10 WAYS TO USE MOBILE REPORTING

THE JOURNALISTS Theory.isthereason Reuters Mojo Kit

THE JOURNALISTS

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

“ A wired journalist without a camera and connectivity is like a hack without a pencil.”

Jeff Jarvis, Buzz Machine

1 Breaking News

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Breaking News

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

May ’08

Journalists used mobiles to post local election results to Twitter .

2 Event Coverage

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Event Coverage

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

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

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

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

3 Campaign Coverage

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Campaign 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

51 state-based mobile journalists covering the presidential elections.

They use mobiles to produce blogs, videos and podcasts.

Street Team ’08

4 Interactive Coverage

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Interactive Coverage

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.

Used a Live Blog to provide real-time coverage of a royal visit.

Reporters around the city posted updates.

Users published comments and questions.

5 Live Video

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Live Video

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

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.

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

THE AUDIENCE Koji Sasahara / AP

THE AUDIENCE

6 Breaking News

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Breaking News

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

Mobile phone picture from London Tube bombings, July 2005.

Placed third in the Nokia Citizen Journalism Awards 2006.

7 Photo & Video Galleries

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Photo & Video Galleries

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

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

8 Competitions

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Competitions

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.

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.

9 Crowdsourcing

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Crowdsourcing

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

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

10 Community

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Community

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

WeatherWatchers

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