In August, 1983, a storm in the Gulf had the entire KPRC-TV news staff on high alert. From the crews in the field to the producers in the newsroom, everyone in the news department resigned themselves to long hours, little food, and less-than-perfect working conditions. And that's when Liz Palmer fell in love with video production. She was a college intern at KPRC as Hurricane Alicia roared ashore. Now married with 2 college-age daughters of her own, Liz Palmer Chapman has never forgotten the challenges of that long-ago storm---the ways in which a team of researchers, producers, photographers, editors, and reporters worked together to overcome any number of challenges and use the video medium to tell a compelling and important story.
Liz Chapman has been telling great stories ever since, and I'm extremely happy to tell you that she is the newest member of our creative team at Stonefilms. In a very real sense Liz is coming home. Even during her intern days, it was obvious that Liz had an intuitive feel for research and production work. Dad was anchoring the news at KPRC and he was very supportive of this young student with so much potential. After graduation Liz worked full-time at the station as a researcher and producer before leaving in 1990 to begin working freelance.
It's been an award-winning career, with projects for M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, UT Health Science Center, KHOU-TV, and, yes, Stonefilms. She's produced everything from telethons to parades (13 years with Houston's downtown Thanksgiving Parade), rodeos to reality shows. She won an Emmy Award for a documentary on immigration. And along the way she built a reputation for class and integrity that is second to none.
I made a reference earlier to Liz coming home and it's really true. She's a part of the family and it's wonderful to see her find a place here at Stonefilms. Liz will do all the things she did during that summer in 1983: she'll research, and write, and produce, and make us laugh, and keep us sane. Liz Chapman, welcome home!
-----Ronnie
Monday, October 5, 2009
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