Reporter Mike Lee reviews "Shoot First: Code of the News Cameraman"
Hank has written a compelling must read adventure behind the scenes of the golden age of television news when The San Francisco Bay Area was a national crucible of global social change. "Shoot First: Code of the News Cameraman." Is also a much needed insight into the unsung heroes of news gathering, the folks behind the cameras. Hank himself has been in the trenches and his memoirs show us that despite what you might think of the so-called harsh values of tv news there are caring and intelligent people out there, like Hank and his colleagues, whose instant judgments under pressure, and often amid danger, are sensitive, artistic and hugely important to our perception of the world we see on the news. To put it another way, think of football's top quarterbacks: They are under pressure to get the ball in the air. Camera men and women, along with their sound recordists, are the quarterbacks of tv news. They put the ball in play, making many crucial decisions every minute the clock is running, sometimes while under fire. Without them we would be a much poorer democracy. I recommend "Shoot First: Code of the News Cameraman' for anyone thinking of picking up a camera and becoming a video journalist. For the rest of us, it is a darn fine account of the humanity behind the lens.
Mike Lee
Reporter KHFI TV Austin 1964-65, WFAA TV Dallas 66-68, KPIX TV San Francisco 68-75; CBS News 1975-80; ABC News 1980-2006
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Veteran news cameraman Hank Schoepp, who worked for San Francisco’s KPIX/CBS 5 from 1968-1997, has released a memoir on Amazon.com. His book covers a one-of-a-kind view on some of the biggest stories of that time.
"Shoot First: Code of The News Cameraman" is a page-turner for all readers from Journalism students, to Bay Area historians, to anyone interested in a behind the scenes view of some of the biggest stories of that era.
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