Thursday, November 16, 2006
Cell Phone Journalists
"Got a cellphone camera? You, too, can be a television journalist. The news
staff of WABC-TV, the ABC affiliate in New York, started soliciting cellphone
pictures and amateur video last week from people who witness a news event.
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It is pretty amazing how far we have come in technology. Take a look at all the gadgets we are surrounded by today and the capabilities they have, its quiet astonoshing to see that so much can be done with these tiny electronic devices. One of the most common feature these days is the camera, with the sudden larger importance and widespread interest that people have been putting on photography, cameras or photo devices are everywhere. The most popular : the camera cell phone.
WABC is giving people the ability to not only watch the news but to take part in the news. If you have a cell phone with the camera feature, you can be a journalist (so to say) for ABC. And not only do you get recognition but of course it helps them aswell.
"ABC hopes that broadcasting images contributed by the public will give it
an advantage over its competitors. It "is a way to have something nobody else
will have," Mr. Thompson said."
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Do you think that this is the beginning of a new relationship between the viewers and the networks? Is this a fad? Is this merely a marketing ploy or a sign of real a real opening up of the media?
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