Kit Swartz

{{short description|American television producer}}

Kit Swartz was an American television producer, for CNN,{{cite web|url=http://cnnobservations.blogspot.com/search?q=Kit+Swartz|title=CNN Observations|website=cnnobservations.blogspot.com|accessdate=15 May 2018}}

and he is currently a freelance photographer.

He was a soundman at the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 with Cynde Strand.{{cite web|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/06/02/tiananmen.anniversary.cynde.strand/index.html|title=Cynde Strand: 'We knew it was coming, and we survived' -|first=Daniela |last=Deane |website=CNN|access-date=15 May 2018}}

He was a cameraman for "Europe on the Brink", which won a 1992 CINE Golden Eagle award.{{cite web|url=http://www.cine.org/archives/winner-archives/pdfs/1992-CINE-Winner-Directory.pdf|title=Login - CINE|date=30 September 2014|publisher=|accessdate=15 May 2018}}

He was also a member of the band Love Tractor during his time at University of Georgia, which was critically acclaimed as one of the founders of the Athens alternate rock scene.

Awards

  • 2009 George Polk Award{{Cite web |url=http://www.mynews.in/CNN_documentary_wins_George_Polk_Award_N38570.html |title=CNN documentary wins George Polk Award : MyNews.in |access-date=2010-05-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120301204830/http://www.mynews.in/CNN_documentary_wins_George_Polk_Award_N38570.html |archive-date=2012-03-01 |url-status=dead }}
  • 2009 'International Television & Radio', Amnesty International UK Media Awards{{cite web|url=https://www.amnesty.org.uk/content.asp?CategoryID=11576|title=Home|website=www.amnesty.org.uk|accessdate=15 May 2018}}

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