Unlike most people, reporters wouldn't run away from unexplained phenomena without at least recording the events. Since most of the times there were cryptids involved and they couldn't be caught on camera, it resulted in newspapers being the main source of information for citizens and TV being mostly focused on entertainment.
The most daring journalists would not just record unexplained phenomena, but actively seek for them in order to get the scoop before their competitors making them an invaluable source of information even for the government. Needless to say, the bravest of them all was the first one to set out and look for answers to the mysterious explosion and the earthquakes that followed.
"Are you sure this is safe, Miss June?" Asked the camera man at a lovely young woman who stuck out half her body out the window of their armored van.
