DigitalEd: How to Become a Mobile Ninja in the Field
We’re past the “Oh look! You can do journalism with a smartphone!” phase of mobile journalism. We know that using mobile devices gives us mobility, a production office in the field and a way to generate content quickly from the scene. Unfortunately, there are increasing demands for on–the-scene content to feed the social media machine. But every piece of content tweeted is time lost reporting.
This training will show you how to use various mobile tools while reporting to quickly generate interesting direct-to-social content – without taking away reporting time. Each of the tools and techniques featured requires less than 90 seconds to create content that goes up to social media and lets you get back to reporting.
Handouts included:
- Documents on the best field-tested apps.
- Explanations of the gear you need to up the quality of your mobile reporting game
- Templates for covering different kinds of stories using just your phone.
- How to take content you’ve gathered and “chunk” it up optimally for mobile-to-social transmission
- The best apps to quickly create stories and bits of content
- What “cotton candy content” is – and how you can use it to own a story and build brand loyalty
- Strategies to create a consistent flow of information during a breaking news situation
