Mojo on the Go Go

Monday, November 17th, 2008

Mobile phone journalist = mojo (not to be confused with Austin Powers). Frank Barth-Nilsen from NRK trains mojos, changing the way story telling is done & Reuters Mobile Journalism considers the mojo as a future form of journalism. Hate to tell them, it's already here! Their toolkit is below: Being a mojo ...

In for a good Vlog-ing?

Monday, November 17th, 2008

Is it internet TV, video journalism or the visual musings of a misguided non-talent? Vlogs offer, in the main, fast paced, quick snippets of visual and the added benefit of stopping content if it bores you to tears in the first minute. Vlogs allow more human stories at an individual level, ...

Flying Solo – blogging tools & getting it out there!

Friday, November 14th, 2008

It used to be that a talent in writing was all you needed to become a journalist, but "the times they are a changing", to coin a Bob Dylan  phrase. His words are particularly pertinent to journalists today. Traditional journalism does have restrictions on time and space, as recounted by solo journalist Kevin ...

Publish, Perish or Podcast?

Monday, August 11th, 2008

At a party the other night for XYZ Studios, I was surrounded by media professionals. All had the same opinion on blogs - they are essential web content. So, what are blogs? Blogs are about content. Lots of it. They have graduated from being online, personal journals to being newsworthy & content rich. ...