Photos: The Real Nightcrawlers
Brothers Austin, Howard and Marc Raishbrook are co-owners of RMG News, a service that provides breaking news videos to different news outlets in L.A. They were advisors on the movie “Nightcrawler.” (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)
Marc Raishbrook monitors scanners and news websites in his car. He and his brothers troll the streets with their video cameras in hopes of capturing footage of breaking news. (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)
Emergency vehicle lights are the backdrop of Marc Raishbrook’s job as he rushes to get footage of yet another fire scene. (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)
Marc Raishbrook sets up beside a fire truck at a commercial building ablaze in Boyle Heights. (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)
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Marc Raishbrook captures flames leaping from a commercial building in Boyle Heights. (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)
Marc Raishbrook uploads footage of a fire scene, which he’ll offer to local TV stations. The movie “Nightcrawler” was based on this kind of work by free-lancers called “stringers.” (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)