Todd Gaertner

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Industry	Communications or Media
Occupation	Photojournalist
Location	Toledo, Ohio, United States
Introduction	Since 2004, my job as a photojournalist with 13ABC has allowed me to take part in events that made an impact on Toledo history. In October 2005, Sashem Brey and I were the first news team on the scene of a Neo-Nazi rally that erupted into a riot which made national headlines. It was an experience to remember; we were exposed to large amounts of tear gas and were eventually forced to run to our Jeep for safety. In February of 2006, I was the only Toledo photojournalist with on-the-field credentials for SuperBowl XL at Ford Field. I spent the entire week prior attending news conferences in Detroit, featuring stars like Aretha Franklin and the Rolling Stones – and conducting interviews with personalities like ESPN’s Chris Berman and Tom Arnold of FOX Sports. In February 2007, Bill Hormann and I spent hours reporting live from the intersection where Toledo Police Detective Keith Dressel was shot and killed. As the search for a shooter reached its 8th hour, Bill and I saw the prime suspect being led out of the same house we had just interviewed someone in just 30 minutes before!