September 6, 2018 abc | ABC News | Australia | beatboxing | short form | Tom Thum | video | YouTube DDS

Beatboxer Tom Thum’s incredible voice

Self-described “weirdo” Tom Thum is arguably one of the world’s best known beatboxers. His 2013 TED Talk has had more than 66 million views and he’s performed on stages around the world with other artists and orchestras.

September 5, 2018 abc | ABC News | Australia | brisbane | Japan | journalism | media | short form | video | YouTube DDS

The Aussie school teaching in Japanese

YouTube is not television. But, so much news content on YouTube is taken straight from television and transferred directly to the web. YouTube doesn’t require that videos fit a certain time slot – they can run as long as they deserve to run. With this in mind, an ABC News Digital colleague and I recently […]

February 3, 2018 analytics | Facebook | final cut pro | rollerblading | skate | video | YouTube DDS

Skate park etiquette 101

My introduction to videography was via skate videos and homemade films. From there I gradually applied my journalistic knowledge and here I am today working primarily in video for a news organisation. My brother Joe and I recently had a rare chance to catch up in Sydney – he lives in Melbourne and I’m in […]

December 1, 2015 video | vlog | YouTube DDS

#VLOGVEMBER: “Make all the things”

It was a single tweet that got my attention. positively the smartest, most inventive body of work on YouTube. just brilliant. I truly mean that – start on day 1 https://t.co/BTR2t1cRCV — Casey Neistat (@CaseyNeistat) December 1, 2015 Casey is the creator of many viral YouTube hits and has more than one million subscribers to […]