His style is distant, reminiscent of an experienced newscaster. Besides streaming, Tim provides a running commentary on what he is seeing. "I soon realized that I had to manage to broadcast this live," he says. So he got on a bus in Chicago and arrived in New York with a few extra clothes and his smartphones. That's when he decided he had to go down and see for himself what was going on. One day, he saw an Occupy Wall Street video in which several police officers were seen dragging a handcuffed man away. The son of a firefighter and a car saleswoman, he started earning money at the age of 18, making skate videos for sports brands, working at airports, and raising funds for non-profit organizations. He is earnest, tremendously pragmatic and not lacking a sense of pride. "Because there is no corporation behind it? My pass is authentic, and it cost me 15 euros to get it made."Īt the age of 26, Tim Pool has been glued to his camera for a little over 12 months, ever since the Occupy Wall Street movement took hold in the United States. "Why would it be less relevant than one from the mainstream media?" he asks sharply. A home-made press pass hangs around his neck, but don't even think about questioning its validity. Tim's mission right now is to tell the world what is happening in Madrid through his own video stream. At 3pm he was already down at the nearby Starbucks, setting up his backpack with the technology he would need for his live videocast: batteries, cables, a microphone, a camera and two smartphones. Pool is dressed in black and gray from head to foot - his sneakers, his jeans, his sweatshirt and even his woolen hat - and he has been prowling around the area for the last four hours. It's 7pm on Saturday, September 29, and Plaza de Neptuno is starting to fill up for the third day of protests in a week. He can't find a spot that's high enough for him to cover the rally. Independent journalist Tim Pool, who covered last week' s protests in Madrid via livecasts and videos later posted to YouTube.
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