Table of Contents vii Table of Contents 1 The History, Current Understanding and the Future of Mobile Journalism 1 1.1 Introduction 1 1.2 Origins of Mojo 4 1.3 The future 10 1.4 Changing Jobs for Columnists 13 1.5 A Glance at the Past, Present, and Eventual Fate of Social News Coverage 14 1.5.1 The Past 14 1.5.2 The Present 15 1.5.3 The Future 16 1.6 What is Mobile Journalism? 16 1.6.1 The Rise of Mobile Journalism 17 viii Mobile Journalism 1.6.2 Advantages of Mobile Journalism 19 1.6.3 Benefits of Going ‘mojo’ 21 1.7 Managing Smartphone Limitations 22 1.8 MOJO Research 23 1.9 Magic and the News Coverage Educational Plan 25 2 Developing an Insight of user Experience 28 2.1 User Research: Why and Why should You Do It 28 2.1.1 What is User Research? 29 2.1.2 Three Good Reasons for Doing User Research 29 2.1.3 Explaining each Reason: 30 2.2 A Mobile Journalism Mindset 34 2.2.1 User Experience of Smart Phones in Mobile Journalism – Early Findings on Influence of Professional Role 34 3 The Mobile Journalism Skills 35 3.1 The Role of the Mobile Editor 35 3.2 I have My Smartphone, Now What? 37 3.3 The Basic Mojo Kit 38 3.3.1 The Smartphones 39 3.4 Camera Apps 40 3.4.1 iPhone Camera App 41 3.4.2 Filmic Pro 41 3.4.3 Camera + 42 3.5 Sound Apps 43 3.5.1 Rode Rec 43 3.5.2 Voice Memos 43 3.5.3 Quick Voice 43 3.5.4 N-Track Studio 43 3.5.5 Voca Live 44 3.5.6 Microphones 44 3.6 Mixers 45 3.7 Cradles 45 3.7.1 Mcamlite 46 3.7.2 Smart Phocus 46 3.7.3 Rode Grip 46 3.7.4 Manfrotto Klyp 46 3.7.5 Joby Grip Tight Micro 46 3.7.6 Shoulderpod S1 47 3.8 Edit Apps 47 Table of Contents ix 3.9 Rechargeable Lights 48 3.10 Mini Tripod, Mono-Pod, Steady-Cam and More 48 3.10.1 Steadicam 49 3.10.2 Boombandit 49 3.10.3 Drones 49 3.11 Portable Power 50 3.12 Live Streaming from Smartphones 50 3.12.1 Hybrid Systems and Sharing Facilities 51 3.13 Transfer Devices 51 3.14 Adaptors and Lenses 53 4 Fake News and Trolling: Filtering and Handling 55 4.1 Summary 55 4.2 Citizens and Journalism 62 4.3 Does our Constant Connection to Network Nodes make the difference? 63 4.3.1 Were the Arab Springers Accidental Witnesses or Citizen Journalists? 65 4.4 The Rise of Fake News 71 4.4.1 Sorts of Fake News 72 4.4.2 Kinds of Fake News 73 4.5 The Fake News Business Model 74 4.5.1 Counterfeit News, Social Media, and the Filter Bubble 74 4.5.2 What would we be able to do about phony news? 75 4.6 Fake News 75 4.6.1 Heinz College Experts Discuss Troll Farms, Fake News 76 4.7 For Good or Bad, Social Media is Powerful 78 4.8 How to Spot Counterfeit News? 81 4.8.1 Investigate 81 4.8.2 Look Past the Feature 81 4.8.3 Check different Sources 82 4.8.4 Check the Realities 82 4.8.5 Check your Inclinations 82 4.8.6 Is it a Joke? 82 4.8.7 Fact-Checking Sites 82 x Mobile Journalism 5 Finding the Story, Verification and Publication: The Process 83 5.1 Summary 83 5.2 Upskirting 87 5.3 Privacy 87 5.4 Taste 89 5.5 Ethical Considerations 89 5.6 Citizen Mojos 91 5.7 Legal Issues 92 5.7.1 Defamation 92 5.8 MORE ON PRIVACY 94 5.9 Things to Consider 97 6 Storytelling: The Concept and Process 98 6.1.1 Voyeur as Storyteller 100 6.2 Scrap: How to Develop Strong News like UG 103 6.3 The Importance of the 5WS as Research 104 6.4 The Five-Point Plan 107 6.5 Basic Story Elements 108 6.5.1 Stand-Up or Piece to Camera (PTC) 109 6.5.2 Interviews 110 6.5.3 Actuality 110 6.5.4 Overlay (B Roll) 111 6.6 Narration 112 6.7 Graphics 115 6.8 Music 115 6.9 Style of Coverage 115 6.10 Sound 116 6.11 The most effective method to recount to a story that your clients really need to peruse. 