Mobile Journalism:
   THE REVOLUTION
    OF CAPTURING
     NEWS MEDIA




           #EIJ11
           @vhernandezcnn
Victor Hernandez
- director of domestic newsgathering, cnn atlanta
- launched CNN’s backpack journalist program 2008
- social media and tech enthusiast
- interested in future of journalism, other complicated matters
- gummi worms
Victor Hernandez
- director of domestic newsgathering, cnn atlanta
- launched CNN’s backpack journalist program 2008
- social media and tech enthusiast
- interested in future of journalism, other complicated matters
- gummi worms
GET OUT OF THE NEWSROOM
MAYBE NOT THIS FAR OUT
MAYBE NOT THIS FAR OUT

   BUT WITH MOBILE, IT’S POSSIBLE
WITH MOBILE, COFFEE SHOPS
 ARE THE NEW NEWSROOMS
tablets
comments             news alerts                                  QR
                                                community
                                                                publish
  data viz
                     liveblogging        chat        tablets
                                                                          twitter
crowdsourcing

              social web                                   aggregation

  photoshop                                                                 flickr
                                                        audio
     push notifications
                                                                            text
                                                               ugc
facebook
                                                                            email
      smartphones                                      livestream

    tumblr
                                                                real-time
                images
                                                                               IM
                                                        video
 instagram                     mapping
                 wordpress                       youtube             foursquare
                                       skype
most
IMPORTANT
  you need
  to know
YOU ARE
NOT ALONE!
choose your own
   adventure
choose your own
   adventure
       [age check]
how we got here
driven by consumer
     behaviors
(yet another obligatory
     cute kid pic)
need for
 speed
(r)EVOLUTION
(r)EVOLUTION
(r)EVOLUTION
(r)EVOLUTION
(r)EVOLUTION
strategies vs. tactics
iPhone
v.
Android
iPhone
v.
             SORRY,
          BLACKBERRY
            USERS! :(




Android
Source: http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/?p=28790
Android holds a bigger lead
among early adopters and “innovators”




                                   Source: http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/?p=28790
the smartphone today
the smartphone today
camera
social
internet
hotspot
voice
editing
gps
5-8MP
5-8MP
HDR apps
5-8MP
HDR apps
PS Express
5-8MP
HDR apps
PS Express
Flickr
5-8MP
HDR apps
PS Express
Flickr
Panoramic
5-8MP
HDR apps
PS Express
Flickr
Panoramic
Mobile Photo Sharing
sweet
sidebar
sweet
THIS JUST IN....
SOCIAL MEDIA IS
F**KING


HUGE
Source: http://www.facebook.com/press/info.php?statistics
If Facebook were a country, it would be
   third most populated in the world.




Source: http://www.facebook.com/press/info.php?statistics
If Facebook were a country, it would be
   third most populated in the world.




                                                            Only China and India
                                                            are more populated.



Source: http://www.facebook.com/press/info.php?statistics
700 BILLION.
The number of minutes spent on Facebook per month.




Source: http://www.facebook.com/press/info.php?statistics
700 BILLION.
The number of minutes spent on Facebook per month.




                                              LAST YEAR, THAT NUMBER WAS A MEASLY 150 BILLION.

Source: http://www.facebook.com/press/info.php?statistics
30 BILLION.
The amount of content (web links, news
stories, blog posts, notes, photos, etc)
shared each month on Facebook.




Source: http://www.facebook.com/press/info.php?statistics
30 BILLION.
The amount of content (web links, news
stories, blog posts, notes, photos, etc)
shared each month on Facebook.




                THAT’S MORE THAN 7X
                LAST YEAR’S VOLUME




Source: http://www.facebook.com/press/info.php?statistics
30 BILLION.
The amount of content (web links, news
stories, blog posts, notes, photos, etc)
shared each month on Facebook.




                                                             DUDE,
                                                             THAT’S
                                                            F**KING
                                                            AMAZING.




                THAT’S MORE THAN 7X
                LAST YEAR’S VOLUME




Source: http://www.facebook.com/press/info.php?statistics
500
       BILLION.
  The number of peer
 influence impressions
Americans generate per
 year via social media.

      62% of those
   impressions come
    from Facebook.




  Source: http://www.facebook.com/press/info.php?statistics
Proving its
                                                               not what
                                                              you know
          500                                                   but....
       BILLION.
  The number of peer
 influence impressions
Americans generate per
 year via social media.

      62% of those
   impressions come
    from Facebook.




  Source: http://www.facebook.com/press/info.php?statistics
http://www.facebook.com/press/info.php?statistics
130



http://www.facebook.com/press/info.php?statistics
130

                    Number of friends
                    of average FB user




http://www.facebook.com/press/info.php?statistics
48HOURS.
                                               The amount of
                                               video uploaded to
                                               YouTube every
                                               minute.




