Rupert Angarita Dodds is an award-winning freelance news editor, cameraman and producer based in London. He began his career working as a photographer in his native South Africa before making the transition to cameraman and editor. In 1994, Rupert acquired the first non-linear editing system in South Africa which enabled him to add speed to his editing process. He left South Africa in 1995 and began to work for a broad base of clients and several post-production facilities. In 1999, Rupert was involved in training and technical support in ABC News' complete transition to digital using Avid. In 2001, he received both the Peabody Award and the Alfred I. DuPont Award for his coverage of the 11 September attacks in America. In 2003, he was headhunted by Fox News and was the cameraman, editor and satellite technician for a clandestine team that reported live, daily from Kurdistan when the Iraq invasion began and moving south as Bagdad fell. Rupert works single-mindedly on stories ranging from breaking news to longer form and has gained a reputation as one of the quickest working editors in the business. He currently  freelances at the London Bureau for ABC News America and has previously worked for the BBC, Channel 4, CNN, MTV, French TV, Korean broadcasting, MBC and Sky News. He has covered stories such as the Asian tsunami and the capture of Saddam Hussein in international locations such as Sri Lanka, Israel, the Republic of Georgia, Pakistan, Afghanistan, China, Burma and many others.

Rupert is an avid paraglider pilot and competes internationally and has been a British National Championships pilot for the past five years. He is also a seasoned marathon runner, raising funds for a variety of charitable organisations. He lives with his wife in Richmond.