WE'VE JUST BECOME THE NEWS STORY!!!!!
News people in Houston should be on the lookout for thieves in the city hoping to take advantage. The Insite has learned a news crew from KHOU was robbed of their camera around 5:30 pm Friday afternoon. The crew included longtime photographer Nathan Kavinga and reporter/anchor Vicente Arenas. We're told the two were on Kirkwood and Bissonet shooting a story when two men in a truck pulled up. The men reportedly pushed the photographer down and stole the camera and tripod. They took off in a Suzuki truck. I'm told the thieves had their license tags covered which gives the indication this was planned. Both photographer and reporter are fine. But a very expensive piece of equipment has been stolen. News folk say professional video cameras are valued anywhere from $30 - $50,000. So all you fellow news hounds watch your back. We've just become the story!!!!!!
Ike, you're simply too fast. We just found out about this in the newsroom. Keep us updated because you seem to know more than we do.
ReplyDeleteYea Ike, How do you know these things? Oh yea, your a reporter.
ReplyDeleteYep, Ike, it seems as if it was planned. Guess someone was upset about a sweeps story from last month...imagine that.
ReplyDeleteI could've told them that area is ghetto! I should know... I live a block away from there!
ReplyDeleteThis would not have happened to Ike and his photog because Ike would have beat the c#@p out of those crooks
ReplyDeleteAmatuer crooks ... they took the tripod which has little value in relation to the camera. A pro would have dismounted that camera from the tripod in lighting speed.
ReplyDeleteThe crooks are probably complaining that the camera is Beta and it won't take those 99 cent VHS tapes from Walmart.
ReplyDeleteThe crooks were lucky, there are a few local TV reporters and photogs that have CHP's (concealed handgun permits) and at least would have had a chance to defend themselves. Of course I not sure saving a $35K camera for a multi-billion dollar corporation is worth risking your life.
ReplyDeleteThe TV stations should give all of their crews "throw-down cameras" which are just a shell like those fake TV's and computers that you see on display in furniture stores.
ReplyDeleteDid KHOU report this story on the air? Could not find it on their web site. Did they have their helicopter fly over the scene? Did they have Jeff McShan do a live shot pointing to three indentations in the dirt where the tripod stood just hours before?
ReplyDeleteNow we know why the newer TV vans are just painted plain white without any station logos.
ReplyDeletethe tripod is worth several thousand dollars- so it was worth taking, especially if they did not know how to dismount the camera.
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