Update: TV station pays up after using journalist’s video without permission
Earlier this month I wrote about Tucson journalist Michael McKisson turning on his television set and seeing his video used — without permission or credit — on a KOLD-TV newscast. He told Romenesko readers on August 13: “I have sent an email to the news director with an invoice attached for the use of the video footage. I billed them $300. I figured a decent rate was $100 per hour and I worked at least 3 hours shooting, editing and posting the video.”
This morning I asked McKisson, who runs the Tucson Velo site, if the check was in the mail. He sent this:
* Tucson journalist bills TV station after seeing his video in a news report
