Archive for the 'useful tools' Category
This blog gets a nice mention in this mobile journalism Toolbox created by SPJ, the US Society of Professional Journalists.
An American design company has produced a device that connects an iPhone easily to a tripod. It costs $US 9.95 plus $US 3 postage.
Not exactly mojo, but Facebook has launched a site devoted to helping journalists use Facebook. Given Facebook’s huge audience, journalists need to know how to use it.
Here is a great post from Australian journalist Guy Degen, based in Germany, about the extra tech goodies he puts in his kit bag.
Here is a useful blog post about the joys and perils of being a freelance journalist. Some innovative freelancers use mojo tools. The presentation is with Prezi, a new tool for presenting. Looks cool.
A new feature that Twitter says might be available in the next few weeks called “geolocation” should help reporters. The feature uses a mobile phone’s global positioning system (GPS) to allow Twitter users to include a precise location with each tweet. Sounds ideal if you are looking for tweets from a specific place. Ryan Sarver, director of [...]
Joy: New iPhone shoots video. But limited range of video streaming software via iTunes. Qik is available and works well. Testing camera here. This is a useful book.
The iPhone is a revolutionary tool for journalism. It makes newsgathering simple. Too many reporting tools are too complicated. The iPhone allows reporters to focus on storytelling. One of the best iPhone reporting tools I have discovered is Poddio. Here is a video that shows how easy Poddio is to use.
I know this video is an advertisement, but it does show how simple and easy shooting and editing video on the latest iPhone, the 3GS, can be.
Channel One TV, a Los Angeles-based satellite station run by expatriate Iranians, mailed thousands of camera pens to citizens in Iran to help them document their election. The pens pull apart to reveal a flash drive that plugs into a computer for uploading video. Not exactly mojo, but a fascinating example of how technology is being used for reporting.