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An Interview with Tim Cothren: A TV Cameraman in Haiti by Ron Steinman
N24, Germany's largest news channel, called cameraman Tim Cothren in New York three days after the January 12 quake and asked him how quickly he could get to Haiti to help cover the earthquake.
He had worked for them in Iraq as an embedded cameraman during "Operation Iraqi Freedom" and over the years had also done other work for N24 and its sister channel, SAT.1 TV.
He would be in Haiti to relieve a team that had been on the ground since the second day.
The German news channel needed him to produce several short news stories per day, edit them, feed them, and do 'live' stand-ups for the morning news shows that were six hours ahead.
Once in Port-au-Prince, his workday would be 24 hours long with snatches of sleep as best as possible.
Ron Steinman
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