Mobile reporting: New Web resource offers tips, tools and case studies
A new resource offers an excellent road map for journalists, citizen
reporters, news outlets and media development organizations seeking to
harness the power of mobile technology.The Mobile Media Toolkit offers comprehensive guides to key mobile reporting, delivery and engagement skills, a guide to the latest mobile tech tools and more than a dozen case studies of mobile media projects from Sri Lanka to South Africa.
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Jennifer Dorroh, IJNet (www.ijnet.org) July 28, 2011
How to stay impartial during interviews
Our job is to inform the public debate, not direct it. We are there to
uncover facts, not plant them. Our role as journalists is to unearth
information, prepare it and display it for the benefit of the audience.
We are not there to manipulate, force or fabricate. So what are the
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David Brewer, IJNet (www.ijnet.org) July 25, 2011
Three ways journalists can use Google Plus for reporting: Some of the features of Google Plus
We all agree: the idea of getting started on yet another social network
is enough to make even the most outgoing journalist feel anti-social.But there has been a lot of buzz around Google Plus (it's said to have 20 million users now) and if you take some time to poke around, you'll find there are a number of useful features for reporting.
Here are three ways IJNet thinks it can help journalists.
1) Stay on top of your beat and track stories using Sparks and Circles.
Google Plus feature “Sparks" gathers the latest content on any topic you like, similar to a Google News search. After saving your news topic, you can access that feed by clicking on its name (located on the left side under Sparks in your home page). It will display a stream of the latest content on that topic in your home page.
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IJNet (www.ijnet.org) July 25, 2011
BBC to journalists on social media: "Don't do anything stupid"
Recognizing that social media can be a land mine for journalists, the BBC has updated its social media policy.While the BBC doesn't mind that journalists have personal accounts, they outline in six points how to tweet, blog and use Facebook without running into trouble. (Journalists frequently do -- check out IJNet's guide to 5 tweets that get journalists fired).
They begin the guide to personal accounts by stating "...as a BBC member of staff - and especially as someone who works in News - there are particular considerations to bear in mind. They can all be summarized as: 'Don't do anything stupid’".
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IJNet (www.ijnet.org) July 25, 2011
Thomson Reuters offers fellowships for multimedia training [Worldwide]
Journalists interested in improving their multimedia skills can attend a
course in London from Oct. 31- Nov. 4. There are full and partial
fellowships available as well as full-tuition spots open.Thomson Reuters is offering fellowships for journalists from the developing world with a minimum of two years experience with a general news or specialist reporting background wanting to gain new online skills to help them work smarter. No prior technical skills required.
For more information, click here.
IJNet (www.ijnet.org) July 25, 2011