With TV broadcasting, it’s all about capturing the drama of news events.
But Ko Myo Zaw Lin, a journalist with the Democratic Voice of Burma, went beyond the call of duty on Friday when he did a live broadcast while standing in flood waters just above his nipples.
He was reporting about 60 miles northeast of Yangon in flood-ridden Bago, one of the areas of Myanmar which has been battered by heavy rain and wind in recent days.
According to a post on DVB’s website, the crew was having trouble finding a place to stand to get a perfect shot of the drenched street… So the intrepid reporter simply waded into it.
In the clip, he makes no mention of his predicament, cutting straight to the chase: “Now we are in Kalyarni Quarter of Bago Division. This area has been flooded for the past 8 days.”
At 1:55 in the video, a boat full of people trying to get around during the flood sails past his head.
Someone get the guy a Pulitzer!
Photo and video / DVB
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