Laura JedeedInterview
Independent journalist
Adapted from Laura Jedeed's interview on Uses This, published 23 February 2021. The kit is drawn from their answers and each reason is an excerpt, lightly edited. Shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the full interview ↗
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My motto for media equipment is therefore "cheap and replaceable." I take all my footage with a Google Pixel 3a XL, an older budget phone with a camera that punches way above its weight class.
I carry an Anker Powercore 20100 in case I need to quickly recharge my phone in the middle of the action.
A generous friend gifted me an Avon M50; a military-grade gas mask that helps protect me from things like tear gas and HC smoke (which can cause severe injury and death if inhaled in large concentrations).
Once I get home from the action, I process my footage and write articles on my Lenovo Yoga 730 13IKB.
I back all my footage up onto my 10TB WD Elements Desktop hard drive, which I connect (along with my other USB devices) using the Atolla 7-Port USB Data Hub Splitter.
I record voiceovers and do podcast appearances with my Fifine USB Podcast Condenser Microphone.
And where would I be without my Ovente portable electric glass kettle, which I use to make a truly astonishing amount of tea whilst writing?
Communication
When I do video podcasts or Zoom interviews, I use my Logitech C920x Pro HD Webcam to look my best.
I'd be lost without Twitter: both the best and worst thing to ever happen to me.
I publish a lot of my articles on Medium, which is a great resource for people who want to write whatever they want and have enough of a social media following to drive traffic to self-published work.
Productivity
Media
For image processing I use GIMP, a free program that works as well for my purposes as anything you could pay for.