1. Smart Phones,
Smart Journalists
Mandy Jenkins, @mjenkins
Phoenix Newstrain #PNTmobile

2. U.S. Smartphone Use
of American adults have a cell phone
Source: Pew
83%
35%
of American adults have a smartphone

3. Breaking News on Twitter

7. Breaking News Tweeting
• Consult with your staff to develop a
hashtag (if there isn't one)
• If more than one person is tweeting, pull
in their tweets to your site

8. When Live-Tweeting
• Warn followers in advance
• Mix play-by-play with context,
background
• Mix in photos, quotes
• Take questions when it’s possible
• Note long pauses

9. Newsroom Workflow
• Reporters tweet/liveblog details,
quotes and media
• Web producers/editors start a
story from those tweets
• Reporters use tweets as notes to
write longer form

10. Search by keywords, location, time
Can be done in desktop, mobile apps
Search quickly - before the stream is taken
over by reaction
Search.Twitter.Com

11. When You Find Leads
• Connect with eyewitnesses, get contact
info
• Have them wait for a reporter on scene
• Verify!

12. Mobile Reporting Tools

13. PHOTOSHOP EXPRESS

14. QIK (LIVE VIDEO)

15. EVERNOTE

16. Mobile Publishing

17. COVERITLIVE

18. WORDPRESS

19. TUMBLR

20. Productivity

21. GOOGLE VOICE

22. LOGMEIN

23. DROPBOX

24. Tools to Manage The Insanity
• Trends and searches
Live search

25. Tools to Manage The Insanity

26. Try it Out

27. EXERCISE
• Write a post on this session in email.
Publish by email to chekrat776@tumblr.com
• Take photos or audio. Publish by email
to chekrat776@tumblr.com.
• Send tweets with hashtag #PNTmobile

28. mobilejournos.tumblr.com
Your work seen here!

29. QUESTIONS, FOLLOW-UP
Mandy Jenkins
mandyjenkins@gmail.com
@mjenkins
More resources and such at:
zombiejournalism.com
slideshare.net/mandyjenkins