We usually associate smartphones in news reporting with citizen journalism , not full-time journalists. However, a confluence of events has just led to the BBC’s Nick Garnett becoming a pioneer for mobile broadcasting on the professional level. When a shortage of satellite trucks prevented Garnett from getting the usual video feed for the BBC News Channel, he successfully arranged the British network’s first live video interview piped through a smartphone.

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BBC News Channel conducts live video interview over smartphone, goes where satellites can’t

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