Television NewsVideo Workshop
Faculty
- Darrell Barton
- Bob Brandon
- Bob Dotson
- Ray Farkas
- John Gross
- Charles Hadlock
- David Handschuh
- Kevin Hartfield
- Steve Hartman
- Jerry Hattan
- Larry Hatteberg
- John Hyjek
- Jeff Imperial
- Scott Jensen
- Cindy Kahland
- John Larson
- Sharon Levy Freed
- Josh Maranhas
- Vince Munyon
- Jason Rhodes
- Les Rose
- Mike Schuh
- Kimberly Shirk
- Brian Storm
- Tim Underhill
- Greg Vandegrift
- Dave Wertheimer
- Craig White
Jerry Hattan
Veteran NPPA Workshop faculty member Jerry Hattan has done news, all kinds of news. And been honored over and over again for the job consistently done well. Hattans' NPPA Workshop involvement began in 1981 as a participant. Four years later Jerry joined the faculty and has returned to The Workshop every year. All that, in the midst of a successful and busy television news career.
Jerry's first TV job was in 1979 at the NBC station in his hometown of Wichita, Kansas (after an internship with Larry Hatteberg at KAKE-TV). In 1982 Hattan made the move to KPRC-TV in Houston. While in news, Hattan earned the prestigious Texas Headliners Award, Associated Press' Best Photojournalist Award three times and NPPA Region Eight Photographer of the Year. Jerry spent several years as NPPA's Region 8 Clip Contest chairman and also judged the national contest. After five years in news, Hattan moved into the station's Special Projects Unit, where he co-produced, shot and edited series, documentaries, features and investigative stories. His investigative work stands out because of its use of people to tell the stories, rather than the usual "copies of documents obtained by...". While in this unit, Hattan received the Texas Headliners "Best Investigative" Award, the RTNDA regional award, the Texas Katie Award, the Houston Press Club award and a Gold Award from the Houston International Film Festival. He also received a Gold Special Jury Award from the Houston Film Festival for a documentary he produced on the role Houstonians played in the historic Apollo moon landing.
In 1991 Hattan gave up the Special Projects assignment and took a job across town at KHOU-TV. Jerry teamed up with NPPA faculty member and reporter Charles Hadlock, and they were nationally honored with the Leukemia Society of America's Service to Mankind Award for their multi-year coverage of "Road to a Cure".
Jerry's greatest professional challenge came eight years ago when he left the safety and comfort of a staff position at KHOU-TV in Houston to "go freelance". After a slow year or two of "quiet, reflective time", Jerry says his client base has definitely improved. This past year over a third of his work was for CBS' 48HOURS or 60 MINUTES. His client list also includes ABC, NBC, PBS' Frontline, Discovery Channel, A&E and numerous corporate clients. He is a visual communicator whose style of storytelling previously won awards, but now wins clients.
Jerry's greatest personal challenge is just beginning. He and his wife, Elaine, have twin boys, born on their dad's birthday, not quite two years ago. Brian and Liam live (not so quietly) with their parents, and Max the dog, in Missouri City, Texas.