1. Mobile Journalism:
THE REVOLUTION
OF CAPTURING
NEWS MEDIA
#EIJ11
@vhernandezcnn

2. 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

3. 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

4. GET OUT OF THE NEWSROOM

5. MAYBE NOT THIS FAR OUT

6. MAYBE NOT THIS FAR OUT
BUT WITH MOBILE, IT’S POSSIBLE

7. WITH MOBILE, COFFEE SHOPS
ARE THE NEW NEWSROOMS

10. tablets

14. 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

15. most
IMPORTANT
you need
to know

17. YOU ARE
NOT ALONE!

18. choose your own
adventure

19. choose your own
adventure
[age check]

21. how we got here

23. driven by consumer
behaviors

25. (yet another obligatory
cute kid pic)

27. need for
speed

28. (r)EVOLUTION

29. (r)EVOLUTION

30. (r)EVOLUTION

31. (r)EVOLUTION

32. (r)EVOLUTION

33. strategies vs. tactics

34. iPhone
v.
Android

35. iPhone
v.
SORRY,
BLACKBERRY
USERS! :(
Android

41. Source: http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/?p=28790

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

43. the smartphone today

44. the smartphone today
camera
social
internet
hotspot
voice
editing
gps

46. 5-8MP

47. 5-8MP
HDR apps

48. 5-8MP
HDR apps
PS Express

49. 5-8MP
HDR apps
PS Express
Flickr

50. 5-8MP
HDR apps
PS Express
Flickr
Panoramic

51. 5-8MP
HDR apps
PS Express
Flickr
Panoramic
Mobile Photo Sharing

53. sweet

54. sidebar
sweet

58. THIS JUST IN....

59. SOCIAL MEDIA IS
F**KING
HUGE

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

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

62. 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

63. 700 BILLION.
The number of minutes spent on Facebook per month.
Source: http://www.facebook.com/press/info.php?statistics

64. 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

65. 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

66. 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

67. 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

68. 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

69. 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

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

71. 130
http://www.facebook.com/press/info.php?statistics

72. 130
Number of friends
of average FB user
http://www.facebook.com/press/info.php?statistics

73. 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

74. 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

75. 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

76. 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

77. 6 BILLION.
The number of images hosted on Flickr.
Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/eon60/6000000000/

78. 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/

79. Source: http://paidcontent.org/article/419-oxygen-women-are-addicted-to-facebook-but-unsure-where-to-draw-the-line/

80. 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/

81. NINETY-FIVE.
The percentage of companies using
LinkedIn to find and attract employees.
http://recruiting.jobvite.com/resources/social-recruiting-survey.php

82. 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

83. 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

84. 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

85. 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

86. 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

87. Source: http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/social/

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

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

90. Female
who am I?
18-34
Source: http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/social/

91. Female
who am I?
New England
18-34
Source: http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/social/

92. Female
who am I? Asian
New England
18-34
Source: http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/social/

93. Female
who am I? Asian
New England
College Degree
18-34
Source: http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/social/

94. Female
who am I? Asian
New England
$50,000
College Degree
18-34
Source: http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/social/

95. 7 HOURS.
Time it took for LeBron James to amass
his first 150,000 Twitter followers.

96. 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.

97. 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.

98. 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

102. WordPress
Instapaper
ReadItLater
Evernote
Quickoffice
FreeTime
Free Wifi
5-0 Police Scanner
DoAT

103. external mic
mic adapter
VC Audio Pro
Garage Band
AudioBoo

104. Capture ($.99)
iMovie ($4.99)
1stVideo ($9.99)
iTimelapse Pro ($2.99)
Vimeo (freemium)
DropBox

105. the right gear...

106. we’ve come
along way baby...

107. JFDI
JEDI

108. JFDI

109. JOURNALSM

110. 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

111. http://about.me/victorhernandez