Gary Vaynerchuk hits OKC
NewsOK wins APME award
The video operation at OPUBCO Communications Group was honored today with the prestigious Innovator of the Year award at the annual Associated Press Managing Editor’s conference.
OPUBCO, which owns The Oklahoman and NewsOK.com, was awarded for its total approach to video, including changing the culture of the newsroom with new skills for telling stories and covering news.
“We have embraced video in a big way,” said Kelly Fry, vice president of News and Information. “It has changed our culture and the way we cover news. This is wonderful affirmation of our efforts.”
Haunted House Restaurant
Dave Cathey wrote a Halloween food feature this week on the Haunted House Restaurant. When he made the video request, I wanted to shoot the piece myself. I had never been to the place but had heard about it growing up. In fact what you hear about it are two things: it’s hard to find and the food is good.
I can’t vouch for the food. We shot our piece and left. But once you find Miramar the winding drive is only beginning. Seemed like a cool place, although not as Halloween-ish as I thought it would be.
OK Crush It
For my friends on Twitter, you’ve seen and read the Tweets about Gary Vaynerchuck coming to town for special book signing in November.
Dave Cathey rounded up Daniel Gordon (@dangordon), Ryan Parrott (@chefrp), Lori Ford (@lofolulu) and Clayton Bahr (@winedr). We backed the cameras up (studio isn’t deep enough for a proper five person shoot) and let them talk about Mr. V.
You can learn more about the upcoming event here. And here are some quick details:
Meet Gary Vaynerchuk Friday, Nov 20th!
4pm-5:30pm Signing at Samuel Gordon Jewelers
5521 N. Pennsylvania, Oklahoma City, OK 73118
8pm-11pm OK Crush IT Event with Gary at Will Rogers Theater
4322 North Western, Oklahoma City, OK 73118
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Online Ticket Price: $25 Includes 1 CrushIT Book
Printed OK Crush It receipt with ID is your event ticket
Opa!
Met Dave Cathey at St. George Greek Orthodox Church on a chilly, windy morning today. We shot a quick video to advance this weekend’s Greek Festival. This marks the 25th year of the festival, featuring Greek culture, fun and food.
Roger Daltrey stops by ACM@UCO, George Lang stops by OPUBCO Studios
The Oklahoman’s George Lang stopped by the studio this morning to debrief about last night’s session with The Who’s frontman Roger Daltrey.
I check my rear view mirror. A lot.
As previewed earlier on this blog, Steve Lackmeyer and Tanner Herriott hopped in the Wimgo PT Cruiser for a tour of downtown as I drove.
Steve talked about his favorite subject – Oklahoma City. Tanner had some coffee. A lot of coffee. Actually it was hot chocolate from Java Dave’s. Details…
This idea for OKC Central was we would drive around downtown and Bricktown and discuss upcoming changes to streets, streetscapes and parking. We used a Vado HD to capture the video with audio running through a Zoom. Tanner edited the piece together and added some sweet photos throughout as illustration.
Steve does a great job of explaining details upcoming, from one-way streets to the various lamp posts.
I check my rear view mirrors a lot. And side mirror. And oncoming and passing traffic.
Tanner drinks a lot of hot chocolate.
U2 concert review
Above is a quick recap of the show. Read more from George Lang here.
10/18/2009 Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
Norman, Okla.
Breathe
Get On Your Boots
Magnificent
Mysterious Ways
Beautiful Day / God Only Knows (snippet)
I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For / Stand By Me (snippet)
Stuck In A Moment You Can’t Get Out Of
No Line On The Horizon
Elevation
In A Little While
Unknown Caller
Until The End Of The World
The Unforgettable Fire
City Of Blinding Lights
Vertigo
I’ll Go Crazy If I Don’t Go Crazy Tonight / Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)(snippet)
Sunday Bloody Sunday
MLK
Walk On / You’ll Never Walk Alone (snippet)
encores:
One / Amazing Grace (snippet)
Where The Streets Have No Name / All You Need Is Love (snippet)
Ultra Violet (Light My Way)
With Or Without You
Moment of Surrender
U2 crew holds press conference
NewsOK's Angi Bruss and The Oklahoman's George Lang interview Jake Berry.
U2 brings its 360 world tour to Norman on Sunday. Today there was a production media opportunity which included Q&A with tour production personnel, b-roll and still photography of production and stage.
We also were provided interviews with Craig Evans: U2 360° TOUR Director/SVP Global Operations ˆ Live Nation Global Touring and Jake Berry: U2 360° TOUR Production Manager.
The stage is absolutely massive. From outside the stadium, it lurks over the scoreboard. From inside, it’s simply overwhelming.
This is going to be a good show.
This is going to be cool
The stage for a U2 concert on the field of Gaylord Family — Oklahoma Memorial Stadium is visible from dormitories on the campus of the University of Oklahoma on Friday, Oct. 16, 2009, in Norman, Okla. Photo by Steve Sisney, The Oklahoman.
Learn more about the stage by watching this, and more of The Oklahoman’s photo galleries can be found here.
