Sian McGuinness

Mobile Journalism, or MoJo, is quickly gaining speed within the journalism industry. With mobile technologies ever improving, and the amount of people with access to a mobile phone constantly on the rise, it’s easy to see why more and more people are producing and consuming MoJo. Marc Shaw said in a recent article for Shure : “The internet, smartphones, broadband wireless, live-streaming apps – new technologies have altered not just how people consume journalism, but also how it’s both gathered and packaged.” “The internet has created a new way to reach vastly larger audiences while also simultaneously democratizing newsgathering: You no longer need a massive satellite truck with a huge TV crew to cover breaking news.” More and more journalism courses are beginning to incorporate MoJo into their curriculums. On my own journalism master’s course at Manchester Metropolitan University, a large part of our learning has been dedicated to producing and editing content solely u...

Mobile journalism (known to those in the business as MoJo) is quickly becoming one of the most-used ways to create journalism, as well as one of the most consumed mediums.   The idea behind MoJo is that journalists can captures videos, take pictures, record audio, and edit their material on a single mobile device – namely a smartphone.   In a 2017 white paper written by Paul Kahunen, eleven journalists from across the field were interviewed about their experience with MoJo. Kahunen found two major points.   “Firstly, it is easier to move around with smaller and lighter newsgathering devices, Secondly, a mobile journalist can just shoot and edit a story on a smartphone and send it to a newsroom or social media.”  He also noted how journalists could easily live-stream events without having to connect to satellites.  MoJo...