Category Archives: Photography

Staff Q&As: Meet photographer Jason Plotkin

To help you get to know our newsroom staff a bit better, a series of question-and-answer posts with each journalist will run on Mondays. This morning, meet staff photographer Jason Plotkin. Most recently, you’ve seen his work in the interactive … Continue reading

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Staff Q&As: Meet photographer Kate Penn

To help you get to know our newsroom staff a bit better, a series of question-and-answer posts with each journalist will run on Mondays. This morning, meet photographer Kate Penn. She’s often out and about in York County, shooting videos … Continue reading

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Old-time memories and new technology meet in Hawaii

As a columnist and blogger writing about memories of York County’s stores and restaurants of the past, I tend to draw from a mixed readership. I get comments on my blog from former Yorkers living as far away as Austria, … Continue reading

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Staff Q&As: Meet photographer Chris Dunn

To help you get to know our newsroom staff a bit better, a series of question-and-answer posts with each journalist will run on Mondays. This morning, meet staff photographer Chris Dunn. You’ve seen her photos in print and online and … Continue reading

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What’s with the dead deer photos every year?

  I suspect this is a universal complaint filed with newspapers every year — at least in Pennsylvania. If we publish a photo in the newspaper of a deer that was shot and killed by a hunter, chances are great … Continue reading

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Behind the scenes with Mrs. Galaxy 2009

As the editor of Smart, I get the best of both worlds. I’m still a part of the newsroom, listening to the crackle of police scanners and hearing the news as it happens. I also get to oversee a bimonthly … Continue reading

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Tips for interviewing on camera

The following list was developed to help a local Girl Scouts troop. You can read about that experience here. We think these tips could be helpful in many situations. Feel free to put these to use and to share with … Continue reading

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Little human interest story brings great depth to Biden coverage

  York Daily Record/Sunday News photographer Paul Kuehnel captures Vice President Joe Biden in an Alexander D. Goode Elementary School fourth-grade class. An obscure news release – arriving with government efficiency in the YDR newsroom late Sunday afternoon via our … Continue reading

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