Why the media is on the move

Mobile phones are changing the future of news, reports Stephen Quinn for The Sydney Morning Herald.

In London, Reuters news agency equipped its journalists with a mobile journalism toolkit about a year ago. Reuters' product manager of mobile and emerging media, Ilicco Elia, says this is the start of a future form of journalism and a new way to tell stories. In fact, the BBC's technology editor, Darren Waters, has been filing mojo (mobile journalist) reports from various parts of Europe since late last year.

"Mobile phones allow journalists to change their heavy camera equipment to a smaller device," Mr Elia says. Reuters' journalists tested the mobile toolkit at the New York fashion week last year and on the US presidential campaign trail. The agency now plans to give the mobile devices to citizen journalists. ...

emily | 10:32 AM | Reporters and Picture Phones |
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