Mojo – or Mobile Journalism is an emerging trend in news gathering and storytelling. A person, armed with nothing more than a smartphone can record, edit and then broadcast news in a multitude of formats.

1. MOJO
Mobile Journalism
www.mojopakistan.com

2. Introduction
Cellphones have been around for 30 years now. While at first, it was just a solution for mobility
in communication – like the even older two-way radio, advancements over the past decade
meant that these tiny devices in the palms of our hands have become more akin to powerful
contraptions.
Of the 207 million Pakistanis, 70.53%, or 146 million use cell phones in the country. Of these,
around a third or around 49 million, use third and fourth generation connectivity – ostensibly
on their smartphones.
These people use their increasingly connected devices primarily for voraciously consuming
digitally produced content on social media. They also create content and share it on these very
platforms.
As a result, a smartphone multiplies the capability of the individual while also allowing people,
who are closer to the story, to tell that story in their own unique way and with their own
perspective.
This course will help leverage the power of smartphones – learn the tools and skills - to better
tell stories which are most important to them and to share it with the rest of the world.

3. What is MOJO?
MoJo – or Mobile Journalism is an
emerging trend in newsgathering and
storytelling.
A person, armed with nothing more than
a smartphone can record, edit and then
broadcast news in a multitude of formats.
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Basically, it allows a person to assume the role of a cameraman or editor – video or otherwise,
producer and publisher of news

4. How is MOJO different from
traditional journalism?
Traditional journalists have to go through a host of rigors when reporting – from the
laborious information gathering process for content packages to producing it and then
handing it over to “specialists” for publishing that information.
Many of these processes are cumbersome and time-consuming, not to mention are
location dependent.
They also often involve several layers in terms of the number of editors it has to go
through, the large crews for producing the content and then publishing it.

5. MoJo, on the other hand, liberates the storyteller from all of those constraints. It puts the
power of recording, producing and publishing content in the hand of the individual and
most importantly, makes them location and people independent to do so – making the
entire process near instantaneous.
Now, the power to tell a story fits snug in your pocket and goes wherever you go while
maintaining all of the standards and ethics of traditional journalism.

6. Why this course?
This course will help journalists - traditional or citizen - turn their smartphones into
powerful storytelling devices which they can leverage in the field while reporting.
It will free them from being dependent on others all the while multiplying their
storytelling capabilities and
Allow them to directly reach out to their audience. It will provide a step-by-step,
hands-on guide through the reporting and production methods of mobile
journalism.

7. Who is this training for?
This training is for anyone who has a smartphone and is versed enough to use its myriad
of features and has a desire to tell their story. The workshop can be used by either
reporter from formal and mainstream news organizations or even by citizen journalists or
other media professionals to produce audio or video in an extreme reporting
environment. It does not matter if you use an Apple device – whether an iPhone of any
model or an iPad. Neither is there any restriction for anyone using any Android device –
phone or tablet.
What will students learn from this
course?
 Students will learn the entire storytelling process, including:
 Mobile and app settings for recording
 How to shoot stills and videos on smartphones
 How to record audio on smartphones
 How to record quality Interviews on smartphones
 How to record content for a news package
 How to edit professionally on smartphones
 How to package content for the internet
 How to publish packaged content on the internet