Independent.co.uk: Quick-thinking newsreader uses iPhone for radio headlines
November 27th, 2009Posted by Laura Oliver in Broadcasting, Editors' pick, Mobile
Something lighthearted for a Friday: BBC newsreader Alison Rooper used her iPhone earlier today to avoid dead air after the corporation’s telephone and computer system crashed.
Rooper had the script for the 7am bulletin sent to her iPhone where she deftly scrolled through creating her own autocue.
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