http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/blogs/walsh en-gb Fri, 24 May 2013 14:40:20 CDT http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/blogs/walsh/Cranking-iPhone-video-up-a-notch-140350823.html In my neverending quest to make the iPhone a legitimate tool in our newsgathering arsenal, I may have found a device that finally resolves all audio concerns. For anyone wh uses the iPhone for video, you'll know that the audio quality leaves something to be desired. For professional video... Fri, 24 Feb 2012 15:40:17 CST http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/blogs/walsh/Now-THAT-is-a-handshake-137990833.html We all know sports stars are famous for their game rituals and the Winnipeg Jets are no different. We got a peek at the not-so-secret secret handshake some of the players participate in before every game. But if you thought some of the players' handshakes were interesting, check out the Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:15:20 CST http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/blogs/walsh/Top-Videos-2011---From-Lake-Manitoba-to-Lady-Maria-136534863.html Five big stories dominated our video hits this year: The new airport terminal, Maria Aragon, the Jets return, the spring flood and the new Bombers stadium. These videos allowed viewers to go inside the stories, literally in cases like the tour of the airport terminal or the new football stadium Mon, 2 Jan 2012 12:37:18 CST http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/blogs/walsh/Winnipegs-89-year-old-comedian-133834278.html The Winnipeg's Gone Wacky competition is on again this year and voters have picked the 10 finalists who will compete for the title of Winnipeg's Wackiest Amateur Comedian 2011, in front of a live audience at Essence Nightclub on November 24. Among those ten is the kindest, sweetest and perhaps Tue, 15 Nov 2011 10:49:58 CST http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/blogs/walsh/Maria-Aragon-vs-James-Richardson-133001823.html Together these two names are responsible for an impressive 10% of all of our video views this year. And this week, something happened that I never thought possible. A video knocked Maria Aragon AND a 2011 flood video from the top two positions as the number one viewed video on our website this Tue, 1 Nov 2011 10:52:13 CDT http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/blogs/walsh/Watch-this-video-131799233.html I read a series of posts on Carnival of Journalism recently pertaining to the future of online video. The general consensus among the journalists contributing to the post is that no one knows where to go with online video journalism, and I assure you, I don't have that answer either. I can say Thu, 13 Oct 2011 12:08:27 CDT http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/blogs/walsh/Reporting-with-the-iPhone-4-126601043.html Since the release of the iPhone 4 nearly a year ago, media organizations have been spending a lot of time talking about the benefits of such a device for newsgathering. It's a vast improvement on the 3GS in terms video quality. Going from 640 x 480 pixels to 1280 x 720 instantly made video Tue, 2 Aug 2011 15:56:05 CDT http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/blogs/walsh/Duct-tape-aids-in-flood-video-120327604.html Columnist Lindor Reynolds, photographer Joe Bryksa and I got a chance on Wednesday to take an aerial tour of the Red River Valley flood zone. It's an amazing site to view from above the sea of water that has surrounded communities like Morris and St. Jean Baptiste. I'm always looking for a Wed, 20 Apr 2011 21:31:59 CDT http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/blogs/walsh/Were-reinventing-the-wheel-117550823.html It's getting down to the wire. The Winnipeg Free Press News Café is days from opening. From inside those floor to ceiling glass walls our video team (of two) will be producing live streaming content on winnipegfreepress.com. We will have a setup in place that will allow us to go live any Mon, 7 Mar 2011 17:32:05 CST http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/blogs/walsh/QR-codes-Theyre-officially-everywhere-114666339.html Have you heard of this cool QR code technology the kids are talking about? It's not really that new, but it seems to be catching on with the masses these days. We recently started putting QR codes in the pages of our newspaper to allow people on mobile devices to scan and link to a specific Wed, 26 Jan 2011 14:22:14 CST