Personal Innovation With Joanna Stern

Season 1 Episode 60

‘ The smartphone video camera is the only thing we have to protect ourselves’

By Joanna Stern

In the last years, the smart device has actually become a tool for seeing cops violence toward African Americans. From the 2009 killing of Oscar Grant to the 2020 killing of George Floyd, we reviewed the video and talked to individuals who captured it, to see how the accounts of racial oppression became clearer as the phones progressed. Picture illustration: Preston Jessee for The Wall Street Journal

Personal Innovation With Joanna Stern

Technology is frustrating and making decisions about what gadget to buy is harder than ever. WSJ personal tech writer Joanna Stern makes it all a bit easier in her lively and helpful videos.

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