Jackson Powers interviews Steve Starnes
[AI-Generated Summary] Retired news photographer Stevie Starnes recounts his forty-year career in broadcast journalism, beginning in 1969 at WGEM in his hometown of Quincy, Illinois. He describes the technical evolution of his trade, from manually mixing chemicals and measuring focus with tape measures for 16mm black-and-white film to transitioning into color television. After moving to WTHR in Indianapolis in 1979, Starnes spent three decades working on high-profile projects, including an award-winning national Emmy documentary on the Ku Klux Klan and a series of global assignments with reporter Anne Ryder. His career afforded him the opportunity to travel to nearly every U.S. state and numerous international locations, where he filmed prominent figures such as Mother Teresa and Henry Kissinger, and covered significant global sites like Guantanamo Bay and the Arctic Circle.
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