The segment aims to empower
the society and public through ‘citizen journalism’. The event was graced by
ABS-CBN’s News Director Ging Reyes,
Former Vice President Kabayan Noli De Castro via Skype from Cagayan de Oro City
and facilitated by News Reporter Atom Araullo.
‘CCTV Patrol’ will
feature videos & photos of
anything catchy, significant, remarkable, or news breaking that needs calling
out attention be in the neighborhood or in a community captured and recorded by
mounted CCTV (Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV) cameras, mobile phones, or any
recording gadgets sent by ordinary citizens.
Kabayan said that the
segment will enable and have ordinary citizens engaged in determining the
day’s headlines. Many videos they
receive and report highlight crimes and negative issues that need police
intervention.
To Date, many of
those contributions to “CCTV Patrol” have led to some of the biggest stories
that hit the headlines and revolutionized broadcast journalism in terms of
reaching audiences and giving them the opportunity to influence and contribute
to the news cycle.
To protect the
credibility of the segment and to avoid abuse of sending misleading or
inaccurate information, Verification of the news and the sender is required.
The validation could last up to 24
hours. Gusto namin na totoo ang video, hindi siya gawa-gawa lamang, and
verified 'yung source’ Ging Reyes
said.
This is actually a good step for ordinary
citizens and not just those who are active in the social media like us to be
involved in what’s happening now in our country. In little ways like taking
videos, be good or bad news, we can help in spreading information. It may alarm
others for doing bad things and may inspire some for doing something good for
the community.
Let us all be alert and vigilant. Let’s take
part in doing what is good for our country instead of always complaining and
blaming others.
Send
your videos and still photos to ireport@abs-cbn.com or post them on www.facebook.com/bayanmoipatrolmo.akoangsimula
or to @bayanmo on Twitter.
TV Patrol will be airing a maximum of 3 videos or photos each
night.
Here are some shots from the event.
By the way, I got a lot of text messages telling me they saw me on
TV when this was aired. Cool!
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