 In 2009 , Martin founded the organization Media Roots , a citizen journalism platform for reporting news . As an independent journalist with Media Roots , Martin covered the Occupy Oakland ( California ) actions during the Occupy Wall Street movement in 2011 . Her documentary video footage of Occupy Oakland protests was used by the family of 24 @-@ year @-@ old Scott Olsen , who was injured during the protests , in a lawsuit against the Oakland Police Department . Martin 's footage was used to argue that the protests were non @-@ violent at the time Olsen was allegedly hit in the head with a police projectile . RT took notice of Martin 's work and began using her as a correspondent . In the fall of 2010 , she moved to Washington , D.C. 
