Ivo Burum is an award winning tekevision producer who’s produced more than 2500 hours of prime time cross genre programming. A pioneer in mobile storytelling Ivo consults with media companies internationally. Course coordinator of Media Industries at La Trobe University he works at the cutting edge of convergence in journalism. Dr Burum has written extensively on mobile and digital workflows including his latest books, Mojo: the Mobile Journalism Handbook and Democratising Journalism through Mobile Media. He is a sought after speaker on mojo praxis and training.
Indigenous people living in remote communities have been marginalised in a heavily mediated commu... more Indigenous people living in remote communities have been marginalised in a heavily mediated communications sphere. New mobile technologies and journalism skill sets create possibilities for a local grass roots voice. This article explores NT Mojo - a mobile journalism project that forms part of Ivo Burum's Phd.
Indigenous people living in remote communities have been marginalised in a heavily mediated commu... more Indigenous people living in remote communities have been marginalised in a heavily mediated communications sphere. New mobile technologies and journalism skill sets create possibilities for a local grass roots voice. This article explores NT Mojo - a mobile journalism project that forms part of Ivo Burum's Phd.
More than three billion smartphone users use more than six million apps to
upload 600 hours of kl... more More than three billion smartphone users use more than six million apps to upload 600 hours of kludge type video every minute. Journalist Charles Feldman called this 24/7 convergent clickstream an “information tsunami.” I see it as an opportunity.
A comprehensive guide to help you outfit your mobile journalism toolkit with the latest hardware ... more A comprehensive guide to help you outfit your mobile journalism toolkit with the latest hardware and apps including transfer devices
“Things have changed so much, so quickly that in three years’ time we won’t earn any money from o... more “Things have changed so much, so quickly that in three years’ time we won’t earn any money from our newspaper”. A chilling prediction by Poul Madsen, Editor in Chief of Ekstra Bladet, that’s resulted in an innovative search for new platforms to maintain their journalistic DNA and strong journalism.
Print media, as we know it, is slowly morphing online and transforming tabloids into tablets. Tec... more Print media, as we know it, is slowly morphing online and transforming tabloids into tablets. Technology is creating new
outlets for news and new ways of doing stuff in the newsroom.With more than one thousand fart Apps on the market this overview will help the mobile journalists select the tools that work.
Article describes the penetration of social media and mobile journalism technology and associated... more Article describes the penetration of social media and mobile journalism technology and associated skills into mainstream media. What began as a citizen journalism project has now developed into a production tool and a form of content creation that is being adopted by print news media.
As the mobile content creation ecosphere grows to include citizens, professinals, and students, t... more As the mobile content creation ecosphere grows to include citizens, professinals, and students, this book provides a set of skills to help create powerful politicized mobile stories.
Fuelled by a distrust of big media and the development of mobile technologies, the resulting conv... more Fuelled by a distrust of big media and the development of mobile technologies, the resulting convergence of journalism praxis (professional to alternative), workflows (analogue to multipoint digital) and platforms (PC to mobile), result in a 24-hour always-on content cycle. The information revolution is a paradigm shift in the way we develop and consume information, in particular the type we call news. While many see this cultural shift as ruinous, Burum sees it as an opportunity to utilize the converging information flow to create a galvanizing and common digital language across spheres of communication: community, education and mainstream media. Embracing the digital literacies researched in this book will create an information bridge with which to traverse journalism’s commercial precarity, the marginalization of some communities, and the journalism school curricula.
"This book from one of the pioneers of mojo storytelling is an excellent introduction to the possibilities and potential of the smartphone through its intersection with journalism. Filled with personal experience, practical advice and theoretical reflection, Burum has produced an invaluable resource for teaching and research." -- Adrian Hadland, University of Stirling, UK
MOJO: The Mobile Journalism Handbook is the first book devoted specifically to training citizens,... more 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.
Creating grass roots media from Indigenous communities is all about enabling a less marginalised ... more Creating grass roots media from Indigenous communities is all about enabling a less marginalised local voice. Mobile skill sets and technologies will enable peoples living in remote communities to use mobile technologies and the Internet to create and publish their own stories globally.
This talk and paper explores the degree to which mobile journalism skills and powerful digital mo... more This talk and paper explores the degree to which mobile journalism skills and powerful digital mobile devices can help create a more democratic and diverse cultural voice in remote environments. Diversity is the central component of the broader principle of a robust marketplace of ideas and a catalyst for greater democratic representation. A lack of diversity of opinion from and about marginalized communities in Indigenous Australia has led to under-representation in a highly mediated Indigenous public sphere.
In the late 80s the Australian Government deployed powerful satellite infrastructure in remote Indigenous communities for receiving, producing and transmitting media messages, without appropriate levels of training. The resulting influx of western media into remote communities led to even greater marginalization of the Indigenous voice and a loss of opportunity to create a more diverse source, content and exposure for local views and culture.
NT Mojo, a new mobile journalism project run in isolated Indigenous communities is providing skills and mobile technologies to empower Indigenous people to tell stories from their own perspective and in their own communities. This is creating more diverse representation and new job opportunities in local media, while assisting to increase literacy and media skills.
This paper explores the genesis of the NT Mojo, a research and practice led case study project, which describes the technical practices and social possibilities of mojos recording, editing and publishing complete stories directly from the iPhone to the Internet.
