Photojournalists in Oakland Face Epidemic of Camera Robberies

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Trent
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In Oakland, Photojournalists Covering Crimes Become the Victims

In less than a year, journalists at every major television news station in the Bay Area have been robbed of expensive cameras, sometimes at gunpoint, and it is changing the way they report.

Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/04/business/media/photojournalists-in-oakland-face-epidemic-of-camera-robberies.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0

In less than a year, every major television news station in the Bay Area has been a victim, some more than once. One experienced newspaper photographer has lost five cameras.