 Source: http://youtube-global.blogspot.com/
2011/05/thanks-youtube-community-for-two-
                   big.html
48HOURS.
                                               The amount of
                                               video uploaded to
                                               YouTube every
                                               minute.


THAT’S MORE THAN
DOUBLE LAST YEAR’S
VOLUME.




 Source: http://youtube-global.blogspot.com/
2011/05/thanks-youtube-community-for-two-
                   big.html
3 BILLION.
The number of YouTube videos viewed per day.




                                               Source: http://youtube-global.blogspot.com/2011/05/thanks-youtube-community-for-two-big.html
3 BILLION.
The number of YouTube videos viewed per day.




 THAT’S TWICE
  AS MANY AS
  LAST YEAR.




                                               Source: http://youtube-global.blogspot.com/2011/05/thanks-youtube-community-for-two-big.html
6 BILLION.
The number of images hosted on Flickr.




                                     Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/eon60/6000000000/
6 BILLION.
The number of images hosted on Flickr.




                                         THAT’S 13X MORE THAN THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS


                                     Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/eon60/6000000000/
Source: http://paidcontent.org/article/419-oxygen-women-are-addicted-to-facebook-but-unsure-where-to-draw-the-line/
ONE-THIRD.
                           Portion of women aged 18-34 who
                           check Facebook when they first
                           wake up -- even before going
                           to the bathroom.




Source: http://paidcontent.org/article/419-oxygen-women-are-addicted-to-facebook-but-unsure-where-to-draw-the-line/
NINETY-FIVE.
The percentage of companies using
LinkedIn to find and attract employees.




      http://recruiting.jobvite.com/resources/social-recruiting-survey.php
NINETY-FIVE.
The percentage of companies using
LinkedIn to find and attract employees.
59% use Facebook and 42% use Twitter




      http://recruiting.jobvite.com/resources/social-recruiting-survey.php
1 in 6.
The number of marriages last year
between people who met through
social media.




             Source: http://blog.cmbinfo.com/press-center-content/?month=4&year=2010
1 in 6.
The number of marriages last year
between people who met through
social media.




                                           THAT’S MORE THAN TWICE THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO MET
                                           AT BARS, CLUBS, AND OTHER SOCIAL EVENTS COMBINED.

             Source: http://blog.cmbinfo.com/press-center-content/?month=4&year=2010
230 MILLION.
The average number of “tweets” per day on Twitter.




                                                                          Text




Source: http://blog.twitter.com/2011/06/200-million-tweets-per-day.html
230 MILLION.
The average number of “tweets” per day on Twitter.




                                                                          Text




                               THAT’S 110% INCREASE SINCE START OF 2011
Source: http://blog.twitter.com/2011/06/200-million-tweets-per-day.html
Source: http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/social/
who am I?




    Source: http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/social/
Female
         who am I?




             Source: http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/social/
Female
         who am I?




                18-34


             Source: http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/social/
Female
              who am I?




New England




                     18-34


                  Source: http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/social/
Female
              who am I?                Asian


New England




                     18-34


                  Source: http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/social/
Female
                 who am I?                Asian


 New England




College Degree
                        18-34


                     Source: http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/social/
Female
                 who am I?                Asian


 New England
                               $50,000



College Degree
                        18-34


                     Source: http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/social/
7 HOURS.
Time it took for LeBron James to amass
his first 150,000 Twitter followers.
7 HOURS.
Time it took for LeBron James to amass
his first 150,000 Twitter followers.

It took Bill Gates 8 hours to reach 100,000.
7 HOURS.
Time it took for LeBron James to amass
his first 150,000 Twitter followers.

It took Bill Gates 8 hours to reach 100,000.

Charlie Sheen smashed 1 million in 25 hours.
7 HOURS.
Time it took for LeBron James to amass
his first 150,000 Twitter followers.

It took Bill Gates 8 hours to reach 100,000.

Charlie Sheen smashed 1 million in 25 hours.
                                    #winning
WordPress
Instapaper
ReadItLater
Evernote
Quickoffice
FreeTime
Free Wifi
5-0 Police Scanner
 DoAT
external mic
mic adapter
VC Audio Pro
Garage Band
AudioBoo
Capture ($.99)
iMovie ($4.99)
1stVideo ($9.99)
iTimelapse Pro ($2.99)
Vimeo (freemium)
 DropBox
the right gear...
we’ve come
along way baby...
JFDI
JEDI
JFDI
JOURNALSM
acknowledgements
•   “How to be Mobile Reporter” /L.A. Lorek


•   “What the F*ck is Social Media; One Year Later” /Marta Kagan


•   “Periodismo Movil” /Juan Munoz


•   “Mobile Journalism Reporting Tools Guide” /Will Sullivan and RJI at Missouri School of
    Journalism


•   “Golden Age of Journalism” /Richard Koci Hernandez
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