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Moments after Brian Entin<\/strong>\u2019s plane landed in Doha on Monday, Qatar closed its airspace<\/a> in preparation for Iran\u2019s retaliatory strikes against US military bases in the region. Iran had informed Qatar in advance<\/a> of the retaliation, which was in response to the US air strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities over the weekend.<\/p>\n Entin, a correspondent for start-up cable-news network NewsNation, and a photographer rented a car and started driving in order to get on location immediately for live shots. Along the way, Entin started hearing \u201cbangs\u201d and told the photographer to pull over. He jumped out of the car and filmed with his cell phone the exact moment<\/a> when Iranian missiles and returning air defense system rockets whizzed over the Doha night sky. After the 15-hour flight and his chance encounter with the strikes overhead, Entin spent the rest of the evening appearing in live shots for NewsNation.<\/p>\n With the airspace closed, Entin ended up being the only American cable-news correspondent in Qatar. He argues that NewsNation\u2019s structure as a \u201cnimble\u201d upstart encourages the kind of quick decision-making that allowed him the opportunity to report on the ground: \u201cThey\u2019re not afraid to say, \u2018Let\u2019s just get on a plane,\u2019 which is, I think, the reason that we were the only US network here.\u201d Entin adds, \u201cSome of the other, more old-school networks\u2014NBC, ABC, Fox\u200b\u2014they\u2019ve got a lot of rules in place and a lot of red tape. Certain people cover certain topics, and there\u2019s a certain plan that has to go into action.\u201d<\/p>\n At NewsNation, there aren\u2019t \u201ca lot of corporate layers\u201d preventing scrappy international reporting<\/a>, according to Entin, who tells me, \u201cI think that\u2019s why we\u2019re special for people who watch us.\u201d<\/p>\n