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Qik’s blog reports that it is possible to access most of the features on the Qik website from an iPhone and iPod Touch. To get started, go to Qik on your iPhone or iPod Touch.

Attended the Future of Journalism conference in Melbourne, where the MEAA released its report. You can download the report here. Was on a panel about tools for reporting and talked about mojos. Interviewed blogger Trevor Cook about his use of CoverItLive, and Annie Fox, editor-in-chief of The Vine.

Flixwagon has announced new tools to allow reporters to stream live video from the field. The media release on the company’s web site says the software works even when no network coverage is available. Broadcasts are stored “locally” (presumably on the phone) and uploaded when internet connection resumes.

The lecture in the previous post. Click on the image below to see it.

The Guardian in the UK has used a site called Dipity to show media job losses as a timeline. This visual approach is powerful because it assembles a mass of information in one site. Another innovative tool I have come to appreciate in past weeks is Wordle. I took one of Rupert Murdoch’s Boyer lectures, […]

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News websites that fail to embrace video will die, video journalism pioneer Michael Rosenblum has told the UK Society of Editors conference in Bristol. For more, read here.

CNN experimented with a hologram reporter during the election night coverage. Here is a video about that experiment. Not mojo but still fascinating.

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 […]