Keeping in Touch!
Journalism and reporting is for the most part is benign. However depending on your assignment, location and other contribution factors, the danger element increases. Now it is even easier for you to stay in touch with…
Articles by cmpost
Roadway Safety: Semi crashes into news van, almost hits photojournalist.
KUSI News – San Diego, CA With this recent near miss, I would like to take a minute and talk about highway safety. When I worked in Fire and EMS this was one of the most dangerous…
Electrical Hazards & Accidents
Unless you are an Amish newspaper using a typeset press, at some-point in your job you use electricity. Our cameras run off batteries, our batteries are charged with electricity in the office, studio or in…
Whale crashes BBC live shot
It might be a whale, it might be something else. Always maintain situational awareness!
First Aid Gear For Journalists
I had someone message me about what i think you the street journalist should have in his or her first aid kit. My opinion may slightly differ than what the suggested list is and this…
Got Mask?
Following up on the post i made about ballistic vests.. do you have a gas mask with your gear? Did you know that the canisters on your mask or the canister options actually mean something?…
Got Vest?
So you have a ballistic vest and helmet tucked away in your newsroom closet or behind the seat in your truck, great! What do you do with it? Do you have a vest to wear…
NYC Event
From my friend Todd Maisel of the NY Daily News Invitation to Members of the Media In light of the tragic event at WDBJ-TV in Roanoke, Virginia, last week, the New York City Police…
Situational Awareness in the profession of Journalism
UPDATE: 7/25/2018 Journalism friends, After the tragedy near Smith Mountain Lake in VA this morning with the crew from WDBJ CBS-7 I can’t even begin to stress how important our safety is when we work…