1. Journalism Next: Chapter 5: Mobile Cindy Royal, Ph.D Assistant Professor Texas State University School of Journalism and Mass Communication croyal@txstate.edu www.cindyroyal.com www.onthatnote.com tech.cindyroyal.net twitter.com/cindyroyal facebook.com/cindyroyal

2. Mobile Journalism 2/3 of Americans own a mobile device, and that was in a 2008 study; Pew now says 83% of US adults 44% own a smartphone; 44% Android 28.6%$ iPhone 1 billion phones sold in 2008; 1.6 billion 2010. Most offer text, Web browser, color screens, camera Electronic Swiss-army knife, all-in-one media tool – view, capture, publish, broadcast

3. Mobile Journalism Keep it simple First-hand observations produce better story People expect up-to-the-minute reporting Gear-up, but don't overload yourself Use microblogging (Twitter), live blogging (Cover It Live), mobile/live video (Ustream) Mobile crowdsourcing

4. Mobile Future GPS – global positioning system Place-based news and information Shared experiences Mobile, unobtrusive, non-threatening Consider users in developing mobile experiences Resources are relatively inexpensive or free