125 6.12 Summary 127 7 Visual Journalism 128 7.1 Summary 128 7.2 How Social Media Has Evolved and Where It Is Headed 137 7.3 Telephone Phreaking 142 7.3.1 User Nets 142 7.3.2 Business Online Administrations 143 7.3.3 Texting 143 7.3.4 Online Life Sharing 143 Table of Contents xi 7.3.5 The Social Media 1.0 144 7.3.6 Current Point of View via Web-Based Networking Media: Social Media 144 7.4 What is Visual Journalism? 146 7.4.1 Visual News-Casting is the Mix of Content, Pictures and Format 147 7.4.2 Some Valuable Ideas Clarified 148 7.4.3 News design Edit 148 7.4.4 External links Edit 149 7.4.5 9 Key Elements that can help Journalists be better Video Storytellers 149 8 Social Media Publications 153 8.1 Summary 153 8.2 The Video Audience: UGC and Millennials 160 8.3 Smartphones and Media Consumption 161 8.4 Advice for Newsrooms 162 8.4.1 Length is Important 163 8.4.2 Mojo Business Models 164 8.4.3 Producing and Publishing Social Media Content 164 8.4.4 Content Creation Ideas: Where to Start 165 8.4.5 Online networking Ideas for Small Businesses 165 8.4.6 Instructions to Build Out Your Social Media Content From Scratch 165 9 Web Publications 168 9.1 Summary 168 9.2 Choosing the Right Mojo Equipment 170 9.2.1 Be Prepared and Be Professional 170 9.2.2 A Five-Point Plan 171 9.2.3 Basic Smartphone Handling 173 9.2.4 Hand-Held or Tripod? 173 9.2.5 Coverage 175 9.3 Shots or Sequences 175 9.4 The Devil is in the Detail 177 9.5 When recording story elements consider the following. 177 9.5.1 Framing 177 9.5.2 For How Long Do I Hold Shots? 181 9.5.3 How could you use the tea ceremony shot or concept at the scene of an accident? 181 xii Mobile Journalism 9.5.4 Dynamic Camera Movement 181 9.5.5 Screen Direction 182 9.5.6 Lighting 184 9.6 OUTDOOR LIGHT 184 9.7 INDOOR LIGHT 184 9.8 BACKLIGHT 185 9.9 FILL LIGHT 185 9.9.1 Location Audio 186 9.10 Nine things to know before publishing an online news website 188 9.10.1 Utilize a substance the board framework 188 9.10.2 Releases is an obsolete idea 188 9.10.3 Distribute whenever 189 9.10.4 There is no compelling reason to chronicle stories 189 9.10.5 Substance ought to be open 189 9.10.6 Focus on readership 189 9.10.7 Pick your picture extents and be reliable 190 9.10.8 Be steady. 190 9.10.9 Be tolerant 190 10 Apps 191 10.1 Who is my target audience and what are their specific needs? 192 10.2 How much time should I spend on this? 192 10.3 How can I take my efforts to the next level? 193 11 Appendix 194 11.1 Some Additional Reading Resources on Mobile Journalism 194 11.1.1 MOJO: The Mobile Journalism Handbook. Burum Ivo 194 11.1.2 Mobile-First Journalism : Producing News for Social and Interactive Media.Steve Hill ; Paul Bradshaw 195 11.2 Blogs 196 11.3 Websites 197 11.4 Tutorial Sites 197 Index 198.