Smartphone broadcasting: 5 live's Nick Garnett
Smartphones can be used to record quality audio and video, cut and file packages, broadcast live two-ways, and file text and images. Nick Garnett, Radio 5 live's reporter in Yorkshire, explains how it made a huge difference to his coverage of the Manchester riots in 2011.
Smartphones are handy bits of kit to have when you need to broadcast from sensitive or remote locations. Nick Garnett explains how a smartphone allowed him to report quickly and safely from the scene of riots in Manchester in 2011.
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