2 months ago
One Occupy Protester Changes the Live News Model
This brilliant young man is going to use quadrocopters to shoot overhead footage of OWS protests. While traditional news copters can be restricted, any altitude at 400 feet or below is not restricted, FAA airspace. Both the quadrocopters and the smartphones are wireless technologies. In the context of social engagement to address disparities that minorities are disproportionately affected by, this is far from being second class citizenship.
[via Mashable]
“Occupy Wall Street broadcaster Tim Pool’s protest coverage, shot entirely on smartphones, has received more attention than most mainstream media. The reporter - who doesn’t identify with the term citizen journalist - is now devising ways mobile technology can provide unprecedented news coverage.
Pool rose to fame after his 21-hour live Ustream broadcast of the Nov. 15 raid on Zuccotti Park went viral on Twitter. His stream provided what large camera crews could not - an unfiltered take on the action as it unfolded. His footage was featured on Al Jazeera English, MSNBC and Time.com …”
