JOHN S. BULLARD
Cameraman and Chief Flapper

John Bullard has been telling stories with pictures and sound for more than for thirty years at the local and network level. He started in 1975 in local news shooting and editing 16 mm film and learning a new camera system called ENG. He continued to do local news and production until 1980.

1980 found John heading to Washington, D.C. where he joined a fledgling news organization called CNN. As one of the original seven camera crews for CNN in Washington, he covered the last days of the Carter Administration, Ronald Reagan's landslide election, the American hostage return from Iran and the assassination attempt on President Reagan.

In 1981, John moved "across the street" to ABC News. As a White House camera crew member, he traveled around the world with Presidents Reagan and Bush. Several of the stories he covered for "World News Tonight", "Nightline", and "20/20" were nominated for national Emmy Awards. He also covered the Air Florida crash, the 1986 Challenger disaster and several political campaigns.

In 1990, John transferred to the ABC News Atlanta Bureau.  During his eleven years based in the South he has covered the 1991 Pan -American Games in Havana, Hurricane Andrew, the election of President Bill Clinton & the subsequent investigations concerning Whitewater, Paula Jones &  Monica Lewinski; the Pope's visit to Cuba, the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, the Oklahoma City bombing, the raising of the Confederate submarine Hunley, the presidential election from Nashville, Tennessee and Tallahassee, Florida, and was part of the ABC News Emmy Award-winning Millennium broadcast.

In September 2001, utilizing all his resources and knowledge, he formed the video production company, Lip Flap Productions, where he is a lighting cameraman/Director of Photography. He still tells stories with pictures and sound.