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Gannon Hubler is a seasoned professional storyteller in the multimedia world. He has won many awards including Emmys, Edward R. Murrow awards, and National Press Photographer Photographer of The Year Awards. He has directing, Director of Photography, and Producing experience at a high level. What he does best is capture action and tell high quality stories from beginning to end...no detail is left out...and people tell the stories...there are characters, surprises, and beginnings, middles, and ends in everything he touches...

Experience

Video Production Manager
Phoenix Coyotes Hockey Club
November 2008 – Present (5 years 1 month)
I am part of a small production team that handles all video production considerations for The Phoenix Coyotes Hockey Club of the NHL. I tell stories and relate information with steady sequenced video and crisp audio. I season with graphics and tight editing and post-production. I am always learning. I have great respect for the many teachers that have helped me with the craft.

CHIEF PHOTOJOURNALIST
KPHO - A Meredith Corporation
February 2001 – August 2007 (6 years 7 months)
I managed a staff of 18 photojournalists servicing 6 newscasts everyday. I was a working Director of Photography, shooting the same stories and same live shots as my staff. I was responsible for budgets, scheduling, vehicles, gear maintenance, and teaching, as well as a liaison to upper management. A unique and challenging position.
(Open)3 honors and awards

PHOTOJOURNALIST/EDITOR
KNXV-TV
March 1996 – March 2001 (5 years 1 month)
I captured News and Sports events in a newsroom environment. I was responsible for delivering news and feature content for multiple shows under tight deadlines. Live content was a daily requirement and special long form projects were also a concern. Because of the people I worked with and learned from...It will continue to be the best job I ever had...
(Open)1 recommendation

Dave de Medicis
Multi-Media Storyteller
Gannon is one of the most unique and talented photojournalists and video editors that I've ever had the pleasure of working with. He's passionate about story telling and it shows.View

PHOTOJOURNALIST/PRODUCER
WXII-TV
June 1995 – March 1996 (10 months)Winston-Salem, NC
I was responsible for shooting, producing, editing, and ENG truck operation. Everything from News, Sports, to Long Form, and Investigative and Consumer...I did it all with some great people.

PHOTOJOURNALIST/EDITOR
KTVK-TV
March 1992 – June 1995 (3 years 4 months)
Shoot and edit News, Sports, Long Form, and Investigative and Consumer stories. Also responsible for set up and operation of ENG trucks.

PHOTOJOURNALIST
WTAJ-TV
March 1991 – March 1993 (2 years 1 month)
Shoot and edit Sports, News, Long Form, Investigative, and Consumer stories for air. Worked closely with reporters to help produce stories and service newscasts.

Languages

Spanish, Russian

Honors & Awards

EMMY AWARDS
NATAS ROCKY MOUNTAIN SOUTHWEST CHAPTER
Winner of 21 EMMY AWARDS. Journalistic Enterprise, Photojournalism, Lighting, Producing, and Editing.

NPPA PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR 2002
National Press Photographer's Association
July 2003
National contest winner for work in the calendar year 2002. Features, General, spot news, and long format productions.

EDWARD R. MURROW AWARD
RTNDA
February 2006
National award winner for a feature shot and produced with a team of 6 photojournalists headed by Chris Turner.

Office of Film and Media: The State of Arizona currently does not have an office of film and media and cannot be competitive with neighboring states, like New Mexico, to attract this industry to Arizona. Considering the Navajo Nation is home to more than a dozen national monuments, tribal parks and historical sites, and is peppered with a dozen lakes - Lake Powell alone has 186 miles of Navajoland shoreline – tourism is in part a big part of our Navajo economy. Creating an Office of Film and Media would serve as Arizona’s coordinator of production activity to the film and media industry, as an ambassador for the State of Arizona and ideally the Navajo Nation.

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Ed Sharpe, Steve Wargo, Michael Harrelson, and Randy Murray on the east lawn of the Arizona Senate Building on January 16, 2014 during the ‘Lunch on the Set’ event.

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Arizona Senator Carlye Begay (wearing a suit and tie) stands between Michael Harrelson and Jim Burton (stove-pipe hat) and other supporters of reinstating the Arizona Film Office and having an Arizona Film Commissioner.

