Escape! A New Kind of Breaking-News Reporting

Steve Outing for E-Media Tidbits reports on the San Diego Union-Tribune's multimedia coverage of a murder trial, including a camera phone. The website's news staff used all of the following elements in a single news story:

- Camera phone images taken by the web staff. ("We have begun using the phones for breaking-news coverage," Rose reports. "While the images are not great quality, they certainly are serviceable -- much better than nothing.")

- A screen capture from a TV news helicopter (thanks to an agreement with the contractor who provides video to local TV stations).

- Video produced by the SignOn staff.

- At the end of the day, a photo from the newspaper staff.

emily | 6:25 PM | Reporters and Picture Phones |
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