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Mobile Journalism: Getting started

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This course will give you the confidence and knowledge needed to begin using your smartphone to produce more professional quality cross-platform content.

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Welcome to the Mobile Journalism course which is designed to equip you with the best practices and fundamental skills required to produce broadcast quality, cross-platform content with your smartphone. The course is divided into four sections:
  • Section 1 provides an overview of the course, introduces your course trainer and explains the concept of mobile journalism (MoJo).
  • Section 2 describes the first element of MoJo – creating images with a smartphone. You will learn to best use your native phone camera.
  • Section 3 describes the audio element of MoJo, and how to improve the quality of your audio.
  • Section 4 explains the last element of MoJo, which is capturing videos and how video sequences work. 
  • Section 5 shares techniques on conducting interviews.
By the end of this introductory MoJo course you will:

  • Be better able to use your smartphone for mobile journalism
  • Appreciate the principles of composition while photographing subjects
  • Know how to capture better audio with your phone
  • Be able to record visual sequences with your smartphone
  • Be able to record an interview with your smartphone
Glen Mulcahy is the director of MojoFest and one of the leading mobile trainers globally. He’s a media trainer for the CNN Academy and a former head of innovation with RTÉ, Ireland's national public broadcaster. He has trained more than 15,000 journalists and content creators across Europe, the Middle East and the USA in TV, radio, print and online.

To successfully complete the course and get your certificate, you will need to achieve a 60% pass rate for the graded assessment.