Apps, best practices, experiments and statistics on mobile journalism in practice, aimed at journalists in the Arab world. Presented at the International Center for Journalists Bootcamp in Cairo, Egypt.
22. QUESTIONS, FOLLOW-UP Mandy Jenkins [email_address] @mjenkins More resources and such at: zombiejournalism.com
Notas del editor
Who has a smarthphone? Phone with web access?
up from 47% in 2008 March 2011, there were more than 800 applications either created by Arab developers or available in Arabic 54% on Nokia/Symbian, followed by Apple at 23%, BB 20% Those that don't have them 54% to get one in the next year. Use apps, preferred in English (Research in Motion)
27.7 million Facebook users in the Arab World 1.1 million users who tweeted at least once every two weeks 2011 Q1, ArabSocial Media Report
Who is on Twitter? Best tool for mobile news Report directly from the scene
All kinds of news broke on Twitter
Regular people do it too
Demo it with your phone live video from a scene embed your channel online save videos publish to youtube/Twitter/FB
syncs notes across all devices share and collaborate on notes with others record audio and take notes at the same time
Free live chats multiple participants can add audio, video and photos in real time great for live events readers can ask questions too # do with sources # staff Show off Zville story
Blogging on the go. Advanced looking sites
Blogging on the go Can blog by audio calls Publish by Email Easy without an app
trends not an app search in most twitter apps
Instapaper app save long stories for offline Research to read later