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Cell phone reporting: The next wave?

Cell phone reporting: The next wave?

We’ve all seen it before. A news story submitted by a viewer from his or her cell phone. Many of these images show police beating a “helpless” suspect, climatic weather situations or even horrific car crashes. So if you have a camera phone, will you be the next Dan Rather or Katie Couric—I don’t think so.

Grant Burningham, web producer with The New York Times did just that. Armed with his camera phone and a great pair of running shoes, he reported from the front lines of the New York marathon. As only a true journalist could do, he made me feel as if I was a part of this marathon. Listen to his 5 one-minute or so newscasts.
http://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/sports/20061106_MARATHON_AUDIOSS/blocker.html

Reporting is hard enough but think about the pressure to report, produce and place on the web your newscast. Choosing the correct words and maintaining journalistic integrity are key. The last newscast recorded at the finish should serves as a lesson for us.

Finish what you start, be diligent and ethical and use what you can to get the story.
http://poynter.org/column.asp?id=83&aid=113651

Trinay Blake

posted by Mark H. @ 11/21/2006 10:49:00 PM