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Packing for a Protest: The Gear Journalists Take to Report in Conflict Areas

Journalists share their mobile reporting kits and offer advice and suggestions for how to report safely and securely in areas of conflict and protest.

  1. .@jcstearns Camera, wide-angle, mid-range lenses, Eye-Fi mem card + iPhone, extra mem, charger and some cables. http://pic.twitter.com/NdQvfCER
  2. Gear for camera monkey @OaktownPirate, the field half of TOL, laid out prepping for tomorrow. @jcstearns http://pic.twitter.com/9z8PAwmI
  3. @jcstearns #NATO media kit all ready to go. + 1 iPhone of course. All I need are credentials... http://pic.twitter.com/JQD2Oxp7
  4. Here is @patrickdehahn's reporting gear: smartphone, an Android Samsung tablet, 2 external battery chargers, cell phone charger, spare phone
  5. @jcstearns DSLR, iPhone, iPad, @lytro, chargers, 3 full aluminum water bottles, April issue SF mag w/photo I took Will try to send photo ltr
  6. @jcstearns Notebooks, pens, gas mask, press pass, cell phone, battery pack, chargers, two sweatshirts, two Red Bulls, two pop-tarts, water
  7. @jcstearns Tums, bottled water, bandana to for tear gas. Credentials, Snickers, iPhone w/Twitter w/hashtags, maps, gps. Intuition, balls.
  8. .@jcstearns What do you pack to cover a protest? toilet paper, hand sanitizer, backup battery

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Josh Stearns

Fighting for the future of journalism through media & tech policy. Interested in building community & sustainability. Journalism and Public Media Campaign Director at Free Press.

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