In an open source news environment the future of news is linked to technology and the ongoing dis... more In an open source news environment the future of news is linked to technology and the ongoing distribution and curation of information. New mobile technology makes a storytelling synergy possible between the education sphere and mainstream media. While schools and tertiary institutions decide how to embrace social media and mobile journalism practices, mainstream media is racing to train print journalists in digital story telling.
NT Mojo is a mobile journalism project in isolated Indigenous communities that is the forerunner ... more NT Mojo is a mobile journalism project in isolated Indigenous communities that is the forerunner of a movement that is creating greater possibilities for people in all start to engage in mobile journalism practices. In the past 12 months mobile journalism has moved from the public to the mainstream media who has begun to train their journalists and photographers in mobile practices. New powerful digital hand held technology and training in digital story telling, has the potential to create more diverse media skills, representation and new job opportunities in local media as well as making professional journalists techno-current. This lecture describes the empirical studies that document the mobile journalism journey from outback Australia to the boardrooms of the media oligarchs and the acceptance of the practice as a relevant tool for production and publication of news.
Key words: Cultural diversity, Mobile journalism, iPhone, 1st Vif\deo, remote Indigenous communities, mainstream media
How To Mojo
News gathering on mobile devices is developing, rapidly becoming faster and user-fr... more How To Mojo
News gathering on mobile devices is developing, rapidly becoming faster and user-friendly. Its impact on tomorrow's newsroom is huge. Reporters on-the-go capture, edit and publish content, turning the traditional news process on its head while the audience contributes to and collaborates with journalists in the field on the same mobile devices.
If the news is mobile, what is the future of newsrooms?
It's important to reorganize the newsroom and to streamline the news gathering process with the help of mobile devices. Companies that efficiently combine a central newsroom with a mobile staff will dominate the new media landscape.
But how will we cange--how does change occur and the foibles of change, in particular convincing journalists who deal in change, to change—reference ABC News and CAF when they went digital and when multi-skilling was introduced—current data supports the predominant attitudes of journalists of more than a decade ago.
It may be easier to start again—to train citizens to be journalists. My workshops are doing just that, training a new breed of mobile journalists (mojos)—job ready to make the new news being produced in the mobile newsroom.
Training in story telling is a key first step, but the technology we use to produce complete stories is revolutionary—current data re the technology and uploads via 3G and WiFi.
Conclude by discussing employment prospects for mojos and a national hyper local news gathering model and its fit into the MSM news gathering process.
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upload 600 hours of kludge type video every minute. Journalist Charles Feldman called this 24/7 convergent clickstream an “information tsunami.” I see it as an opportunity.
outlets for news and new ways of doing stuff in the newsroom.With more than one thousand fart Apps on the market this overview will help the mobile journalists select the tools that work.
"This book from one of the pioneers of mojo storytelling is an excellent introduction to the possibilities and potential of the smartphone through its intersection with journalism. Filled with personal experience, practical advice and theoretical reflection, Burum has produced an invaluable resource for teaching and research." -- Adrian Hadland, University of Stirling, UK
skillset to make themselves more employable, whether as mainstream or entrepreneurial journalists.
In the late 80s the Australian Government deployed powerful satellite infrastructure in remote Indigenous communities for receiving, producing and transmitting media messages, without appropriate levels of training. The resulting influx of western media into remote communities led to even greater marginalization of the Indigenous voice and a loss of opportunity to create a more diverse source, content and exposure for local views and culture.
NT Mojo, a new mobile journalism project run in isolated Indigenous communities is providing skills and mobile technologies to empower Indigenous people to tell stories from their own perspective and in their own communities. This is creating more diverse representation and new job opportunities in local media, while assisting to increase literacy and media skills.
This paper explores the genesis of the NT Mojo, a research and practice led case study project, which describes the technical practices and social possibilities of mojos recording, editing and publishing complete stories directly from the iPhone to the Internet.
A making of NT Mojo video can be viewed at the following URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRmGACFJdJo. Mojo stories can be viewed at the following URL: http://ntmojos.indigneous.gov.au
Key words: Cultural diversity, Mobile journalism, iPhone, 1st Vif\deo, remote Indigenous communities, mainstream media
News gathering on mobile devices is developing, rapidly becoming faster and user-friendly. Its impact on tomorrow's newsroom is huge. Reporters on-the-go capture, edit and publish content, turning the traditional news process on its head while the audience contributes to and collaborates with journalists in the field on the same mobile devices.
If the news is mobile, what is the future of newsrooms?
It's important to reorganize the newsroom and to streamline the news gathering process with the help of mobile devices. Companies that efficiently combine a central newsroom with a mobile staff will dominate the new media landscape.
But how will we cange--how does change occur and the foibles of change, in particular convincing journalists who deal in change, to change—reference ABC News and CAF when they went digital and when multi-skilling was introduced—current data supports the predominant attitudes of journalists of more than a decade ago.
It may be easier to start again—to train citizens to be journalists. My workshops are doing just that, training a new breed of mobile journalists (mojos)—job ready to make the new news being produced in the mobile newsroom.
Training in story telling is a key first step, but the technology we use to produce complete stories is revolutionary—current data re the technology and uploads via 3G and WiFi.
Conclude by discussing employment prospects for mojos and a national hyper local news gathering model and its fit into the MSM news gathering process.