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Some examples of innovation in the field of mobile journalism - including user-generated content, live blogging and Twittering.
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10 WAYS TO USE10 WAYS TO USEMOBILE REPORTINGMOBILE REPORTING
THE JOURNALISTSTHE JOURNALISTS
Theory.isthereasonReuters Mojo Kit
““A wired journalist without a camera and A wired journalist without a camera and connectivity is like a hack without a connectivity is like a hack without a pencil.”pencil.”
Jeff Jarvis, Jeff Jarvis, Buzz MachineBuzz Machine
1Breaking News
May ’08
Journalists used mobiles to post local election results to Twitter.
Daily Mail
2Event Coverage
Derek Tedder used these to provide multimedia coverage of Heathrow Airport
protests for Sky News.
Web User
Evening Leader journalist Evening Leader journalist twitteredtwittered Wrexham’s relegation from the football Wrexham’s relegation from the football
league last season via his mobile.league last season via his mobile.
3Campaign Coverage
MTV Street Team
51 state-based mobile journalists covering the presidential elections.
They use mobiles to produce blogs, videos and podcasts.
Street Team ’08
4Interactive Coverage
Liverpool Daily PostLiverpool Daily Post
Used a Used a Live Blog Live Blog to provide to provide real-time coverage of a real-time coverage of a royal visit.royal visit.
Reporters around the city Reporters around the city posted updates.posted updates.
Users published comments Users published comments and questions.and questions.
5Live Video
Sacramento Bee
Journalist used mobile phone and Qik software to stream live footage of
Olympic Torch protests.
Liverpool Daily Post
Used a mobile phone and Qik
software to stream live video
of an editorial conference.
THE AUDIENCETHE AUDIENCEKoji Sasahara / AP
6Breaking News
Mobile phone picture from London Tube bombings, July 2005.
Placed third in the Nokia Citizen Journalism Awards 2006.
Alexander Chadwick
7Photo & Video Galleries
BBC galleries of videos, audio and BBC galleries of videos, audio and photos submitted by mobile users.photos submitted by mobile users.
8Competitions
Euro freesheet 20 Minutes awards iPods and Nintendo Wiis for the best mobile photo and caption.
El País offers prizes for the best one-minute video taken with a camera phone.
9Crowdsourcing
The New York Times is working with The New York Times is working with users to create a photographic archive users to create a photographic archive
which documents “local voting which documents “local voting experiences”.experiences”.
10Community
WeatherWatchers
Users upload photos taken with camera phones to a Flickr group.
