Citizen journalists at work
2008/06/14 21:10I took a few photos with my camera phone of some citizen journalists at work at tonight's protest in front of Seoul City Hall.
Along with the uplink trucks from the major television networks, you will find some vans from Internet sites like this ColorTV parked at the protest.
Next is a somewhat amusing shot of someone conducting a live broadcast from the protest with a small staff following him (one member dedicated to carrying around the laptop with the WiBro Internet connection and webcam).
There are also more elaborate setups broadcasting (that didn't seem to be affiliated with a major television network) with professional cameras and lighting stands.
Also, if you didn't see the story back last December, some television networks used WiBro as a broadcast uplink on election night to select the new Korean president.
Update: The Korea Times has more background on what tools these citizen journalists are using:
It's 11 p.m. of a breezy June night. Squatting on the sidewalk of Sejongro street, a man in his early 20s is holding a laptop computer. It has a tiny Web camera attached on the top of the screen, and a finger-sized WiMax modem plugged into its USB hole and tied by green duct tape. The man changes its battery with a fresh one out of his backpack.
``Let's go, over there to the crowd,'' the man says to his friend, holding up the laptop to his eye level so the webcam can take a good shot of what is happening ahead of them _ a clash of hundreds of anti-government protesters against as many riot police. He vanishes into the crowd.
이올린에 북마크하기
