Submitted by farrell kramer on Tue, 05/13/2008 - 4:49pm.
When journalists get arrested, usually it's to protect an anonymous source or support the First Amendment. Video blogger Lindsay Campbell of MobLogic.tv chose jail in order to better understand the story she was covering.
At the end of the clip below, Campbell questions why reporters are supposed to avoid becoming part of the story. She asks why it's wrong to relate her feelings about a story along with the facts?
As a reporter, I was taught not to do these things. But watching Campbell's piece, I wonder if there aren't new ways to approach news coverage we should all think about? New technology, a new generation...
Al Sharpton
Well done. Nice footage. Great angle on the story!
One problem though, I would venture to say that Al Sharpton's input was not even requested by this poor gentleman's family. He is the generic spokesperson for Black people in this country, unfortunately a lot of us younger people never asked for him to be that.
But at the end of the day at least he's there!
Harold
I thought the reporter
I thought the reporter raised some interesting questions in her report.
In terms of Rev. Al, well, what can I say...