The Crisis In Japan Watched Worldwide Through HD News Footage

On March 11th, many people across the globe anxiously watched HD news footage of the entire country of Japan. When a deadly tsunami, the after effects of a massive earthquake that rocked the country, threatened to destroy a large portion of northern Japan, millions were tuned in to watch. The natural disaster was viewed in almost real time, with streaming news videos casting images of the devastation across the globe mere seconds after the events transpired.

Images of giant walls of water flooding over farmlands and rushing through city streets filled news channels; and reporters did their best to capture the experience in words. But nothing demonstrated the sheer power of the tsunami like the HD news footage of cars being swept off the road, images of entire villages devastated and full sized boats being tossed around as if they were toys.

Significant advances in technology over the last couple of decades have brought about many changes in the way that the world as a whole witnesses, digests, and shares newsworthy events. It is sometimes hard to take in all the graphic images, eyewitness accounts and breaking news reports from everywhere and anywhere that we are constantly being inundated with. The ability we have to fully document the aftermath and the experiences takes on a new level of meaning, like the case of the crisis in Japan, to make a substantial worldwide impact with a news story.

Through the incredible work of reporters and videographers, we are allowed to be almost first hand eyewitnesses of these events through HD news footage, BBC archives and more that is turned in through informative reports to be blasted across the globe. Gathering resources and managing relief efforts can become influenced by these reports, along with being used as a tool to inform the viewing public. The news then becomes an effective participant in what is happening in the world and not just a bystander.

There was a time not too long ago, when people were not even that well informed about anything that was going on across town, much less on the other side of the globe. If it didn't happen right on Main Street, it may as well have not even happened at all. But that is all changing these days thanks to the wide spread images being continuously brought to us through the magic and the power of HD news footage.


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