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Multiple journalists at Spectrum News’ station in Los Angeles have raised safety concerns to management long before the fatal Orlando shooting — and have not seen any real action to increase security, an individual with knowledge of the situation told TheWrap. But they did get a guest speaker from CNN…
“Journalists who experienced incidents in the field started to raise concerns that it was becoming more and more dangerous to shoot in the field with no security,” said the individual.
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However, Spectrum News management said there was no budget to pay for security to accompany journalists on dangerous assignments. Spectrum field reporters are all classified as Mmj (multimedia journalists) which means they report on-camera, write and edit their own stories and shoot “live shots.”
TheWrap also learned that some Spectrum journalists routinely contend with an array of safety challenges including unprovoked attacks...
“Journalists who experienced incidents in the field started to raise concerns that it was becoming more and more dangerous to shoot in the field with no security,” said the individual.
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However, Spectrum News management said there was no budget to pay for security to accompany journalists on dangerous assignments. Spectrum field reporters are all classified as Mmj (multimedia journalists) which means they report on-camera, write and edit their own stories and shoot “live shots.”
TheWrap also learned that some Spectrum journalists routinely contend with an array of safety challenges including unprovoked attacks...
- 3/2/2023
- by Joseph Kapsch
- The Wrap
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SAG-AFTRA is expressing its grief over the killing of Orlando TV reporter Dylan Lyons, a member of the guild since 2012. Lyons was shot and killed Wednesday while covering another shooting. Photojournalist Jesse Walden, his colleague at Spectrum News 13, was wounded but is recovering. The man suspected of having killed two others in the shooting rampage, including a 9-year-old girl, is in custody.
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“We are heartbroken and stunned at the killing of Orlando journalist Dylan Lyons who was shot and killed while on assignment covering a prior shooting,” the guild said in a statement. “As the union representing broadcast journalists,...
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“We are heartbroken and stunned at the killing of Orlando journalist Dylan Lyons who was shot and killed while on assignment covering a prior shooting,” the guild said in a statement. “As the union representing broadcast journalists,...
- 2/24/2023
- by David Robb
- Deadline Film + TV
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