Tim Ortman

Tim Ortman spent 35 years in television news, having worked for all major U.S television news networks (NBC, ABC, CBS, CNN, FOX) and the BBC. As an Emmy Award winning cameraman and producer, his understanding of the overall television production process is comprehensive; with four decades of experience shooting, lighting, story editing, writing and producing.

However, his chops were truly made on the front lines of news as part of the Foreign Press Corps. Based in Europe during the 80’s as an impressionable 20-something staff cameraman for NBC News, his understanding of and appreciation for the news biz was formed when the news biz was at its most trustworthy zenith.

His globe-trotting travels have taken him on assignments to five continents, covering everything from war, revolution, famine, terrorist attacks, Cold War Summits, and the fall of Communism to presidential elections, Papal visits, Olympiads and Olympic Park bombings and the occasional press conference. He has been fortunate to have occupied a front row seat on numerous historically significant happenings. Many of those stories are re-told, with a sometimes-humorous reflection, in the pages within his memoir, NEWSREAL A View Through the Lens, When…