If as a proactice you take your camera and go to the tornado, as opposed to happening to be there with one, imho yes. Look at it this way -- how would you declare this on your taxes?
On 8/2/06, Nick McClure <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Based on this and other articles a police car, several store fronts, and > other things were damaged. Nothing major, no looting, but damage, and > the damage was done by a small group, not the largest part. > > So if I happen to grab some footage of a tornado and sell it to the news > that makes me a journalist? > > Being in the right place at the right time does not a journalist make. > The purpose of this guys blog is to promote the ideas of the same group > of people that were doing these protests. > > I think he is more of PR person than a journalist. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Dana [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2006 5:55 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Re: Blogger or Journalist > > > > hmm it isn't that simple. I have only read the one story that Nick > posted, > > but the footage is of a demonstration, not simple vandalism. > Apparently a > > police car was damaged in the course of the demonstration and they > want to > > know if unaired portions of the tape point to who and how. I'd have to > see > > the guy's rationale to know what I think of this. > > > > If he wants to avoid setting a precedent I might agree with him. This > is > > not > > a matter of say a murder that we know for sure happened. It's people > who > > were exercising their right to free speech and perhaps some of them > also > > committed a misdemeanour. If I weigh that out I come down in favor of > not > > setting a precedent. > > > > As for whether a blogger is a journalist, I think this is something > that > > has > > not been worked out yet. It may depend on the blog. But regardless of > the > > blog, the guy sold some of the film to a local television station so > in my > > book that makes him a freelance journalist. > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:212364 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
