In the thick of a smoke so oppressive that visibility was cut to a couple feet, the shadowy figures of the firefighters drifted in and out of sight. But their voices on the radio were loud and clear.

“We’ve got a victim,” called the tinny voice. “We’re trying to bring him out.”

These photos published in the San Antonio Express-News on April 20, 2008. The images are framegrabs that ran with a story about the college experiences of Jonathan Piedra, a student at San Antonio College. Click the images to download PDFs of the published pages.

This photo ran in the San Antonio Express-News on Feb. 7, 2008. It is a framegrab from a video I produced about dangerous dogs and Animal Care Services’ procedures to deal with them. Click the image to download a PDF of the published page.

Volunteers and city officials packed into Loftin Park this morning to help plant 12 new trees as part of a program called Right Tree; Right Place. The city teamed with CenterPoint Energy on the program, which seeks to educate residents to plant short trees under power lines.

As many teenage boys rush home from school to plop in front of video games, 16-year-old Joseph Lewis can’t wait to check the new orders that came in from his thriving online business. One customer ordered 162 of the same person. Another ordered 300 hands.

This photo published in the San Antonio Express-News on Aug. 16, 2008 to accompany a video I produced about a church program that offered a safe refuge for at-risk youth to skateboard. I successfully pitched the story to editors, who also assigned a print reporter to write the coordinating article.

These photos published in the San Antonio Express-News on May 18, 2008. The images are framegrabs from a video I produced about a student adjusting to college life in San Antonio. Click the images to download a PDF of the published page.

This photo package ran in the paper to refer to a video about a group of Medieval history enthusiasts. I enterprised this story and then pitched it to a print reporter. All of the pictures are framegrabs. Click the images to download PDFs of the published pages.

These photos were published in the San Antonio Express-News on Sept. 20, 2007. They are framegrabs from a video I produced about a boy scout troupe embarking on a canoe trip to earn credits towards badges. The story was my idea, and the photos were published to refer readers to the online video.