Recent content by David R. Busse

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I was proud to have shot a few elements in this fine Wayne Freedman story from KGO-TV, San Francisco. Believe Dean Smith shot the rest of the story (much better than the old guy in LA)... http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/video?id=7274888&pid=7274311

...stories like this one have a way of getting on the air, or in this case, getting on a section front and the newspaper's web site. BTW, that guy mentioned in the first paragraph is an old fraternity brother of...

This was not done for television and never aired anywhere. For the past few years my brother (a machinery salesman who dabbles in video now and then), occasionally assisted by myself and an ABC colleague named Martin Orozco, have been visiting the Ozark country retreat of an old family friend...

Pm me...trying to contact somebody on your desk.

He died in Atlanta a few days ago, the voice of the Atlanta Braves. He was in his late 60s and had a bad liver. A friend of Skip's told me, politely, the veteran announcer had lived a "full life..." and it took it's toll. He was the radio voice of the old St. Louis Hawks when I was a kid; also...

NPR today reported the 30th anniversary of the Supreme Court's Bakke decision. This was the landmark ruling that disallowed racial quotas for college admission. Politics aside, it was a landmark ruling in my life. "Reaction to Bakke decision..." was the first story I ever shot on ENG. I'd been...

From the NABET/CWA website. This contract covers technical personnel (staff and freelance) at ABC News, ABC network bo&e, WABC-TV, KABC-TV, WLS-TV and KGO as well as certain writers, producers and other behind-the-scenes personnel. NABET-CWA/ABC Negotiations Bulletin 45 BULLETIN 45 December...

This last rash of Santa Ana winds and wildfires in Southern California brought a huge influx of local station tv crews from afar...more than I'd seen on previous fires. The winds are calm (now), but we are into November, which is traditionally the worst fire month of the year, and we in the...

Thanks to friends at the FBI and BATF, I recently was steered to the 511 clothing line. The 511 all-cotton tactical pants have suddenly become my all-time favorite pants for news field work, and I think I have seven pairs in the closet. You can buy them on line or at uniform stores, and they...

You probably heard about the publicized emergency landing made by New York's Fox5 helicopter the other day. The pilot and photographer heard a metal banging noise and looked up to discover one of the engine cowlings, unlatched and flapping upward, toward the rotor blades. They put the ship down...

Veteran ABC News Los Angeles Bureau cameraman Robert "Skip" Jennings, a fixture of the network's coverage for more than 30 years, died of pancreatic cancer at his home in Las Vegas today. I had the pleasure of working with Skip on many assignments. He was the first west coast network cameraman...

I try not to do much travel anymore. But this latest tip comes from my brother, who is on the road a lot selling/installing/servicing industrial machinery. He just got about $10,000 worth of tools stolen from pilfered luggage on an international trip, and his investigation found a huge problem...

Normally, the passing of a Hollywood notable rates little or no mention on this board. That’s why I want to tell you a little story about a morning I spent 14 years ago with film director Robert Altman. He died this week at age 81. I was assigned to meet our entertainment reporter at a West...

Your guys happy with our service Saturday?