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By JOE SIMNACHER
The Dallas Morning News
Bert Nicolo Shipp and Dallas broadcast journalism came of age together in the 1960s. He was a pioneer who helped shape the medium as it evolved.
During his 40-year career in local television news, Shipp worked in nearly every facet of the profession, from filming automobile accidents and structure fires to covering the assassination of a president. A hard-driving free spirit, he once talked his way into an exclusive interview with the Beatles in their dressing room. … For the rest of the story, subscribe in print and on the web.