Good ‘Mojo’ for Mobile Journos

Citizen journalism is going mainstream with the help of cheap, powerful technology

Reporters who carry nothing but a mobile phone — known as mojos or mobile journalists — are operating in Scandinavia, the United Kingdom and elsewhere in Europe, as well as in the United States and even Africa.

In Norway, Frank Barth-Nilsen trains mojos for NRK, the national broadcaster. “A lot of other broadcasters and newspapers are interested in our findings,” he said. Barth-Nilsen said NRK’s various departments planned to use mojo content for mainstream platforms like television

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