Tools for Mobile Journalists

Course Overview

Title:
Tools for Mobile Journalists
Type:
Webinar
Cost:
$27.95
Originally Broadcast On:
June 17, 2010
Time Estimate:
About one hour.

About Webinars

In this virtual classroom, participants can join in a seminar led by Poynter faculty and visiting faculty. This screencast includes live audio and a slideshow presentation in which participants can post questions and respond to poll questions posed by the host.

This Webinar was originally broadcast on:
June 17, 2010 Enroll Now
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Looking to transform yourself or your newsroom into a mobile powerhouse? Having the right gear is the first step, but working outside the office while publishing on Web deadlines takes more than just a smart phone or a Wifi card for your laptop.

Learn about the latest tools, apps and sites to help you report and publish your content. You'll see ways to integrate your desktop, laptop and mobile devices so you can get your coverage online -- and to your audience -- faster.

What Will I Learn:
  • Why we need to be thinking mobile first for news gathering and distribution
  • The best smart phone apps for journalists
  • How to get connected in the field
  • Your best options for getting content online in a hurry
  • How to shop at your favorite big-box store to outfit a mobile newsroom in a hurry
  • Best practices from journalists using these tools in the field
Who Should Take this Course:

Reporters, photojournalists, editors, producers and others who want to cover news faster and better in the mobile age.

Course Instructor:

Damon Kiesow

Damon Kiesow is the 2010-2011 Digital Media Fellow at the Poynter Institute in St Petersburg, Fla. He blogs on the use of mobile technology in journalism at http://poynter.org/mobilemedia and has presented at numerous conferences and webinars on the topics of mobile media, change leadership, multimedia newsroom management and photojournalism.

Damon is the former editor/online at The Telegraph in Nashua, N.H., where he worked with a small newsroom to aggressively pursue a Web-centric local news strategy.

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