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As our world has changed we as news organizations have found ways to change also, to use new tools of storytelling and to meet new challenges.
In some ways, the challenges have provided opportunity to redefine ourselves and our role in our community. But some things have not changed.
When the extras are stripped away or set aside we refocus on why we are here - as watchdogs, as guardians, as the trusted news source for our community.

You have been uploading to YouTube but didn't like that "How I spent my summer vacation" feel the chunky YouTube logo stamped across your masterfully produced news videos.

So you are moving on to www.dailymotion.com. A bit more discreet about flashing their name out there. But what's up with these questionable "related videos" tacked on at the bottom?

Muskogee Phoenix multimedia wizard Rick Lepper has the answer along with other tips and how-to steps in a new tutorial for CNHI videographers.

Enid News & Eagle has never been short on ideas to better connect its readers and the world around them.

A recent Summer of '68 video package looked at a nation at war and a divided population - 40 years ago. Editor Cindy Allen's staff interviewed locals who recalled how those experiences shaped their lives.

Rodeo Week was not a bad time to introduce video to Woodward News' Web site, www.woodwardnews.net

Rick Lepper and I rode into town with our CNHI Mo Jo 2008 Summer Tour just in time to see a bunch of 2,000-pound longhorn steers amble down Main Street. Great video op.

Editor Johnny McMahan already had a couple dozen steer-roping photos lined up for a slideshow. Rowynn Ricks set out to video the longhorns and to track down a wrangler - once he climbed down off his horse.

The Norman Transcript has a lot to cover - including everything crimson and cream.
Being the hometown newspaper for the University of Oklahoma Sooners offers a lot of opportunities for news coverage. And now The Transcript is stepping up to get it on tape.

Editor Andy Rieger's staff already had been delving into multimedia, beefing up the Transcript's Web site. They took their new focus a step farther when Rick Lepper and I made a CNHI Mo Jo 2008 Summer Tour stop in the Sooner Nation.