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Spot news assignment didn’t work out, but stumbled across this on my way back. I really miss being able to drive around and feature hunt as much as I could this summer at the Valley News.
A flag damaged by the weather blows in the wind off Missouri Road DD in Callaway County on Sunday afternoon, April 10, 2011. The National Weather Service in St. Louis issued a wind advisory for Columbia, with sustained winds of 20 to 30 mph and gusts of 40 to 50 mph. It is in effect until 7 p.m. Sunday. Photo by Patrick T. Fallon/Missourian
A pretty cool assignment for VOX Magazine here at the school a few weeks back. Due to security and safety concerns, most of the really “cool” stuff was off limits, but I tried to search for a few pictures that would illustrate the story about Nuclear safety in a visually interesting way. Ryan suggested I try presenting the pictures as a four-square of sorts.
The cooling tower, a radiation warning sign, a Nuclear Regulatory Commission red telephone and electric power lines at the Callaway Plant Nuclear Reactor on Wednesday, March 23, 2011 in Callaway County, Missouri. Photos © 2011 Patrick T Fallon/VOX Magazine/Missourian
A compilation of links from my intersession reporting this December and January. Working at the Columbia Missourian was a really interesting experience – as normally photo students do not do much writing at most schools. However, I feel like my ability as a journalist was what carried me through during more difficult situations like the Fort Leonard Wood tornado or Kahler murder trial. Continue reading »
My final assignment of 2010 was not an easy one. I was dispatched to the Fort Leonard Wood Army post to write a story and bring back pictures for the Columbia Missourian. My article can be found on the ColumbiaMissourian.com – it was a big challenge to do both, but I feel that my experience and instinct as a photojournalist works directly with one’s ability to report back as a writer also. Facts and information that I gathered previously (but perhaps never wrote or published), like quotes from those who lived through the disaster, are the key component to any story.
The homes and cars destroyed by a tornado that touched down at the Fort Leonard Wood Army post in southern Missouri Friday morning, December 31, 2010. In the neighborhood of about 75 homes, an estimated 75 percent were destroyed. Image © 2010 Patrick Fallon
The Army Public Affairs Officers were very helpful and understanding of my needs as a journalist – more so than I expected at first. Considering it was a major holiday, I am impressed by their efforts to help civilian journalists report on the story, while keeping in mind the safety concerns of downed power lines and gas leaks. Fortunately no one was seriously hurt or killed at the post, though someone was killed in nearby Rolla.
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Missouri men's basketball head coach Mike Anderson walks humbly to the locker room after winning his 100th basketball game with the Tigers at Mizzou Arena on Monday evening, Dec. 27, 2010. Missouri defeated Northern Illinois 97-61. Image © 2010 Patrick T. Fallon
A quick photo I found this morning around Columbia.
Blaine Ravert, 8, prepares to throw a snowball at his mother April Ravert, of Columbia, Friday morning at Stephen's Lake Park while enjoying the snow on Christmas Eve, Dec. 24, 2010 in Columbia, Mo. Photo © 2010 Patrick T. Fallon
For those that don’t know already, I am here over winter break working as a writer at the Columbia Missourian, of late I’ve been busy working on stories about a mass murder that took place in Kansas, so getting out to shoot some feature pix was a nice shift.
