Mojo (mobile journalist)
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Mojo refers to Mobile Journalists that is, staff or freelance reporters who write their stories from their communities thanks to technical tools such as digital cameras and camcorders, laptop PCs with broadband wireless connection or smartphones.[1][2]
The term "mojo" (mobile journalist) has been in use since 2005. It originated at the Fort Myers (Fla.) News-Press and the term is now current throughout the Gannett newspaper chain in the United States.[3]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Marymont, Kate (02). "MoJo a Go-Go". Quill: 18–21. ISSN 0033-6475.
- ^ Marymont, Kate (10). "How They Did It: Fort Myers’ "mojo" journalists search out news at the neighborhood level, identify community contributors". Gannett News Watch. http://www.gannett.com/go/newswatch/2006/february/nw0210-2.htm. Retrieved 22 May 2008.
- ^ Martyn, Peter H (01). "The Mojo in the Third Millenium: Is multimedia journalism affecting the news we see?". Journalism Practice 3 (2): 196–215. doi:10.1080/17512780802681264. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17512780802681264. Retrieved 27 Feb 2009.
[edit] Further reading
- Quinn, Stephen (2009). Mojo - Mobile Journalism in the Asian Region. Singapore: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung. http://www.kas.de/wf/doc/kas_18599-544-2-30.pdf. Retrieved 29 Jan 2010.
