I've been a network news cameraman, video editor and producer since 1982 and honed my skills as an anchor, journalist, photographer and editor in local television news during the 70's.

That's me with the camera in the picture below. It was 1985 and Mexico City had been hit by two earthquakes. I was assigned to cover the first earthquake and was there to experience the second. I was assigned to Tom Brokaw and we were being given a walking tour of the devestation by the president of Mexico.

I've shot a thousand stories or more for major network broadcast over the years and I'm proficient as an editor on both Avid and Final Cut Pro. As a freelance editor for NBC News and CBS News in New York working out of their Dallas bureaus I've cut many hundreds of stories for network news shows such as NBC Nightly News, The Today Show and CBS Evening News.

I've put aside the old Betacam and now carry two (mostly) tapeless cameras; the exciting new Sony PMW-EX3 and the widely adopted Panasonic HVX200 P2 camera, which also shoots standard DV and "squeezed HD within DV" on DV tape cassettes. In addition to my shooting and editing skills, I'm an award-winning journalist who has worked as a field producer for NBC Nightly News, The Today Show and ABC's Good Morning America.

214.497.7825
don@newsvideo.com.