Hartman started his television journalism career in 1977, working at three local television stations in West Palm Beach, Miami, Florida, and
Washington, D.C. In 1983, he launched his network career as a field producer for
CBS News in the Atlanta bureau. Hartman's tenure at CBS News began in 1983 as key producer in the coverage of major events. From 1986 to 1989, he worked as the White House producer and received his first national Emmy award for his coverage of the Reagan-Gorbachev summit in
Reykjavik, Iceland. Hartman served as the senior producer for the
CBS Evening News in Washington, D.C. from 1989 to 1991. He joined
60 Minutes as a producer in 1991, where he produced 100 segments for Correspondent
Lesley Stahl between 1991 and 2005. == References ==