TV Crews Cover Haiti

January 15, 2010 lead

From: The Washington Post

“Technology has made the job of covering remote disasters somewhat easier… Some TV reporters carried laptop-size satellite transmitters called BGANs, which enabled them to send near broadcast-quality video from the streets. But some reporters had to improvise, using car batteries to power cameras and microphones.”

What, no photographers?

To any of the crews over there, please BE SAFE and send us photos and stories. Upload to flickr and tag them with “b-roll.net.”

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