Breaking News on the Web. Hard to believe that some in local media are still skeptical of mobile journalism via the Internet. “Amateurish and non-broadcast quality” are some of the things we hear. Those in local TV still think that big, expensive news crews, bulky cameras and complicated editing rooms are the only way to do breaking news.
Watch the clip above to see how some are using a small, handheld Nokia camera phone, together with software from QIK, to shoot live, breaking video news in the field. Granted, the quality is not perfect…yet…. but it is most certainly good enough to capture news that could happen anywhere, at anytime. As the Web becomes the place for breaking news, whoever gets the story up online first…has the greatest chance of winning the local news war of the future.
How Newspapers can win. This is how Newspapers can OWN the local, online video space: simply equip their journalists and production staff with mobile devices like these…..then get them out from behind their desks, and into the field…..pronto!
Every journalist needs to become a MOJO. Jeff Jarvis from BuzzMachine writes about his experience in the Reuters-Nokia mojo project at Davos. Jeff smartly suggests that every journalist needs to learn these new skills of storytelling. Click here to read.
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The Blog According to Buzz » Blog Archive » How Print Can Get Back in the Game // February 12, 2008 at 2:42 pm |
[...] Randy Michaels gets it. This is how Newspapers can OWN the local, online video space: simply equip their journalists and production staff with mobile devices like these…..then get them out from behind their desks, and into the field…..pronto! [source] [...]
buzz // February 12, 2008 at 2:50 pm |
Great post Randy. My entry expands on your thoughts.
Newspapers are getting tired, but they dont have to be..
http://www.buzzbishop.com/blog/2008/02/12/how-print-can-get-back-in-the-game/
Rambler // February 12, 2008 at 3:22 pm |
Check this out…live doesn’t require live trucks. Live can be done in many ways.