If journalists need proof that having respect for the rules of access is for their own good, and the importance of 'keeping the camera rolling,' consider what happened this week to Charmayne Brown, a broadcast news reporter from WSPA-TV in S.C.
Brown stood across the street from a crime scene, following up on a story about a suspect in a murder. As she and her cameraman wrapped up, four people--some members of the suspect’s family--crossed the street, verbally attacked and physically beat her. A nearby cameraman from another station, covering the same story, caught the incident on tape. Because Brown was on public property at the time, the law is on her side.
One of the accused attackers and the family of another one of the accused have since issued an apology.
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