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Inside NFL Films

rob — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 01:42:23 +0000

About:This video accompanied a story that profiled NFL Films President Steve Sabol and looked at how NFL Films had helped establish the modern NFL. I produced, shot and edited the video and provided still photography support for the story.

Roles: Producer, Videographer, Editor

Memories of 1983

rob — Thu, 29 May 2008 02:50:08 +0000

About:N.C. State’s cinderella upset of Houston in the 1983 NCAA Championship Game is one of the seminal moments in sports history. For our package commerating the 25th anniversary of the title game, I produced this video of the memories of the News & Observer sports writers who covered the team that year.

Roles: Producer, Videographer, Editor

Tyler’s Top Three Dunks

rob — Thu, 29 May 2008 02:45:39 +0000

About: 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. The resulting video proved to be a popular feature on the N&O site and on YouTube.

Big 4 in the NBA

rob — Thu, 29 May 2008 01:58:32 +0000

About: Big 4 in the NBA helped fuel a popular debate on Tobacco Road – which of the four ACC schools produce the best pros. The interactive features statistics for all players from each program since 1981. The stats are completely customizable and presented in a variety of forms.

Specs: The project was built in Flash CS3 and Actionscript 2. Statistics are loaded through external XML files.

Awards: Not entered, but popular sports blog AOL Fanhouse said, “The iphone isn’t the most amazing invention that I’ve witnessed this past week. Baby talk! No it is this database the News-Observer’s Rob Roberts created that compares all players from Duke, North Carolina, NC State and Wake Forest … aka The Big Four … from 1981 to 2006 that have played in the NBA.”

Roles: Multimedia Producer, Programmer, Designer

Link no longer active on newsobserver.com

Building Gabby Mayo

rob — Thu, 29 May 2008 00:29:38 +0000

About: Building Gabby Mayo accompanied a series of articles about local high school sprinter Gabby Mayo who was training to compete at a elite level. The interactive allowed the user to hear from a trainer and physician on how Mayo needs to develop her body to move to the next level.

Awards: NPPA 3rd Place (Multimedia), May 2007

Roles: Multimedia Producer, Programmer, Designer, Audio Editor

Link no longer active on newsobserver.com

ACC Now: The Podcast

rob — Wed, 28 May 2008 01:33:19 +0000

The ACC Now Podcast is a regular video feature on ACC sports with a focus on Duke, N.C. State, and UNC athletics. For the 2007-2008 season, I shot almost every local ACC football and basketball game. I created video content from each game as well as produced and edited the podcast. This installment of the podcast previews the final regular season matchup between Duke and UNC.

Roles: Producer, Videographer, Editor