Oakland | Live Core Productions

When news breaks in Oakland, newsrooms across the country need broadcast-quality video fast, and a crew they can trust to get the shot. Live Core Productions keeps experienced news photographers and videographers available in Oakland, California, ready to roll on breaking news, live shots, and scheduled assignments.

Whether it is a one-hour live hit or a week-long trial, our Oakland teams work to broadcast standards and your station style guide. Deliverables move fast (raw b-roll, cut VOSOTs, or full packages) through whatever workflow your newsroom already uses.

News Production Services Available in Oakland

Breaking News Coverage
Live Shots & Live Segments
ENG Crews for Hire
News Photography
Video Production & Editing
National Assignment Coverage

The assignment desk is live 24/7 at 707-940-LIVE. Call, or send a request and we will confirm your Oakland crew within minutes, not hours.

Where the news happens in Oakland

Oakland generates civic stories, the port, and protests, and that is where our Oakland crews spend most of their days: Oakland City Hall and the Alameda County courthouse, the Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building, and the Oakland Coliseum and the Port of Oakland. The same crews cover Downtown and Uptown, Jack London Square, Temescal, Rockridge, and Lake Merritt and the surrounding communities of the East Bay when the story moves.

Scheduled coverage and events in Oakland

Scheduled coverage in Oakland includes press conferences, trials and hearings, campaign stops, sports and entertainment at the Oakland Convention Center, Jack London Square, and Lake Merritt, commencements and campus stories at UC Berkeley, Mills College at Northeastern, and Laney College, and the planned events that fill a rundown. We shoot to your style guide, deliver b-roll, VOSOTs, or full packages, and return the raw media the same day.

Live shots from Oakland

Live shots from Oakland are supported end to end: LiveU and TVU bonded cellular, IFB and return video, satellite coordination when a story calls for it, and a photographer who treats a live window as sacred. We have hit windows from the Oakland Convention Center, Jack London Square, and Lake Merritt and from scenes with no infrastructure at all.

Capabilities

Available in Oakland

SPOT

Breaking News Coverage

Spot news photographers and video crews dispatched the moment news breaks (fires, crime scenes, severe weather, and major incidents) with broadcast-ready footage moved fast.

LIVE

Live Shots & Live Segments

Reliable live signals from the field for hits, MOS, and full live segments, with bonded cellular, satellite coordination, and experienced field crews who know a live window is non-negotiable.

CREW

ENG Crews for Hire

Professional electronic news gathering crews (photographer, audio, and field producer configurations) available for day rates or multi-day assignments in 100 U.S. markets.

STILLS

News Photography

Award-caliber news photographers for stills that tell the story (spot news, courts, politics, sports, and features) delivered to wire, print, and digital newsroom specs.

PKG

Video Production & Editing

Full-service field production and post (packages, VOSOTs, interviews, and long-form) shot and cut by editors who work to broadcast standards and station style guides.

MULTI

National Assignment Coverage

One call covers the country. Trials, press conferences, elections, disasters, sports, and entertainment, with coordinated multi-city coverage through a single Las Vegas-based assignment desk.

Questions

Booking coverage in Oakland

How fast can a crew be on scene in Oakland?

For breaking news in Oakland we dispatch immediately and typically have a photographer rolling within the hour, with an ETA confirmed by the desk before you hang up. Scheduled coverage can be booked at any notice.

Can you do live shots in Oakland?

Yes. Our Oakland crews carry bonded cellular transmission with IFB and return video, and we coordinate satellite when needed. We can support a single hit, multiple hits across a newscast, or a continuous feed.

What do you deliver from a Oakland assignment?

Whatever your newsroom needs: raw b-roll and interviews, cut VOSOTs, or complete packages, shot to broadcast standards and your style guide, delivered by FTP, cloud, or direct feed the same day.

Who do I call to book coverage in Oakland, CA?

The assignment desk at 707-940-LIVE, 24 hours a day, or the crew request form on this site. One call books the crew, the gear, and the live capability, and you receive one invoice.

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