Who Found my Mojo?

In ‘Who found my mojo’ Stephen Quinn discusses the rise of mojos or mobile journalists, reporters who carry nothing but a mobile phone.

The Reuters news agency in London equipped its journalists with a mobile journalism toolkit approximately one year ago.

The toolkit includes the Nokia N95/N82, a Bluetooth keyboard, a digital microphone and a phone-adapted tripod.

The greatest advantage of mojos, in my opinion, is that reporters no longer have to carry around heavy equipment and because they can record interviews and events without the need of a film crew, it makes it easier to be on the scene as an event is unfolding.

Robert Scoble has been broadcasting live video from his cell phone since last year and claims he can get live video onto the Internet faster than he can make a phone call.

The immediacy of the Internet enables audiences to be exposed to news almost instantaneously.

The most significant disadvantage of mojos is that in remains limited in some developed nations, such as Australia, due to the high cost of data charges.

My biggest concern is that being solely responsible for filming, interviewing and editing may result in me (as a future journalist) becoming a jack of all trades and master of none.

See the video below for an example of mobile journalism.