Andrew C. Nelson

Multimedia Reporter.

Posts tagged mobile journalism

May 22

Audio Slideshow: L'Arche Atlanta

I knew from the get go I wanted to produce a multimedia story about Decatur’s L’Arche community. The people and the community they are establishing seemed ripe for an enriching visual and audio story-telling experience, in addition to print. 

The scene setting that opened the piece was done by standing in the kitchen as the two residents started to cook dinner. I knew when I heard the pasta snap that could be the opening.  

The sound was recorded on my iPhone.

And here’s the story that ran in the newspaper.

Posted at 8:22 PM Tagged: multimediaaudio slideshowmobile journalismL'Archedecatur

Nov 5

I shot this video on my iPhone and edited it on the from my First Video app. The voice over was also done on my phone. I put them together before posting it online.

In addition to the video, I wrote a news story for the paper, which was published days later.  

As one of the lead social media advocates in my office, I embedded this video on our blog,  through Twitter and on the Georgia Bulletin Facebook page.

It’s part of a strategy which allows our online fans to be engaged and learn about the event. By writing also for the newspaper, our readers could also learn about it. 
Posted at 10:00 AM Tagged: social mediavideomobile journalism
Source: georgiabulletin.blogspot.com

Jun 27

MoJo: An iPhone Replaces a Newsroom

I gave a presentation at the Catholic Media Convention on using an iPhone for mobile journalism. I covered what’s needed to to be a journalist on the go, some key apps, examples of different multimedia projects, distribution ideas. I threw in a very funny video to fight “Vertical Video Syndrome.”

MoJo for Catholic Media 2012 on Prezi

Here is some feedback:

Posted at 9:13 PM Tagged: mobile journalismreporterDigital Media

Nov 1

Mobile Journalism Presentation

I gave a presentation on mobile journalism at a recent conference. 

The audience was about 20 editors, many who are one-man bands at weekly newspapers in the southeast.  

The key point I stressed was:

  • make the best of the technology they have.
  • don’t spend a lot of money, if you don’t have it.
  • be creative and look for tools that are already out there. I talked up apps that topped out at $10, while many of them are free.  

It was great to get this email a few days later:

Andrew,
I hope all is going well in Atlanta. I wanted to let you know that you have inspired me to finally take baby steps to more interactive features on our website.
 
My first venture was a photo slideshow with Animoto. It is embed in this story.

And here’s the presentation:

Social Journalism for CPA, Regional on Prezi

Posted at 6:53 PM 28 notes Tagged: journalismmobile journalismnewspapenewspaper

Oct 12

Mobile Journalism Tool

I recently purchased Vericorder’s 1st Video for my iPhone. 

The price $9.99 turned me off. It’s an app, where 99 cents appears to be the norm in iTunes, so I was wary. But I have an upcoming conference about social media so I wanted to try it out before the conference. If it worked well, I intended to mention it to the audience. 

I bought it late last week. I am glad I did.  

I did this simple audio slideshow for my local news Web site. It took me no time to put it together. 

East Point Preservation Alliance from JeffersonParkHub on Vimeo.

A video took me longer, but that’s only because I got overly ambitious. 

My very subjective list:

Pros:

  • You can make videos, audio-only or audio slideshows. 
  • You can send stories to Youtube, the camera roll, and email.  (It’d be nice to include Vimeo.)
  • It’s great to have the ability to put together clips on the fly. 

Cons

  • It has a lot of features, which take a little while to figure it out. 
  • It crashes often ( but the auto-recover feature is strong and has yet to drop my work.)
  • A nice feature of the Vimeo app is how it includes a grid as an overlay. It guide line up shots. 

Overall, it’s a great tool for mobile journalists. 

Posted at 3:48 PM 5 notes Tagged: mobile journalismjournalism