GlobalMojo

The Knight News Challenge closes midnight October 31. I submitted my proposal, a citizen mojo project, today.

The European Journalism Centre runs an excellent site for journalists. It is one of the sites I look at daily. This article on the need for more technology skills among journalists caught my attention. I gave a talk about mojos to the EJC staff in June this year.

The New York Times is putting a lot of effort into video. A press release from the company says, in part, that the site produces more than 100 original videos a month. These feature breaking news and analysis “as well as enterprise and investigative reporting by Times journalists around the world, many of whom are […]

Cyberjournalist reports the launch Know the News from of LinkTV. It’s a set of free web-based tools for news literacy that focus on international television news. The project is currently being beta tested by communications and journalism classes at the University of Texas, Austin; American University in Washington DC; and students from the Salzburg Academy […]

Ifra asked me to write a special report about mojos. I’ve just finished the draft. It’s about 13,000 words. Will finish with some recommendations about the best tools: another 2,000 words. Have tested Qik, Bambuser, Flixwagon, Shozu and Kyte. Of these, I find Qik, Bambuser and Flixwagon the most relevant for reporting breaking news. My […]