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Mobile journalism is a form of
One of the first instance of mobile journalism recorded is from wearable technology pioneer Steve Mann as a feature in a personal visual assistant that he designed, he identified himself as a roving reporter.
In the beginning, he faced concerns from the press about privacy. He responded by writing on The Tech of MIT on July 24, 1996 a guest column "Wearcam Helps Address Privacy Issue". In the column, he stated that he was wearing his experimental eye glass to bring awareness to the huge and growing number of surveillance cameras that were watching over citizen's activities. He also stated in the article that he "exercises deference to others, " many of the photos he took were "architecture details, experiments in light and shade, posed shots done at the request of those in the picture".
Every year, hundreds of mobile journalists attend mobile journalism conferences. One of these is MojoFest, which has been organized in association with RTE, the national public services broadcaster of Ireland.
Editors at
multimedia
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newsgathering and storytelling that enables journalists to document, edit and share news using small, network connected devices like smartphones.
Mobile journalists report in video, audio, photography, and graphics using apps on their portable devices.
Such reporters, sometimes known as mojos (for mobile journalist
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), are staff or freelance journalist
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s who may use digital camera
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s and camcorder
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s, laptop PCs, smartphones
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or tablet
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devices. A broadband wireless connection, satellite phone, or cellular network is then used to transmit the story and imagery for publication.
The term ''mojo'' has been in use since 2005, originating at the ''Fort Myers News-Press
''The News-Press'' is a daily broadsheet newspaper located in Fort Myers, Florida, serving primarily Lee County, as well as parts of Hendry, Collier, and Charlotte Counties.
The paper publishes several editions of its "Local & State" (metro) s ...
'' and then gaining popularity throughout the Gannett newspaper chain in the United States
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.
Some key benefits of mobile journalism in comparison to conventional methods include affordability, portability, discretion, approachability, and the ease of access for beginners.
History
One of the first instance of mobile journalism recorded is from wearable technology pioneer Steve Mann as a feature in a personal visual assistant that he designed, he identified himself as a roving reporter.
In the beginning, he faced concerns from the press about privacy. He responded by writing on The Tech of MIT on July 24, 1996 a guest column "Wearcam Helps Address Privacy Issue". In the column, he stated that he was wearing his experimental eye glass to bring awareness to the huge and growing number of surveillance cameras that were watching over citizen's activities. He also stated in the article that he "exercises deference to others, " many of the photos he took were "architecture details, experiments in light and shade, posed shots done at the request of those in the picture".
Every year, hundreds of mobile journalists attend mobile journalism conferences. One of these is MojoFest, which has been organized in association with RTE, the national public services broadcaster of Ireland.
Editors at AJ+
AJ, or variants, may refer to:
Arts, entertainment and media Fictional characters
* A. J. (''The Fairly OddParents''), a fictional character
* A.J. Soprano, a fictional character in ''The Sopranos''
* Superspinner AJ, a fictional character in t ...
, a digital outlet form Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera ( ar, الجزيرة, translit-std=DIN, translit=al-jazīrah, , "The Island") is a state-owned Arabic-language international radio and TV broadcaster of Qatar. It is based in Doha and operated by the media conglomerate Al Jazeera ...
, use mobile journalists in their video news coverage.
See also
* Backpack journalism * Mobile reportingReferences
External links
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