Smart Phones for Smart Journalists
International Center for JournalistsMandy Jenkins#icfj11
Who Owns Cell Phones?
85% non-Hispanic whites
79% African-Americans
76% Latinos
Source: Pew, 2011
Phone Usage
Source: Nielsen, Media Buyer Planner
App Use Among Latinos
58% use non-voice apps
55% send/receive texts
6% use phone as a stand-in for a home computer
Source: Pew, 2011
Immigration Apps
Border crossing wait time
Visa processing
Naturalization tests
Immigration law
Long-distance conversations
Tweets that break news
Search for News & Sources
• Search by keywords, location, time• Reach out for more info• Follow who you reach out to
More Mobile Reporting
Photoshop Express
Qik (Live Video)
Evernote
Mobile Publishing
ScribbleLive
Wordpress
Tumblr
Productivity & Strategy
Newsroom Workflow
Reporters tweet/liveblog details, quotes and media
Web producers/editors start a story from those tweets
Reporters use tweets as notes to write longer form
Tools to manage the insanity
Research tools
Trends and searches
Resources in the field
Read when you have the chance
Be connected to the office
Try it out
Exercises
Write a short post on this session. Publish by email to [email protected].
Tweet observations from this session using #mojoclass
Take photos, video or audio. Publish by email to [email protected].
Mobilejournos.tumblr.com
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Questions, follow-up
Mandy Jenkins
@mjenkins
More resources and such at:
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