Sunday, May 1, 2016

Mobile Storytelling Advice From Mojo Experts


Smartphone has now become a daily part for many journalists to create, edit and send full pacakge stories. Still many journalists just prefer to use it occasional to create media content. For professional & citizen journalists it's very important to know the real art of smartphone filming. 
Check out this post highlighting expert advice put together by Sarah Redohl for Story Lab 

HOW TO BECOME A MOBILE JOURNALIST












Sunday, March 13, 2016

PFUR to host conference on Cultural-pragmatic aspects of media texts as an object of linguistics

The International research and practice conference on Cultural-pragmatic aspects of media texts as an object of linguistics will bring together leaders in the field of journalism & mass-media  for a comprehensive overview of this rapidly expanding area of research and development. The Conference will be held in Moscow from April 28-29, 2016 at the faculty of Philology of Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (PFUR).




The conference will bring together researchers, practitioners and educators  from different areas -  journalism and media, linguistics, psychology, international relations, etc.  -  to exchange and share their experiences and research results about all aspects of Journalism and Mass Communications. "This year's conference is particularly important," said conference Convener Victor Barabash, dean of the faculty of Philology, PFUR.
 
"For the last few years due to an active information and communication technologies adoption there have been considerable changes in the organization and nature of mass media activity. Digitalization process - analog to digital conversion - marked the beginning of a new era of mass media development. We are also seeing increased interest from the business and venture capital sectors seeking to turn the results of that research to real-world uses."

"The goal of the conference is to identify and systematize the current changes in the field of mass communication" said conference Co-Chair Natalia Poplavskaya, Head of International relations, Faculty of Philology, PFUR. "We are trying to get attention from our foreign colleagues so we will use English as a working language for the conference."

The conference will cover topics relevant to the trends of mass media: modern technologies in journalism, internet media, using modern technologies, digital sources, national and global media systems, Traditions and innovations. Structure and elements of modern media system, production of media content: from gathering information to publication, production of different types of multimedia content, data journalism, investigative journalism, modern media studies: interdisciplinary approach, media linguistics, media psychology, moderm media discourse, media and communication analysis, and ethics of journalism etc.
More details about the conference are available at the official website:

www.massmediarudn.wordress.com

Tuesday, January 19, 2016

Story about winter in Russia


This is a story about Russian winter 

Duration: 3m 57 sec.
Location: Moscow
Language: Bengali 
Date: January 19, 2016
Device: Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3 Smartphone 
Apps for recording & editing: Native camera app & Kinemaster
Distribution platform: YouTube






Tuesday, January 5, 2016

Multimedia reporting with mobile devices










This week we look at the possibilities and limits of doing multimedia journalism using only mobile devices.
This is a conversation with Missouri School of Journalism Assistant Professor Judd Slivka, who turned an entry-level multimedia course into a four-month experiment with mobile reporting tools. Here Slivka explains the tradeoffs involved and introduces several peripheral devices that help get the quality of iPhone and iPad audio and video closer to that of standard professional-level gear.

Example: Check out this video that was shot and edited on mobile devices by Slivka's team at the Missouri School of Journalism