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The large white sign reads. Without a Film Office our tax revenue is going to other states. Cowboys and Zombies know this to be true and would like to find work in the industry here in Arizona!

Bette Sharpe/Glendale Daily Planet no. 4202.

Zombie makeup was by Autumn Lewis.

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Glendale Daily Planet Editor and Alex Mitchell Photographer both really like cameras, taking pictures, photography and movie and film making. Alex Mitchell’s work includes Arizona Highways TV, Arizona Lottery ads and  so much more. See Alex's excellent  work at -  www.imageequity.com 

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Ed Sharpe and Michael Harrelson went out and interviewed  people at the event.

 

Alex Mitchell  QUICK!  Into the WAYBACK Machine!   Arizona Highways Television with Robin Sewell (and crew) Filming in Catlin Court in Historic Glendale Arizona February 09, 2005   It was a pleasant surprise to walk out the door and see this production being filmed today. Since I have a budding interest in video this was a good 'learning experience' for me! Turn the volume way up when you watch this... Watch the movie below in the player and it will give you an 'inside look' at the filming. Compare this shot to what you will see on the finished show when it airs. - Ed Sharpe   Right Click on link below  then play in Windows Media  Player www.smecc.org/media/AZ Highways TV - Catlin Court.wmv   To learn more about the show... http://www.azcentral.com/travel/azhighways/ Photo by the Alex Mitchell of Ed Sharpe next to the HD Video Camera. Alex  adapted well to using my little IPAQ PDA. And... with my recent interest in video I was amazed they actually allowed a neophyte to touch the Sony F-900 camera! This video shot on a little HP IPAQ rx3715- Edited in Microsoft Movie Maker 2 ((ADDED NOTE YIKES THIS WAS IN 2005! - Seeing this being shot made me want to shoot more than News.... I wanted to be a filmmaker!))

Bishop Olmsted Flips the Switch Initiating Catholic Radio in Arizona
By Ed and Bette Sharpe -  Glendale Daily Planet 

(GDP 12/17/09) Phoenix-   Immaculate Heart Radio held a 'Radio Station Launching' Event today heralding the arrival of an all catholic radio station serving Phoenix and vicinity.

Many priests, parishioners and media from around the Phoenix diocese joined to partake in the  launch and station blessing at at the Mount Claret Retreat Center in Phoenix, with Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted, Bishop of Phoenix, blessing the endeavor and it's people and ‘flipping the switch’  to initiate  broadcasting from Immaculate Heart Radio's newest station KIHP. 

Immaculate Heart Radio broadcasts Catholic programming from around the country and around the world, but also provides local programming in some of its markets. Preparations are already being made to begin a local “Bishop’s Hour” in Phoenix, which would focus on the people, issues and events in the diocese of Phoenix. 

Jim Dwyer, Director of Public Information for the Diocese of Phoenix, said about the upcoming Bishop’s Hour, “It will provide us a real solid communications vehicle to get the word out so the bishop can actually talk to his flock directly, and also to hear the great national programming that is available through Immaculate Heart Radio.”

Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted, Bishop of Phoenix with Doug Sherman, Immaculate Heart Radio 
founder and president  and his son  Fr. Branigan Sherman, LC   - Photo By Ed Sharpe - Glendale Daily Planet

Earlier this month the Federal Communications Commission  granted  Immaculate Heart Radio an application to purchase 5,000 watt KXAM  AM 1310 from Embee Broadcasting, Inc. The station is licensed to Mesa and the signal reaches the greater Phoenix metropolitan area from that location. The new call letters are KIHP – for Immaculate Heart (Radio) of Phoenix.

“We are very excited to serve the Church in this way by bringing the best Catholic programming from around the country and around the world to Arizona,” said Immaculate Heart Radio president Doug Sherman.

Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted, Bishop of Phoenix, expressed his appreciation to Immaculate Heart Radio, Mr. Doug Sherman and his associates, for their efforts on behalf of the Catholics of Arizona.  “Bringing Catholic Radio to Arizona is a dream come true for many of us. This project is one that I gladly endorse and prayerfully support.”

Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted, Bishop of Phoenix  - Photo By Ed Sharpe - Glendale Daily Planet

During the blessing, Bishop Olmsted said, “We constantly see the power of God’s Word being discovered and finding fruit and spreading where we never thought it was possible for it to happen.” He continued, “I’m delighted to be gathered with a number of you here today who have been praying for this day for many years and who have made it possible through your prayers and your sacrificial gifts. This is precisely the day for which we have longed and from this day forward the Word of God will not be chained in terms of radio stations here. This radio station will be up and running 24 hours a day.” 

Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted, Bishop of Phoenix blessed the radio station KIHP and the 
attendees at the radio station launching event.  - Photo By Ed Sharpe - Glendale Daily Planet

Doug Sherman and his son, Fr. Branigan Sherman, shared the story of how Immaculate Heart Radio began with one station in 1997, making it the seventh Catholic radio station in the country at the time. Today, there are 200 Catholic radio stations and translators around the country, 25 of those in the Immaculate Heart Radio network. 

The first station founded in 1997 was KIHM in Reno, Nevada. KSFB AM 1260 in San Francisco is IHR’s largest station in terms of population, followed by KSMH AM 1620 in Sacramento. IHR’s programming is primarily focused on evangelization and catechesis, but devotional hours including the Rosary and Mass, and Catholic news from around the world are also key elements in the broadcast day. Programs that focus on youth and young adults, as well as family and marriage counseling are also very popular.

Sherman stated, “In the past twelve years we have been amazed by hearing from thousands of our listeners who say that Immaculate Heart Radio’s programming has brought them closer to God, deeper into their life of faith, back to the Church and the Sacraments, or into the Church for the first time. We have heard from people who have told us that it has saved or strengthened their marriage, saved their baby, or even saved their life."

"There are several people in seminaries and convents who say that they found their vocation through hearing the Catholic faith broadcast on the air through Immaculate Heart Radio. It is those stories which motivate our staff and supporters to expand into new areas such as Arizona”, Sherman said.

More information is available at www.ihradio.org, or by calling 866-77 HEART.

Doug Sherman, Immaculate Heart Radio founder and president
Photo By Ed Sharpe - Glendale Daily Planet

Monsignor John McMahon, a retired priest in residence at Mount Claret Retreat Center, expressed his support of the station at the launch, saying, “I have every confidence that the program we begin today will be the ongoing education and continuation of the Catholic Church. This happening today is a powerful blessing to our Church and particularly to our diocese of Phoenix.”

Stations: Immaculate Heart Radio currently operates now 24 stations (including 11 translators). Each Immaculate Heart Radio station broadcasts authentic Catholic programming 24 hours a day. (Map courtesy Immaculate Heart Radio Network)

Doug Sherman, Immaculate Heart Radio founder and president, Fr. Branigan Sherman, LC   and Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted, Bishop accept the hearty congratulations offered by Ed Sharpe Glendale Daily Planet (Far right) ,  We also  spoke a little about streaming media and the Glendale Daily Planet's operation.   - Photo By Bette Sharpe - Glendale Daily Planet

(More photos, text and  caption data and  some video yet to be posted!- Ed)

IEEE Computer Society Phoenix Chapter Members and Friends
Explore the Xeon Phi®, the New Intel 48 Core CPU”

Photo by Bette Sharpe/Glendale Daily Planet

Jim Irvine, Senior Staff Engineer, Intel and Ed Sharpe Archivist for SMECC hold
a wafer slice containing 80 of the Xeon Phi®, the New Intel 48 Core CPU”

 

The IEEE Computer Society chapter meeting was held on Wednesday, May 1^st, at the DeVry University, Phoenix Campus. located at 2149 W Dunlap Avenue, Phoenix.

