Sounds cool, but this is a typical mod request in my opinion. Let the devs handle the basic military stuff and the community make these things.

I prefer to make my missions with stock objects so anyone can play them without using mods :-)

I just thought that if they're going to add the journalist character into the game he should at least have the basic equipment that a journalist uses, otherwise it's just a pointless man in a PRESS vest.

Each to their own I guess :-)

Is this the journalist behind the camera or the one in front? Or the one taken hostage that you need to rescue?

To me it sounds like we'd want a new unit named something like
TV Camera crew

That said, I really like your idea up there.

@FeralCircus: I understand your point about using 'vanilla' as much as possible. I've been playing Arma3 without mods so far. :-)

+1, is a great idea actually. I doubt BI would do this, but maybe it would be something a few of the devs would do just as a hobby project (similar to karts). If it was just another $5.00 DLC with just a news photographer, field reporter, and cameraman with just a few props like a video camera, microphone, still camera, and maybe a notepad I would totally buy it.

Acknowledged!!! CHEERS BIS :-)

Here's some inspiration...
http://youtu.be/1g7OVbQGbag?list=UUocShTP36guW5V-Xd2eGIyA