The document outlines ten innovative ways journalists can utilize mobile technology for reporting, including breaking news updates, event coverage, and interactive live blogs. Notable examples include the use of mobile phones for streaming live events and crowdsourcing community content. The document emphasizes the importance of connectivity for modern journalism and highlights various competitions and collaborative projects in mobile reporting.

1. 10 WAYS TO USE MOBILE REPORTING

2. THE JOURNALISTS Theory.isthereason Reuters Mojo Kit

3. “ A wired journalist without a camera and connectivity is like a hack without a pencil.” Jeff Jarvis, Buzz Machine

4. 1 Breaking News

5. May ’08 Journalists used mobiles to post local election results to Twitter . Daily Mail

6. 2 Event Coverage

7. Derek Tedder used these to provide multimedia coverage of Heathrow Airport protests for Sky News. Web User

8. Evening Leader journalist twittered Wrexham’s relegation from the football league last season via his mobile.

9. 3 Campaign Coverage

10. MTV Street Team 51 state-based mobile journalists covering the presidential elections. They use mobiles to produce blogs, videos and podcasts. Street Team ’08

11. 4 Interactive Coverage

12. Liverpool Daily Post Used a Live Blog to provide real-time coverage of a royal visit. Reporters around the city posted updates. Users published comments and questions.

13. 5 Live Video

14. Sacramento Bee Journalist used mobile phone and Qik software to stream live footage of Olympic Torch protests.

15. Liverpool Daily Post Used a mobile phone and Qik software to stream live video of an editorial conference.

16. THE AUDIENCE Koji Sasahara / AP

17. 6 Breaking News

18. Mobile phone picture from London Tube bombings, July 2005. Placed third in the Nokia Citizen Journalism Awards 2006. Alexander Chadwick

19. 7 Photo & Video Galleries

20. BBC galleries of videos , audio and photos submitted by mobile users.

21. 8 Competitions

22. Euro freesheet 20 Minutes awards iPods and Nintendo Wiis for the best mobile photo and caption. El Pa í s offers prizes for the best one-minute video taken with a camera phone.

23. 9 Crowdsourcing

24. The New York Times is working with users to create a photographic archive which documents “local voting experiences”.

25. 10 Community

26. WeatherWatchers Users upload photos taken with camera phones to a Flickr group .