The war in Iraq has been exceedingly dangerous for Reuters journalists. Six correspondents have been killed Others have been taken hostage by factions hand several had been held by U.S. forces.
On Tuesday at the Beet.TV executive summit in Washington, I sat down with Victor Antonie, longtime Reuters Television editor who ran operations in Israel and
Afghanistan. He is now based in Washington where he is editor for the Americas.
He explained how the news organization has come to rely on a network of 35 stringers throughout the nation. He says that they shoot with small digital cameras, edit on laptops and send video files via an ftp network and satellite phones.
He says that the video gathering is extremely helpful for the bureau in Baghdad in its text reporting. He also addressed some questions about the impartiality of Iraqi stringers, telling me that the stringer and their work is carefully scrutinized.
--Andy Plesser
Posted on Beet.TV on Thursday, April 3, 2008
http://www.beet.tv/2008/04/video-reporting.html
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