In the 24 hours following the live shot shooting in Virginia people in the news industry are thinking about security.
Television and radio stations have long been considered possible targets for violence. In wartime they are often among the first targets.
While reporters are always at some risk when in the field it is fair to say that witnessing a shooting on live television is making lots of reporters and cameramen think about just how vulnerable they are. There is also the unspoken fear of a copycat attack in the immediate aftermath of the WDBJ incident.
The question is; what to do? Not every TV crew can have its own security team and there is a high premium placed on “going live” at all levels of television news.