 

The speaker for this meeting was Jim Irvine, Senior Staff Engineer, Intel. Jim’s presentation was “Introducing Xeon Phi®, the New Intel 48 Core CPU” Marking a new era in high-performance computing, Intel Corporation has introduced the Intel Xeon Phi® coprocessor to bring unprecedented performance for innovative breakthroughs in many areas of computing. The ability to quickly compute, simulate and make more informed decisions has propelled the growth of high performance computing (HPC) and analytics. The growth has been driven by global business and research priorities to more accurately predict weather patterns, create more efficient energy resources, and develop cures for diseases among many other pressing issues. With the breakthrough performance per watt and other new attributes of the Intel Xeon Phi® coprocessor, Intel and the industry will help proliferate high-performance computing beyond laboratories and universities and achieve maximum productivity.

Jim Irvine joined Intel in 1990 and has held a variety technical roles within Desktop and Server engineering. He led the design team for Intel's conversion from wire bond to C4 technology and architected the current Intel(r) Xeon Phi® coprocessor package. He currently leads the next generation Intel Many Integrated Core product Platform Architecture Execution Board.

 

About the Phoenix Chapter of the IEEE Computer Society

The Phoenix Chapter of the IEEE Computer Society is a group of computer professionals from the Phoenix Area that work in computer related fields. Monthly meetings focus on technical topics of interest to our members and are open to the public.

To learn more about the Phoenix Chapter of the IEEE Computer Society see http://ewh.ieee.org/r6/phoenix/compsociety/index.htm

 

 

 

CouryGraph Productions  is a 2013 Platinum Hermes Creative Award Winner for the  "Glendale Daily Planet "  for internet  news presentation.  

In addition,  coverage of the The 28th Annual Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism and Mass Communication   winner Christiane Amanpour presentation on Thursday, November 17, 2011 netted Ed and Bette  Sharpe  a   2013 Gold  Hermes Creative Award.

Archivist brings teletype back to PD By Bette Sharpe - Glendale Daily Planet
Photo by Bette Sharpe/Glendale Daily Planet Teletype guys At left, Ed Sharpe, archivist for SMECC, and Dan Kallberg, curator of the Glendale Police Museum, lean on the vintage teletype machine. An interest in teletype machines and a friend at the Glendale Police Museum started Sharpe on an interesting quest	Photo by Bette Sharpe/Glendale Daily Planet Vetrano teletypes The Glendale Police Museum includes a photo of officer Sal Vetrano using the teletype machine during its heyday.
An interest in teletype machines and a friend at the Glendale Police Museum started Ed Sharpe on an interesting quest. Years back, Sharpe, archivist for the Southwest Museum of Engineering, Communications and Computation, had been discussing police communications with Dan Kallberg, a retired police officer and the curator of the Glendale Police Museum. At that time, it was located in the Fraternal Order of Police hall east of the Glendale Public Safety Building. Kallberg had mentioned the Glendale Police Department had used a teletype machine in the 1960s. Time went on and Sharpe ended up with a group of teletypes he was using to build a history display on telecommunications for the deaf. Remembering back to his conversation with Kallberg, Sharpe was curious as to what model teletype the Glendale PD had used. Kallberg showed Sharpe a photograph of an officer sitting in front of a teletype, Model 28 KSR, a 5 level Baudot machine. SMECC likes to put things out at other museums for display, so plans were made to loan the police museum a teletype just like the one in the photo. Sharpe was curious as to who the officer was, and suggested that they try to find him and pose him with the teletype unit at the museum - sort of a before and after photo. Kallberg told Sharpe the officer’s name was Sal Vetrano, and that the photo had been taken in the new (at that time) police station (torn down, the Civic Center stands on that ground now). Vetrano had joined the Glendale Police Department in 1953 as a reserve officer, then went on as a full time officer in 1956. Vetrano stayed on until 1970, when he left the department. Kallberg states, “When Sal was an officer, he was the one responsible for starting up the PD’s photo lab, maintaining and controlling the records section of the PD, and running the front desk and assisting citizens when they came in to the Police Dept. Sal ran the teletype machine, which was connected to California, Nevada, Oregon, and Arizona.” Armed with that information, Sharpe was able to start searching Sal out on the Internet and based on age and some vague hints on prior locale, found Sal living in Leakey, Texas, and running Vinny’s Pizzeria at 82 years of age. Sal said he would come to pose for a “current” photo with a teletype when he comes to Arizona to visit his children. The teletype is all in place in the museum for people to visit, and Kallberg the curator said, “The teletype machine, although slow by today’s standards, was a fast way of obtaining critical information about felony crimes that had just occurred within the Four Corners area. The teletype also freed up the telephone line at the police department for other incoming calls for service. Thanks to the efforts of Sharpe, the Glendale Police Museum was able to obtain this teletype machine for display. With Ed’s help we were able to preserve a small piece of history and put it on display so everyone could enjoy.” Visit the Glendale Police Museum at 6835 N. 57th Drive. Museum hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Office hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday and Wednesday. For more information, visit www.glendaleaz.com/police/history.cfm. Photo Courtesy of Glendale Police Museum
Photo by Julie Becker - Hill Country Herald Ed Sharpe, after  an internet search,  found Sal In Leaky Texas.   At 83, Sal run VINNY'S PIZZERIA and iis delighting  people   with  Pizzas and other wonderful menu items.

