MOJO: The Mobile Journalism Handbook How to Make Broadcast Videos with an iPhone or iPad

MOJO: The Mobile Journalism Handbook is the first book devoted specifically to training citizens, journalism students and media professionals to produce professional-quality videos with only a mobile device. As journalism becomes increasingly competitive, students and emerging professionals need a broader skillset to make themselves more employable, whether as mainstream or entrepreneurial journalists. This book by Dr. Ivo Burum and Dr. Stephen Quinn, world experts in mobile journalism, provides comprehensive coverage of all the skills and practices needed to be a mobile journalist.

Key features:

• Burum and Quinn underline the importance of story and storytelling, the crucial context journalists always need to keep in mind. Other books and tutorials merely offer step-by-step guidance to mobile technology and apps.
• The book synthesizes the knowledge and more than 70 years of combined expertise of two of the world?s leading mobile journalism practitioners, offering sage advice and tips from people who have trained mojos in more than 20 countries.

Companion Website:

How-to videos on the companion website offer powerful ways for learners to absorb the content easily, walking them through the key mojo components of research, shooting, scripting, voice-over, editing and post-production.

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Ivo Burum is an award-winning writer, director and television executive producer. He has more than 30 years? experience working across genres including frontline international current affairs. A pioneer in UGS creation, Dr. Burum lectures in multimedia journalism. This is his second book about mojo. He runs Burum Media, a mojo and web TV consultancy that provides training for journalists, educators and remote communities internationally.

Stephen Quinn was a journalist for 20 years before he became a university professor in 1996. Dr. Quinn taught journalism in five countries until he returned to journalism in 2011 in Hong Kong. His UK-based company MOJO Media Insights trains mobile journalists around the world. This is his twenty-first print book. He has also produced 5 iBooks. He co-writes a weekly column syndicated to seven countries.

Introduction

Chapter 1: Mojo and the mobile journalism revolution

Chapter 2: Citizens and journalism

Chapter 3: Mojo across genres

Chapter 4: Tools of the mojo trade

Chapter 5: Composing visual proof

Chapter 6: Recording location sound with an iPhone

Chapter 7: SCRAP: The elements of mojo storytelling

Chapter 8: Mojo interviewing

Chapter 9: Creative mobile editing

Chapter 10: Mojo post production

Chapter 11: Mojo, social networks and social media

Chapter 12: File delivery and phone management

Chapter 13: Ethical and legal aspects of mojo

Chapter 14: Mojo resources

Author biographies

Index

Ivo Burum is an award-winning writer, director and television executive producer. He has more than 30 years’ experience working across genres including frontline international current affairs. A pioneer in UGS creation, Dr. Burum lectures in multimedia journalism. This is his second book about mojo. He runs Burum Media, a mojo and web TV consultancy that provides training for journalists, educators and remote communities internationally.

Stephen Quinn is a professor of journalism at the Norwegian Creative College (NKH) in Oslo. He was a journalist for 24 years in five countries before he became a university professor. His company MOJO Media Insights trains mobile journalists around the world. This is his twenty-first print book. He has also produced five iBooks. Dr Quinn’s other passion is wine: He co-writes a weekly column syndicated to seven countries.