Are the reporters actually standing in the road? If they are that's illegal. That would be obstructing traffic. If they are on the sidewalk they have every right to be there. If drivers are rubber necking causing them to depart lanes, slam on the brakes or sound horns unnecessarily then it would be the drivers receiving the ticket.

Otherwise it's media's freedom to stand on sidewalk....even if it seems trite....just as it's your freedom to take photos or hold up a sign on a street corner.