Mobile journalism, solutions journalism and memberships: here is your weekly journalism news update

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Mobile journalism news series 'Phoning It In' proves the art of storytelling does not require a $40,000 camera

"Everyone has a story to tell, even if they don't know it," said Mike Castellucci, creator and producer of 'Phoning It In'.

The multiple Edward R. Murrow and Emmy Award-winning news series, which is now on its fourth episode, is shot with an iPhone – favouring creative storytelling over expensive broadcast equipment.

From convicted criminals who have turned their life around through art to the most dedicated Girl Scout cookie seller in Texas, Phoning It In aims to capture the human spirit in a series of feature stories, evoking emotion in the audience.

Hashtag Our Stories is using Snapchat lenses to turn citizens into more effective storytellers

News organisations have traditionally viewed user-generated content as a useful addition to a breaking news story or to complement a television package or article.

It was, and often still is, seen as amateur or low-quality by many local and national news outlets.

But mobile journalism network Hashtag Our Stories (HOS) wants to change this.

Since the company was launched in October 2017, co-founders Sumaiya and Yusuf Omar have travelled to over 40 countries around the world training communities to tell their own stories.

Earn while you learn: VICE pays US journalism students for pitching mental health stories

VICE is paying journalism students for pitching stories on mental health, whilst boosting coverage on the topic.

As part of their Fellowship For Collegiate Reporting, US college journalists can submit pitches to the VICE digital newsroom. If accepted, the students will learn how their story unfolds from conceptualisation through to publication.

Managing editor, VICE, Rachel Schallom, says the initiative addresses the difficulty to find viable work experience, as the fellowship can be carried out without the students stepping foot outside of their home.

How the Guardian's supporters helped save the newspaper

The Guardian staff, via Wikimedia Commons

Since the Guardian was launched in 1821 in Manchester, it has undergone a complete transformation.

Many still think of the publisher as a daily UK newspaper. But with recent digital developments, the Guardian has become a truly global multi-platform news organisation.

Advice from ABC News: how to get started with satellite journalism

Satellite journalism has been said to hold much promise for data-driven, investigative journalism.

As Mark Corcoran, senior reporter at ABC News, wrote last year in a report on Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, it is becoming easier to learn how to use technology although some organisations still cannot afford to pay for the tools. That said, satellite imagery provides practical means for verifying information, newsgathering and storytelling.

'You are what you read': what a crowdfunded book on solutions journalism says about audience's appetite for news

With an £11k backing from supporters, author Jodie Jackson is now set to publish and offers a sneak peak of her findings in this week's podcast. Her book aims to shed the light on the psychological need for solutions journalism in today’s problem-dominated news culture.

Click here to bag your spot at newsrewired, our next digital journalism conference, taking place on 6 March at Reuters, Canary Wharf, London.

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