Mobile journalism
#Tip: Become a better smartphone photographer
'Never use the mobile zoom' and other advice on taking pictures with a mobile phone
Posted by Sarah Marshall on 15/05/13From apps to agency: Vericorder pushes FindStringers
Vericorder, which makes apps for journalists, is looking to expand its FindStringers freelance agency
Posted by Sarah Marshall on 02/05/13#Tip: Know where the video mic is on your iPhone
The iPhone 4S and the iPhone 5 have separate microphones for recording sound on video
Posted by Sarah Marshall on 22/04/13iPhone app Vizibee is 'video network for journalists'
Two BBC journalists are part of a team which has created a video-sharing app – which can only be used by journalists
Posted by Sarah Marshall on 04/04/13How CNN gathered the views of 20K Africans by SMS
CNN partnered with a start-up called Jana which rewards people with mobile phone credit for answering surveys
Posted by Sarah Marshall on 14/03/13Mobile reporting lessons from Leeds Trinity University
Students at Leeds Trinity University and their course leader Richard Horsman, share their experiences of iPhone reporting following a recent project
Posted by Rachel McAthy on 12/03/13Beamr unveils technology to reduce video file size
The firm behind the video technology has developed Mac and iPhone applications to reduce the file size of photos without affecting the quality
Posted by Sarah Marshall on 14/02/13Mobile-first: Metro creates 'web editions' for swipeable site
Initial results show dwell time doubles when readers swipe through 'web editions' of content organised by topic
Posted by Sarah Marshall on 13/02/13Mobile-first: Breaking News shifting focus to mobile
Having seen mobile traffic 'skyrocket past the website', Breaking News is now looking towards a mobile future
Posted by Sarah Marshall on 12/02/13Mobile-first: How Circa is re-imagining the news story
Circa is an iPhone-only news provider where reporters 'don't write articles, we tell stories'
Posted by Sarah Marshall on 11/02/13WSJ uses Vine to report on New York Fashion Week
Social media ideas and innovations: Another example of how Twitter's new micro-video app is being used by reporters
Posted by Sarah Marshall on 08/02/13Knight News Challenge announces eight mobile winners
Knight funding will be used to build a verification app and an application that journalists can use to store information to a phone's SIM card when working in a crisis situation
Posted by Sarah Marshall on 17/01/13App of the week for journalists: iFTP
A great app for mobile journalists who need to transfer video, audio or images to an FTP server while out and about
Posted by Sarah Marshall on 16/01/13Mobile: PressApp to help newsrooms gather UGC
The mobile technology can be used by newsrooms both to aggregate their digital content into a branded mobile app, and as a CMS which can request and receive UGC from users
Posted by Rachel McAthy on 15/01/13#Tip of the day for journalists: Consider getting interviewees to press record
A US radio journalist explains why he gets interviewees to record themselves and email him the file
Posted by Sarah Marshall on 18/12/125 examples of iPhone journalism from BBC 5 live's Nick Garnett
How BBC 5 live's North of England correspondent Nick Garnett is pushing the boundaries in mobile reporting
Posted by Sarah Marshall on 13/12/12#Tip of the day for journalists: mobile reporting pointers
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 12/12/12Irish broadcaster RTE to give reporters iPhone kit bags
The kit bags, containing microphones, lighting, lenses, adaptors and a tripod, will enable reporters to record and edit or livestream high-quality video and report for radio
Posted by Sarah Marshall on 28/11/12How iPhones to 'green screen Nokias' are being used for mobile journalism
This podcast hears about innovative uses of technology for mobile journalism
Posted by Sarah Marshall on 23/11/12Why a BBC radio reporter has ditched her mic for an iPhone
A Radio 4 documentary on the alleged forced sterilisation of women in Uzbekistan, which was recorded on a mobile phone, this week won the Foreign Press Association award for radio
Posted by Sarah Marshall on 23/11/12Citizen journalists report Sierra Leone elections by SMS
Connecting citizens in a country where 'more people have a mobile phone than have electricity', with editors and the online world
Posted by Sarah Marshall on 20/11/12Metro announces 'mobile-first' strategy and responsive site
Metro will release its responsive site 'within weeks' and is launching a digital edition app for Android 'within days'
Posted by Sarah Marshall on 14/11/12Why the Express and Star went 'mobile-first' and responsive
How the Shropshire Star and Express and Star adopted a 'mobile-first' strategy which led to the development of responsive websites
Posted by Sarah Marshall on 30/10/12CNN's newsroom on the rails: Reporting from a train across America
How a train carriage became a newsroom as CNN journalists shot and filed footage while travelling across America
Posted by Sarah Marshall on 29/10/12Mobile reporting: 15 iPhone apps for journalists
Turn your iPhone into a multimedia reporting tool for less than £20
Posted by Sarah Marshall on 24/10/12BBC News rolls out responsive site to mobile
BBC News develops mobile experience as one third of viewers access the website on a phone
Posted by Sarah Marshall on 23/10/12Mobile reporting: 15 Android apps for journalists
Android apps to turn the smartphone in your pocket into a sophisticated reporting tool
Posted by Sarah Marshall and Paul Lacey on 17/10/12How WSJ reporters are sharing mobile phone videos to WorldStream
Earlier this week WSJ launched WorldStream, a video blog of clips filmed by reporters on smartphones, with viewers consuming on their phones and online
Posted by Sarah Marshall on 30/08/1222 tools and apps every journalism student should know about
A selection of tools and apps for the student journalist's toolbox
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