SAG-AFTRA Statement on Live Reporting Accident

SAG-AFTRA has issued a statement about a frightening incident in West Virginia, in which a news journalist was hit by a car while reporting live on air. SAG-AFTRA is thankful that reporter Tori Yorgey of WSAZ was uninjured.

"This incident highlights the dangers faced when employers ask journalists to perform live shots in the field by themselves. In the last few years, live reporting has become increasingly perilous and journalists have faced harassment and other dangers when reporting alone. We consider this to be a fundamental safety concern and urge all employers to end the practice of assigning solo live shots."

About SAG-AFTRA

SAG-AFTRA represents approximately 160,000 actors, announcers, broadcast journalists, dancers, DJs, news writers, news editors, program hosts, puppeteers, recording artists, singers, stunt performers, voiceover artists and other entertainment and media professionals. SAG-AFTRA members are the faces and voices that entertain and inform America and the world. A proud affiliate of the AFL-CIO, SAG-AFTRA has national offices in Los Angeles and New York and local offices nationwide representing members working together to secure the strongest protections for entertainment and media artists into the 21st century and beyond. Visit SAG-AFTRA online at SAGAFTRA.org.