A Mile Wide – Portfolio

Rob Roberts – New Media Journalist

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Resume

By rob • May 30th, 2008 • Category: About Me

View and download my resume.



Madison County Project

By rob • May 30th, 2008 • Category: Documentary Video

My thesis project was a documentary film and Flash site that explored the ballad singing tradition in an Appalachian county.



Carolina Chocolate Drops (Great Eight 2007)

By rob • May 30th, 2008 • Category: Documentary Video

The Carolina Chocolate Drops gave us an impromptu performance that blew us away. The video has become one of the most popular old-time music clips on YouTube.



Chiloe Stories

By rob • May 29th, 2008 • Category: Multimedia Packages

This joint project from UNC and Chilean students documented life on a remote island off the coast of Chile.



Madison County Project

By rob • May 29th, 2008 • Category: Multimedia Packages

About: Madison County Project was my thesis project for the Master’s program in Journalism at the University of North Carolina. The project consisted of a 23-minute documentary film and a companion multimedia site that explored the ballad singing tradition in western North Carolina and the filmmakers, photographers and folklorists who documented it.
Awards: Audience Choice Award, [...]



Great Eight 2007

By rob • May 29th, 2008 • Category: Multimedia Packages

Great Eight 2007 is an earlier installment of the News & Observer’s annual list of eight bands to watch in Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill. 2007 was the first year we brought a multimedia element to the project. We shot live performance video for the majority of the bands and offered audio selections for each.



Bonner Bridge Interactive

By rob • May 29th, 2008 • Category: Interactive Graphics

This interactive adds an important dimension to an investigative story about the cost of upkeep of a bridge that covers a span of open ocean.



Memories of 1983

By rob • May 29th, 2008 • Category: Sports, Sports Video

For the 25th anniversary of N.C. State’s cinderella season, I produced this video of the memories of the News & Observer sports writers who covered the team.



Tyler’s Top Three Dunks

By rob • May 29th, 2008 • Category: Sports, Sports Video

Tyler’s Top Three Dunks is a good example of creating multimedia by repurposing regular news assets. We cover UNC with photo and video all season. When our sports beat writer was able to sneak in a quick audio interview with Tar Heel center Tyler Hansbrough about his favorite dunks of the season, I was able to match it with photos and video.



Megafaun (Great Eight 2008)

By rob • May 29th, 2008 • Category: Documentary Video

This video was part of the annual Great Eight project. I was one of two shooters on the video and the primary editor. The club where the band performed was lit by a single bulb, so we improvised and decided to shoot the video in black-and-white. Given the band’s neo-folk style, the decision turned out to be a good one.