My first broadcast work was with The Discovery Channel on a weekly series called, "Discoveries This Week." My role was to shoot video, produce clips and provide some scripting and graphics. I followed paleontologists, led by Dr. Jack Horner of Jurassic Park fame, in their field research in Montana's Hell Creek formation near Jordan, Montana. Below is my first broadcast piece.
The Science Channel asked me to field produce (write, shoot, produce and upload by a satellite transceiver) short-form science stories from very remote parts of Montana to document the daily life of a field dinosaur hunter. The interstitial series, called "Dino Dig Updates" ultimately broadcast over 30 of my episodes. From the Montana's Badlands, I uplinked my work and, which was broadcast to North America on the same day I shot them. Below are just two of over thirty pieces I produced. (Due to copyright , these samples are low resolution)
A determined 18 year old French student dreamed of dinosaurs, paleontology and one day becoming a researcher. She moved from her home in Tahiti to Montana to study paleontology and today she holds a Doctorate in the field. Click image to view (low resolution).
Becky Schaff and Brian Baziak were two Montana State University students worked in the fields looking for dinosaurs. They had a sixth sense for finding dinosaur fossils. This is how they did it. Click image to view (low resolution).