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Reporter Hayden Nelson’s team’s equipment was stolen while he was reporting on Adelaide’s rising crime rates.
Hayden Nelson, a reporter for an Australian broadcaster, shows how his crew’s equipment was stolen while they were reporting on the crime rates in the area. (IMAGE: INSTAGRAM)
An Australian journalist’s equipment was stolen while he was reporting on live television on rising crime rates in the Australian city of Adelaide. Hayden Nelson, a reporter working with the Australian broadcaster 7+.
He was delivering a piece-to-camera on the broadcaster’s breakfast show Sunriseon7 when the thief stole equipment as the crew were filming near Rundle Mall.
The thief approached the reporter and the video journalist and casually greeted them. Then when everyone got back to their work, he took one of the crew’s lights and walked away.
“To give you an idea of just how brazen some of the crime is, this morning after our last live, someone came and took the light off our light stand. We have about three lights here and they’ve just pulled it blatantly off and walked away with it. So, any need for security and calls for police were certainly made clear for us this morning,” Nelson said on camera.
“After the cross, he’s gone to check on the light – the stand was still there but the light itself has vanished and we were both scratching our heads about how a light can go missing,” another reporter told the news outlet.
The reporter said that the crew took time to realise that there was missing equipment because the reporter was coordinating with the producer and other presenters, while having lights shining on the reporter.
The reporter said that while reporting they focus on reporting the news correctly and stay aware of their surroundings but they were shocked that someone took advantage of the situation to steal their equipment and that too without knowing its use or value.
- Location :
Adelaide, Australia
