A presentation for the JOURNALISM IN THE DIGITAL AGE: TRENDS, TOOLS AND TECHNOLOGIES event at the Edinburgh Science Festival.

1. There’s an app for that...
Podcasting, Vodcasting and mobile journalism

2. What is a podcast?

3. What is a podcast?
Downloadable, on demand media

4. What is a podcast?
Downloadable, on demand media
Audio or video content

5. What is a podcast?
Downloadable, on demand media
Audio or video content
Podcasting is not broadcasting

6. Field kit - old school
Typewriter/laptop
Cellphone
Dictaphone/DAT
Recorder
Video/stills camera
Reference books

7. Field kit - new school
Smartphone

8. Going Live

9. Going Live
Added value to content

10. Going Live
Added value to content
Follow the unfolding story

11. Going Live
Added value to content
Follow the unfolding story
Instant engagement

12. Going Live
Added value to content
Follow the unfolding story
Instant engagement
Reporting becomes two-way process

13. Live ≠ On Demand

14. Live ≠ On Demand
News in the raw

15. Live ≠ On Demand
News in the raw
Appropriate to go live?

16. Live ≠ On Demand
News in the raw
Appropriate to go live?
Narrowcasting, not broadcasting

17. Live ≠ On Demand
News in the raw
Appropriate to go live?
Narrowcasting, not broadcasting
Live for the sake of it

18. Alchemists of Sound

19. Alchemists of Sound
More intimate

20. Alchemists of Sound
More intimate
Easier to produce and distribute

21. Alchemists of Sound
More intimate
Easier to produce and distribute
Lacks visceral appeal

22. Video killed the radio star

23. Video killed the radio star

24. Video killed the radio star
Picture’s worth 1000
words

25. Video killed the radio star
Picture’s worth 1000
words
Familiarity with web
video

26. Video killed the radio star
Picture’s worth 1000
words
Familiarity with web
video
Harder to produce

27. Battle for Hearts and Minds
Danfung Dennis (danfungdennis.com)

28. Battle for Hearts and Minds
Danfung Dennis (danfungdennis.com)

29. ‘The marvels - of film, radio
and television - are marvels
of one-way communication,
which is not communication
at all.’
Milton Mayer