July 23, 2004
Student digital reporters to cover Democratic and Republican National Conventions
Armed with camera phones and access to Cingular Wireless service, graduate and undergraduate college journalism students will capture election news, events and activities surrounding the Democratic and Republican National Conventions.
These "digital reporters" will post pictures, audio and video to the moblog hosted at Cingular's Election Headquarters at rucingular.com/election .
The site powered by Textamerica, will go live on Monday, July 26 -- day one of the Democratic National Convention.
Cingular Wireless is sponsoring the students as a part of the Wireless Election Connection, a program encouraging young people to vote and play an important role in the political process, according to a company press release.
The teams of "digital reporters," directed by professional journalists, are comprised of students from the University of South Carolina, University of California - Berkeley, Emerson College, Northeastern University and Columbia University.
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