1st Edition

MOJO: The Mobile Journalism Handbook How to Make Broadcast Videos with an iPhone or iPad

By Ivo Burum, Stephen Quinn Copyright 2016
322 Pages
by Routledge

322 Pages
by Routledge

322 Pages
by Routledge

MOJO: The Mobile Journalism Handbook is the first book devoted specifically to training citizens, journalism students and media professionals to produce professional-quality videos with only a mobile device. As journalism becomes increasingly competitive, students and emerging professionals need a broader skillset to make themselves more employable, whether as mainstream or entrepreneurial... Read more
 

Introduction

Chapter 1: Mojo and the mobile journalism revolution

Chapter 2: Citizens and journalism

Chapter 3: Mojo across genres

Chapter 4: Tools of the mojo trade

Chapter 5: Composing visual proof

Chapter 6: Recording location sound with an iPhone

Chapter 7: SCRAP: The elements of mojo storytelling

Chapter 8: Mojo interviewing

Chapter 9: Creative mobile editing

Chapter 10: Mojo post production

Chapter 11: Mojo, social networks and social media

Chapter 12: File delivery and phone management

Chapter 13: Ethical and legal aspects of mojo

Chapter 14: Mojo resources

Author biographies

Index

Biography

Ivo Burum is an award-winning writer, director and television executive producer. He has more than 30 years’ experience working across genres including frontline international current affairs. A pioneer in UGS creation, Dr. Burum lectures in multimedia journalism. This is his second book about mojo. He runs Burum Media, a mojo and web TV consultancy that provides training for journalists, educators and remote communities internationally.

Stephen Quinn is a professor of journalism at the Norwegian Creative College (NKH) in Oslo. He was a journalist for 24 years in five countries before he became a university professor. His company MOJO Media Insights trains mobile journalists around the world. This is his twenty-first print book. He has also produced five iBooks. Dr Quinn’s other passion is wine: He co-writes a weekly column syndicated to seven countries.

"It's finally available, to demonstrate how we can all become MOJOs, with a cautionary note that it's not just technical skills that count, but a good basis in journalism. The "it" is the long awaited MOJO: The Mobile Journalism Handbook (How to Make Broadcast Videos with an iPhone or iPad)... Quinn and burum pack a wealth of background information, advice, and references on how to plan and what it takes to collect, sort out, produce, and disseminate content by using portable devices that older journalists could only dream of."

- Magda Abu-Fadil, Huffington Post