mobile tools for journalism
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Tips and trick for using your smartphone to report, edit and publish from the field. Presented 10/13 at Newstrain Seattle.TRANSCRIPT
#NewstrainNW
• Serve your audience on social media – and reach a new one
• Feed tweets into your site as a breaking story
• Use live tweets as your notes • Helps staff communicate • Start writing a story in-office from
reporters’ live tweets
• Mix play-by-play with context, background • Pass on quotes, who is there, add media • Note significant pauses and stops • Divide and conquer as a team • Take questions, respond when possible
• Group tweets by keyword • Find other sources • Expand your audience • Organize content for display and archiving
• Search for hashtag(s) already in use • If a hashtag is already in use, adopt it • If not, choose one that’s simple & unique • Geographic abbreviation helps
(#SEAStorm) • Geographic better than branded
• Write a post on this session in email. Email to [email protected]
• Take photos or audio. Email
• Send tweets with hashtag #NewstrainNW
Mandy Jenkins [email protected]
@mjenkins More resources and such at:
zombiejournalism.com mandyjenkins.com
slideshare.net/mandyjenkins
Credits: Steve Buttry originated some slide images, text