2 h 53 min
The Riot Reporter The Mobile Storytelling Podcast
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"The smartphone makes me feel safe." Martin Heller has been reporting on protests and demonstrations for nearly 20 years. A lot of his current reports are filmed and edited on smartphones. "Somedays it helps not be seen as a reporter with a big microphone and a cameracrew, especially when journalists are shouted at or even attacked." He started using his smartphone for reporting in 2013 with an iPhone 4. Currently he leads a video team at WELT media outlet in Berlin. For him it´s "a decision in every second" what to do next: edit or send a tweet or go live. He tells us about his light equipment, his approach to reporting even in dangerous or challenging situations and emphasizes the importance of video journalists especially at protests: "Sometimes it´s one image, one scene that tells the whole story of a protest."
"The smartphone makes me feel safe." Martin Heller has been reporting on protests and demonstrations for nearly 20 years. A lot of his current reports are filmed and edited on smartphones. "Somedays it helps not be seen as a reporter with a big microphone and a cameracrew, especially when journalists are shouted at or even attacked." He started using his smartphone for reporting in 2013 with an iPhone 4. Currently he leads a video team at WELT media outlet in Berlin. For him it´s "a decision in every second" what to do next: edit or send a tweet or go live. He tells us about his light equipment, his approach to reporting even in dangerous or challenging situations and emphasizes the importance of video journalists especially at protests: "Sometimes it´s one image, one scene that tells the whole story of a protest."
2 h 53 min