Today's journalists must embrace the mobile age and harness the power of the smartphone to report stories.

1. How to be a mobile reporter By L.A. Lorek

2. Get out of the newsroom

3. Maybe not this far out but with mobile it’s possible

4. Mobile reporters can work out of neighborhood coffeehouses

5. Mobile cellular subscriptions worldwide grew from under 1 billion to over 5 billion in a decade. T Source: International Telecommunication Union www.itu.int

6. Every reporter needs a notebook and penNow every reporter needs a smart phone

7. We’ve come a long way baby

8. To the iPhone

9. 63.2 million U.S. smartphone subscribers Top Acquired Phones in the U.S. 1. Apple iPhone 3GS 2. Apple iPhone 4 3. BlackBerry Curve 8530 4. LG - Cosmos 5. Motorola – Droid Source: comScore MobiLens, Jan-2010 to Dec-2010

10. Backpack journalists can easily tote mobile reporting tools

11. “Even in the most remote parts of the world with no electricity, people have mobile phones,” – Google’s Osama Bedier at TEDxAustin

14. In 2011, New York Times gives its reporters iPhones 4Gs to capture video

15. Mobile Reporters Can capture video Take photos Record audio Write notes Send e-mails Tweet Make phone calls

16. In 2010, 5 BILLION apps downloaded — up from 300 million in 2009

17. Favorite apps for reporters Twitter Instagram for photos Cinch for recording short interviews iTalk Lite to record longer interviews Foursquare/Gowalla for check-ins Plancast for scheduling LinkedIn/Facebook/Youtube Safari for Google maps

19. Consuming media on mobile Nearly 47 percent of U.S. mobile subscribers browse the web, access apps, download content or access the mobile Internet via SMS That’s up from 7.6 % a year ago Source: Comscore’s The 2010 Mobile Year in Review at www.comscore.com

21. Social Mobile Social Networking was the fastest growing category for U.S. subscribers with 57.9 million mobile users in Dec. 2010, up 56 % from a year ago.

22. Favorite mobile activitiesplayed games

23. FIVE MILLION Foursquare users — up from 200,000 users in 2009

28. Accessed Search

29. Captured Video

30. Accessed Maps

31. Used I.M. Accessed sports , listened to music, checked bank accounts, financial news, restaurant Info

32. Surge in mobile social media platforms 347 %growth in Twitter mobile usage 200 MILLION mobile Facebook Users 100 MILLION YouTube videos played on mobile devices everyday Source: MobileFuture.org

34. Tagging with mobile phones

36. Ninety-one percent of U.S. adults say that they have seen people misuse mobile technology. Seventy-five percent of U.S. adults say mobile manners are worse now than in 2009. Source: Intel Corp.

37. Remember to Mind Your Manners