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35 ADVERTISEMENT FEATURE Sony

EQUIPPING THE FRONT LINES OF JOURNALISM Sony’s cloud-based newsroom tools are empowering the fight for factuality

not be always connected to a network, the consumers of news are. Finding better ways of connecting journalists to the newsroom – and thereby connecting them to the public – is one of the most important developments in journalism today. Stuart Almond, head of marketing and communications at Sony Professional, Europe, explains: “Technology has been a driving force in the evolution of journalism, ever since the creation of the telegraph, which allowed newspapers to gather information faster. And now it’s the internet and mobile technology that is changing journalism again. We’ve got smartphones and laptops and ever-increasing bandwidth. Now, you can transmit stories from almost anywhere in the world.” NEWSROOM ANYWHERE This new paradigm of filing a story from anywhere to be delivered anywhere – in real or near-real time – has created demand for more sophisticated technologies. Sony has added Media Backbone Hive and XDCAM air to its growing suite of newsroom tools to fulfil exactly this need – an innovative approach that is uniquely flexible today. Sony’s new vision of the newsroom merges the skill of journalists in the field with the scalability and reach of cloud services. XDCAM air is Sony’s service for sending story

ournalists are the heroes of our time. Amid a cacophony of conflicting narratives, amplified by the cybersphere and with hostilities

running high (both between and within countries), the need for clear, accurate and timely reporting from the front lines has never been more important. With the proliferation of information sources through digital channels, including social media and video streaming, journalists have more fires than ever to put out in their fight to preserve factuality. Gone are the days of going to the scene of an incident, taking notes, shooting interviews, then heading back to the newsroom to write it all up and produce a piece for the six o’clock news. Deadlines for a story are given in hours – or even minutes in the case of a breaking story – not days.

Today, journalists must be as ready to spring into action as on-call firefighters – and as well equipped. And while a journalist on a far-flung assignment may

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