Oklahoma's Woodward News saddles up for video

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.

With video tools and coaching, McMahan's staff now is ready to incorporate multimedia into breaking news coverage that will build their Web site into the place to go for community news throughout the day.



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