Icon Pilot/Reporter Jerry Foster 
takes us for a wild ride on 
"Flying with Chopper Rose".

If you get this  in email use this link to go to the video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gp1gSaMiyYw

 

Ed Sharpe Archivist  for SMECC and Jerry Foster retired KPNX SKY-12 pilot and reporter examine  the Tayburn TNR-202A Airborne news relay system omni-directional antenna mount. 

A flash from the past! -  Ed Sharpe Archivist  for SMECC and Jerry Foster retired KPNX SKY-12 pilot and reporter examine  the Tayburn TNR-202A Airborne news relay system omni-directional antenna mount  from the original sky 12 helicopter over 30 years ago... The dark metal portion  mounted to the landing skid on the bottom of the helicopter and the light colored portion would deploy the omni antenna downwards when the craft was in flight... and hopefully also raise it before landing! In addition,  the skid mount held the 2 Gigahertz  power amplifier rated at 13 watts. -  A twin to this assembly was mounted on the other skid with a deployable omni-directional antenna  for receiving. Looking at the  news ad of the Sky 12 helicopter below you can see 2 omni-directional  antennas and the close up inset photo shows the unit that Ed and Jerry are examining.

In the inset Photo you will notice two can-like  items on  the skid mount. These are forward and  rear facing 2 Gigahertz directional horn antennas. These were used to achieve higher gain back to the Tayburn Auto tracking receive site antenna.

 

FROM SMECC:

First in Arizona to report/fly from an effective hi-speed, maneuverable news platform Jerry Foster set records and  got news to us.  This  used a newly developed Tayburn microwave platform that is reputed to be a spin-off of military technology. At the  station end there was an autotracking antenna system that would  follow Jerry around the  valley (and beyond) as he sped about, this system was the secret of what made the Tayburn system so good.

In Arizona,  KOOL Channel 10 claims a first too.  There had been an experimental  point to point test incorporating  relay transmissions  that grant them a claim to a 'first live from a helicopter',  but these were limited as  they relied on a person holding a microwave  transmitter out the  window of the helicopter pointed down to a fixed  microwave  receiver at the ground... then cabled over to the remote truck that  would retransmit the signal  to the station then to the transmitter site to go out over the airwaves to your house. 

We also can  add that  Bill Close and  Channel 10 news and engineering crew gloated over pulling  this  first off...  just in a very short  time before the  SKY-12 Tayburn system was deployed. 

Did it  work? Yes, a signal  was sent... SO... was KOOL First?  Yes, first signal -  but alas not as practical airborne  news platform. Was it usable? Sorta! If  everything was connected,  aimed properly and you had  time to set it all up... an airborne news report could be set to the station

Jerry Foster is finishing up  his book "EARTH BOUND MISFIT" That will be released at he end of summer.

Many questions will be answered and  facts explored by Jerry's book.  We at SMECC will be putting together not only  more  info on the Tayburn system from the engineering aspects. 

Controversial at times? Indeed! Whether you loved or hated him,  Pilot/Reporter Jerry Foster helped transform the helicopter industry into what it is today. Enjoy this video segment as Foster breaks his silence in a no holds barred interview on "Flying with Chopper Rose" and takes us on another wild ride down memory lane. Ed Sharpe  - Archivist for SMECC