News for Digital Journalists

November 29, 2010

RJI: Mobile tools guide for journalists

Mobile tools and skills offer journalists a range of new options for reporting. To help journalists decide how best to go mobile, this week Reynolds Journalism Institute fellow Will Sullivan published a mobile journalism reporting tools guide.

This guide covers mobile hardware and software that can enhance your field reporting. It’s a great resource if you’re doing some holiday shopping for your journalist friends—or for yourself!

Here’s what it covers…

In the “hardware” section, the guide compares the features of several devices that can help you get the most out of your smartphone:

  • Chargers and batteries
  • Keyboards
  • Lenses
  • External microphones
  • External lights
  • Tripods
  • Miscellaneous gear


And the mobile apps section compares programs for your phone that can enhance your mobile production capabilities for:

  • Audio editing
  • File transmission
  • Geolocation
  • Live Streaming
  • Micro-reporting (i.e., Twitter)
  • Note taking
  • Photo editing
  • Video editing


In addition to comparison tables, the guide also presents detailed product reviews.

By Amy Gahran, 11/29/10 at 2:43 pm
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