Yeah! I've seen (heard) his stuff. Really good TV.want a great photojournalist, Ralph Rayburn in Miami. WSVN-TV. He was a photog, then started shooting breaking news stories with the station taking him live shooting the story and ad libing, now he is the photojournalist on SKYFORCE 7. Fantastic photojournalist, from breaking news to pkgs to specials. And a really good guy
Wayne Freedman’s story telling is among the best. However I’m not sure that a reporter, any reporter, no matter how great could fully relate to all the experiences that a room full of 12 ENG “cameramen†of Edmonton’s market size may have. I’m thinking with Dave Busse’s reputation as an excellent long term large market ENG shooter – next time anyone in need of a speaker should try and hire Mr. Busse.How about reporter (and soon to be one-man-band) Wayne Freedman of KGO-TV, San Francisco? He's the author of "It Takes More Than Good Looks To Succeed In TV News"; his style of crafting stories is as much about photography and editing as it is writing; he's a great speaker; and all of the stories he talks about are stories shot on "day for air" or similar tight deadlines--no stories thath took a week to shoot, two weeks to write and a week to edit, etc. You might even want to invite some reporters along.
Wayne personally send me this picture of his late father Mike Freedman pioneering the first handheld live camera porta-pack for ABC Sports. Although I have permission from Wayne to publicly display this picture, I only display it in rare occasions. So enjoy the picture.Wayne's father, the late Mike Freedman of ABC Sports, invented much of what we take for granted about TV sports coverage, including the use of hand-held cameras on sidelines, etc., so Wayne comes from a blood line of visual communication.