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* The Columbus Dispatch
* Oakland Tribune and ANG Newspapers
* Duluth News Tribune
* Vallejo Times-Herald
* The Star (Malaysia)
* Golden Gate [X]press
* Pop and Politics
* Miscellaneous articles on journalism
* Articles on Malaysia

60 Seconds is all it takes to get to know someone better

Here’s my final video project for The Miami Herald. Enjoy!
60 Seconds. See them. Know them.

60 Seconds is about you. It is about your neighbor, your community, your city and county.

It is about the people who you care about, and the people who you don’t know, or don’t take the time to know, and should care about.

This project was highlighted on March 11, 2008 in the Editor & Publisher.

Remembering Eastern Flight 401: The story of the crash

Check out my video for the Herald on the Eastern Airlines plane crash.

Please post your comments on this page or shoot me an e-mail at pohsiteng [at] gmail [dot] com. Thanks!

MULTIMEDIA: Anyone can cook?

The Miami Herald gave features writer Jaweed Kaleem $100 to learn how to cook.

Thought it’d be cool to produce three videos and an interactive page where users can submit their own easy recipes, videos and pictures. Jaweed wrote the story, Stephanie Rosenblatt designed the page and Ronna Gradus took the photos.

I shot and produced the videos.

Check out our package by clicking on the image below.

MULTIMEDIA: Falling in love with an undocumented immigrant

I wrote the story and shot and produced the three videos in Norfolk, Va.

Bill Tiernan took the still images, Miranda Mulligan designed the flash package, and Kerry Sipe and the online team made sure it got published.

Would love to hear your thoughts.

See the package here, or read just the narrative below.

MULTIMEDIA: The man who tried to kill FDR

Here’s my latest video for The Miami Herald. You can see the entire interactive FDR package here.

MULTIMEDIA: Barbershop at the Norfolk City Jail

PHOTOS BY DELORES JOHNSON
PRODUCED BY POH SI TENG

Check out our latest slideshow, Keeping It Sharp, Keeping It Tight.

Photographer Delores Johnson and I only had two hours to work with the inmates at the Norfolk City Jail barbershop. Hope you like it.

MULTIMEDIA: Simple slide shows for The Virginian-Pilot

Below are some slideshows that I recently produced. They are not as comprehensive as my other packages.

Spirit revival in Portsmouth.

Tall ships sail into Norfolk.

Parade of sail.

Demolition day.

Ford’s oldest worker.

Behind the scenes of the sport of kings.

Go, Speed Racer!

Fight for free speech in Malaysia

Commentary
By POH SI TENG
Published in theCICAK. An edited version of this article also appeared in The Star (Malaysia). Notice what they gutted.

Now that you’ve graduated, are you going home? Will you do journalism in Malaysia?

These two questions crept up several times during graduation week in May. And every time someone asked, I felt like pulling my hair out.

My mother, filled with anxiety about which non-conventional or radical path I would choose, wanted to know. My professors at San Francisco State University and journalism mentors, who taught me to seek truth, do no harm and protect my sources at all costs, wanted to know.

I wanted to know.

But there was no easy answer because

RADIO: Khmer Rouge survivor honors the fallen through dance

By POH SI TENG

My first radio story for NPR member station KQED. It was on Pacific Time.

Khmer Rouge Survivor Honors the Fallen Through Dance

When the Khmer Rouge took over Cambodia in 1975, it killed as many as 2 million Cambodians. Among those targeted for death were classical dancers. The tradition was seen as too aristocratic. Those who managed to escape the country are trying to keep their art form alive and pass it on to a new generation.

Listen to it here!

MULTIMEDIA: Speed addict treats addiction with acupuncture

By POH SI TENG

By The Needle is my final multimedia package for the semester. I recorded, edited the interviews and sequenced the photographs.

Click on the image below to see it:

Needles led Kevin Arkell down the path of addiction and HIV infection. Now they are helping him find solace from speed, AIDS and thoughts of suicide. Acupuncture has been a cornerstone of his survival.

Justin Maxon and Justin Mott did an excellent job with the photographs. And Dian Angelov made it look pretty. This was a real group effort. Thanks guys!

I would love to hear your feedback. Please post a message on this site, or send me an e-mail:
pohsiteng [at] gmail [dot] com

WEBTALK: African Haitian dance in 60 seconds

By POH SI TENG

Forced arch. Contract. Heels up. Release!

SF State students honor the living and the dead in an African Haitian dance class. Thrusting their hips while moving to the beat of live drumming, they sweat it out in a dance called the “Banda,” which honors Guede, the spirit that embodies fertility and death.

Check out my 60-second Web talk by clicking on the image below. It’s a simple SoundSlides piece, not a full-blown multimedia package.

MULTIMEDIA: Dumpster diving in San Francisco

By POH SI TENG

Would you eat food from a dumpster?

Check out my latest multimedia package by clicking on the image below.

Enjoy!

MULTIMEDIA: Love at the San Francisco Gay Rodeo

By POH SI TENG

Two women connect with each other and their country roots at the 15th Annual Gay Rodeo and Festival in the Bay Area.

I captured the audio and produced the piece, while Natalie Schrik and Ross Pearson took the photos. Dian Angelov designed the page.

Check out the package by clicking on the image below.