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Life Behind The Camera

Life Behind The Camera

By: Chuck Quinzio October 31, 2013 Paperback | 234 pgs.

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  • Chuck Quinzio

    Chuck Quinzio has worked as a television cameraman in Chicago for thirty years. During that time he has seen and filmed it all. “Life Behind the Camera” is a memoir that recounts some truly amazing tales; some tragic, some historic, and some that are just plain laugh out loud funny. This is his first book. Read More

  • Anyone in broadcasting will be fascinated by Chuck Quinzio’s TV and radio adventures. I thought I heard Chuck’s best stories during my time working with him in the TV news business, but he saved the best for this book! His writing talent makes it a great read for everybody.

    Bob Sirott, WGN Radio

Summary

For the past thirty years, Chuck Quinzio has been filming life on the streets of Chicago as a television news cameraman. “Life Behind the Camera” is his vividly colorful memoir; a chronicle of the news stories of the last three decades, told from a cameraman’s perspective.

*Stand alongside a young gangbanger lying on the streets of Chicago, struggling to stay alive.

*Chase down celebrities (Michael Jackson, Princess Diana, Michael Jordan, Harry Caray), politicians (Harold Washington, Rod Blagojevich), and criminals (including mob bosses).

*Cheat death as you hang out of a helicopter, or slink out of a housing project amid a flurry of flying bullets, or maneuver your way around the gruesome underbelly of Chicago.

*Hang out in Chicago’s television newsrooms—and learn the behind the scenes machinations of assignment editors, reporters, news directors, anchors, and crew.

*Spend time with a network television news crew, flying into such hotspots as Iowa, Nebraska, and Ohio.

*And of course, experience the joy and splendor of the city of Chicago.

Quinzio’s storytelling paints a picture of Chicago and the television news business you’ll never forget; tragic, gritty, frightening, and laugh-out-loud hilarious.

 

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Chicagoland Radio & Media 

WGN.com

Reviews

  • This is a must read for anyone interested in learning about the world of TV journalism — as seen through the eyes (and lens!) of Chuck Quinzio — one of the best in the business. Reading Chuck’s many stories — well-spiced with his terrific dry wit — is a great way to discover how television photo-journalism has evolved from the 1980s to the present day. That said, Chuck’s often-hilarious tales about the foibles of the true characters he’s encountered these past three decades makes for wonderful reading.

    Bill Zwecker, Fox-32 News and the Chicago Sun Times
  • Anyone in broadcasting will be fascinated by Chuck Quinzio’s TV and radio adventures. I thought I heard Chuck’s best stories during my time working with him in the TV news business, but he saved the best for this book! His writing talent makes it a great read for everybody.

    Bob Sirott, WGN Radio
  • Finished it in one sitting while on a flight from San Francisco to Chicago earlier this month! The writing is crisp and I enjoyed every chapter, many of them quite funny.

    Nancy Loo, WGN-TV

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