Tom Burton

Photo and Video Editor, Orlando Sentinel

About

Compulsive storyteller. Knows Florida is weird but OK with that. Photojournalism, video and multimedia, #Gators fan, DOP @orlandosentinel, @osphoto

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What was your first job as a journalist?
Part-time reporter at a weekly newspaper when I was in high school
Have you ever used a typewriter?
Yes

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"Radioactive-Looking" Sinkholes

nbcphiladelphia.com — Steven Reitz - Reddit A hole opens up and a fluorescent green fluid appears inside. It sounds like something from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, a Nickelodeon slime show, a toxic waste dump or any other myriad of slime green entities. But this isn't science fiction, this fluorescent green hole is reality and it's located on a Philadelphia street.

michaelhayes: Philly sinkhole reveals bright ...

twitter.com — Philly sinkhole reveals bright green ooze below the surface http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/weird/Green-Flourescent-Water-Hole-Philly-211843641.html?dr ... pic.twitter.com/9eHInWfYHe
Interactive project. RT @OSPhoto: #UCF Turns 50: Then and now aerial photos of campus. thesent.nl/11KdwGf

UCF: Before and After Pictures

orlandosentinel.com — To see a behind-the-scenes video on this project, click here. To see additional photos of UCF through the years, click here. 1966 | 2011: Aerial photos show the massive growth of the campus. (Photos courtesy UCF Special Collections) 2005 | 2013: In just eight years, a new football stadium and arena have completely altered the northeast part of the campus.
Riots in Turkey MT @nycjim: > @Reuters photographers Yannis Behrakis, Murad Sezer & Osman Orsal: incredible photos reut.rs/10lTo2n

Prada mixes romantic and urban for "raw elegance" in Milan

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No mystery here. These lyrics are exactly what I thought they were. ow.ly/i/2n1TI

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"Happy Birthday to You" could become public domain; chain restaurants can stop singing lame substitutes. ow.ly/m3qEk @nytimes
"Hipsters" and "Bros" are being discussed during during jury selection for Zimmerman trial. #TrayvonMartin
"There are some incredibly dull towns in Florida. We are as dull as Ohio in many areas." touch.orlandosentinel.com/#section/1233/… #weirdFLA
"Poppa Was a Rollin' Stone" Great song, awful Dad. RT @BianchiWrites: Father's Day question: What is the best song about fathers?
"There are some incredibly dull towns in Florida. We are as dull as Ohio in many areas." touch.orlandosentinel.com/#section/1233/…
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