WASIM AHMAD
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Wasim "Wesley" Ahmad graduated with a bachelor’s degree in English from Binghamton University in Binghamton, N.Y., in 2004. After a year working as a copy editor and columnist in St. Cloud, Minn., he returned to Binghamton, where he was later promoted to the newsroom’s first Online Content Producer.
Wasim was an integral part of the Binghamton Press and Sun-Bulletin team that won the "Best of Gannett" award for breaking news coverage of major flooding in central New York in 2006. During the flood, more than 3 million hits were registered on the site, and Wasim helped coordinate all newsroom coverage online. It was a week of very little sleep. While initially during his high school and college journalism days he wanted to be a writer, it was the flood and its aftermath that propelled him into online journalism.
Wasim has spent his time since honing his online skills and training other journalists in online journalism and video.
He has been in Naples since February 2007 as a multimedia editor for the Daily News, where he has shot video and posted content for the newspaper’s Web site and Studio 55 operations. You also may have heard him in some of the Daily News podcasts.
In addition to journalism, Wasim’s other passion is photography. He’s a member of photo clubs in Naples and Miami, and also co-organizes the Southwest Florida Photography Meetup, a Fort Myers-based photography group. If you see him and a large group of people with big cameras around town, feel free to join in the fun.
Recent stories:
- Outdoor patio ceiling collapses in downtown Naples; no one injured
December 30, 2007 - Man protests handling of religion in schools outside Naples Daily News
November 29, 2007 - VIDEO: Protesters tout 'naked truth' campaign against KFC on Marco
October 30, 2007 - Pro-Life demonstrators line streets for Life Chain event
October 7, 2007 - Family, friends set up makeshift memorial for I-75 crash victims
September 23, 2007 - Rockford, Ill. columnist blasts Collier Schools superintendent
September 18, 2007 - Brush fires threaten Golden Gate homes and church
April 22, 2007 - See full list of stories by WASIM AHMAD...
Recent videos by WASIM AHMAD:
- Ben Stone, Irish dancer
WASIM AHMAD as Producer | May 10, 2008 - Fire on 28th Ave. N.
WASIM AHMAD as Producer | April 25, 2008 - An interview with Cynthia Mitchell
WASIM AHMAD as Producer | March 29, 2008 - Bonita Mayoral Debate Intro
WASIM AHMAD as Videographer | March 21, 2008 - BCHS Pep rally for champions
WASIM AHMAD as Videographer | February 28, 2008 - Single gender classroom
WASIM AHMAD as Producer | February 27, 2008 - Block scheduling fracas at meeting
WASIM AHMAD as Videographer | February 22, 2008 - Studio 55: Inside the story
WASIM AHMAD as Videographer | January 30, 2008 - Giuliani visits Naples
WASIM AHMAD as Videographer | January 14, 2008 - Studio 55: Is your grouper real?
WASIM AHMAD as Videographer | January 11, 2008 - See full list of videos by WASIM AHMAD...
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Mia Garcia of Naples fishes for rubber ducks Thursday night at one of the carnival games at the Collier County Fair in Naples. She won an inflatable duck.
"The Zipper" spins its occupants upside down while twirling through the air at the Collier County Fair on Thursday night.
Florida Department of Transportation officials hastily decreased the speed limit to 50 mph from 60 mph on U.S. 41/Tamiami Trail between State Road 29 to the Miami-Dade County boundary. That stretch passes through National Park Service land. FDOT officials say speed was reduced because they plan to do construction there. This sign was seen just outside the Gannet Strand in Collier County.
David Bayer, co-owner of Ristorante d'Angeli on Fifth Avenue South in Naples, checks out the damage from the collapsed patio ceiling of his restaurant after it fell down Sunday evening. No one was injured in the collapse.
