news helicopters
Sky-bound camera crews
News helicopters are aircraft used by television stations and media organizations to cover breaking stories from the air—car chases, traffic conditions, fires, protests, and other events where aerial footage provides perspective unavailable from the ground.
They became fixtures of local news coverage in major American cities beginning in the 1980s.
Three news helicopters circled above the standoff.
- aerialElevated, or signal-catcher
- bird's eye viewElevated vantage point
- footageRecorded video material
- live feedReal-time video transmission
- breakingComing apart suddenly
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news helicoptersembedded journalists
Reporters assigned to military units
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