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News gathering Video Technology and Guerilla Journalism!

Los Angeles, CA —Wherever you go in the City of Angeles doing news the paranoid public relations people and their security agents demand absolute control over anyone shooting video.   The equipment to shoot quality video was cumbersome and difficult to move around without attracting loads attention.  That’s changing faster than the speed of light.  They can’t seem to repress the journalist with the notepad but ejecting cameras from most real estate has proven all too easy. Today you can shoot very watchable video with quality iPhone cameras and a host of small camera choices.   The somewhat new GoPro cameras are nothing short of incredible.    I have two of them now; the Hero 3 and a Hero 3+ are in my video gathering arsenal. Any day now and I will take delivery of a Blade 350 Quadcopter that will zip right past security guards, police and fire lines.   It will instantly defeat even the tallest walls and fences to obtain exceptional ...