ at the near the bottom of the page http://www.ydr.com/revolution.
Here are Paul’s two Hex Murder house videos: