In 1987 Dave Wertheimer paid his own way to the NPPA NewsVideo Workshop as a Shoot and Edit Participant. Armed with a RCA TK-76 connected via a BNC to a JVC 3/4" deck his life changed. That one week in March so long ago set in place a chain of events that changed Dave from being just a cameraman/editor, to an involved Storyteller, Teacher and newsroom leader.
Since 1993 Dave has been on the faculty of the NPPA NewsVideo Workshop, and Co-Director since 1995 . Dave has also been very involved in the NPPA as a speaker at countless regional and national seminars including hosting the first ever Airborne Seminar and the 2002 Convention. Dave also produced the NPPA live shot safety informational tape "Look Up and Live". ��Since 2004 Dave has been writing the column "Gain Is Good" for the NPPA magazine News Photographer.
Since 1979 Dave Wertheimer has worked all over the country at 16 different stations. His latest job has taken him to Atlanta Georgia where he is the News Operations Manager for WGCL CBS 46 since April of 2005.� In Atlanta he does everything from running the newsroom to running a live truck to still shooting when needed.
Dave has over 80 awards for storytelling. From Emmys to SPJ to NPPA, including 2 citations NPPA gave him for his dedication to the craft of Photojournalism and for teaching. �His proudest achievement is a little boy named Matthew who was born in January of 2001.