GlobalMojo

This Mashable article offers a useful article that describes five useful tools for mobile phone reporting.

An American company, OWLE, have released a device called a bubo that fits to an iPhone to improve the quality of the video. Here is a video about the product. I like the handles, which make it easier to hold the iPhone when shooting video.

Apologies for the long delay in posting. Have finally finished two books. The book of most interest to readers of this blog will be the one about mobile journalism. A free pdf of Mojo: Mobile Journalism in the Asian Region can be found here.

Multi-media future for journalism

I have been busy this week working as a mojo for the Geelong Advertiser, my local paper. Here is a photograph of me in action, using my Nokia N95 8Gb.

Spent much of today experimenting with a Nokia N95 8Gb smartphone Nokia gave me for researching mojos. A black swan landed on our dam a few days ago. Here is some footage (remember it’s experimental) of the dam at the front of our property in Winchelsea.

YouTube seems to be re-cycling press releases. An example of a green policy, perhaps? On May 28 I noted in this blog that YouTube had announced a citizen reporter channel. Earlier this week You Tube issued another press release saying the same thing. Either way, it’s nice to see this option for citizen reporters.

Have a look at a new site, ReelChanges, that launched May 1. ReelChanges.org helps find money for documentaries. It’s FAQ says it “facilitates public micro-financing of quality-screened documentary projects”. It’s a not-for-profit.

A company called Blowtorch, which makes independent feature movies, is looking for ideas. In the past it has asked people to create their own short videos. Blowtorch then re-shoots the best amateur films with professional actors. Now it has come up with an interesting idea on Facebook. Participants have to come up with a challenge. Some examples might [...]

This video from the 2007 NPPA multimedia summit shows VJs in action.