My last mojo project in remote communities around Ceduna in South Australia, conducted for Red Cross, has entered a new stage. Funding has been sourced by Red Cross SA Director, Helen Connolly, to continue the program with the Ceduna Youth Hub. Peter Jericho the co-ordinator of the Ceduna Youth Hub was one of the mojo trainee trainers, “It’s […]
Archive | January, 2015
Far West Mojo Production Kit 101
Every large mojo project has peculiarities that impact the type of mojo and the equipment that can be used. Here is a vide of the mojo kit we used in the recent Far West Mojo project, in remote communities, in outback South Australia. In this kit we use the Airstash transfer device to help move […]
Mojo Conference Ireland (March 27-28 in Dublin)
The Mojo Conference is only days, hours, minutes and seconds away. So if you haven’t registered get on board. Amazing presenters. panels and mojo workshops! I want to meet people like organiser Glen Mulcahy and many others we have been chatting to online ! Ilicco Elia a pioneer of mobile journalism believes ‘social media is nothing without mobile,’ […]
PXW-X70 Unplugged
First Impression As the owner of a Sony EX1-R, which has been my workhorse, I was reluctant to buy anything smaller. But the PXW-X70 is a little camera with a big heart. It has all the bells and whistles of the bigger more expensive PXW-X180. But, it is smaller and lighter, it has a 1” […]
Lumix GX7 creating CMC converts
Until recently I wouldn’t have thought of buying a compact system camera (CSC). Being a Nikon stills devotee and a Sony video camera user, Panasonic wouldn’t have been my first choice. That’s because the other two brands are so reliable and because I’ve got so much invested in gear, especially lenses. Some will argue that stepping […]
Wireless media drive transfer tests
Hey – having trouble getting your media from or onto or between your devices? Try a WiFi transfer drive. What are they? Well they are a couple of inches long, large, square, rectangular. They create their own WiFi network, that generally talks to an App that lives on your smart device. They are also USB […]
Story vs Tech: some missing commandments
The archetypal division between bites and the whole story played out in the garden of Eden long before Moses returned from the mount with some tablets and a ten chapter yarn, we often thought was missing a few pars. (more…)
Digital Evolution
Mojo trainer and journalist Ivo Burum and Flemming Monster the former Aarhus Editor of Danish tabloid Ekstra Bladet, use an iPhone to edit on location at a murder scene. (more…)
Atomising a News Digest: Yahoo buys shuts and re-launches (again)
A 15 year old west-London entrepreneur born in Australia raises $250,00 in Hong Kong to develop an App that chooses news and trims it into atoms. (more…)
Perfect Digital
Danish print publication Ekstra Bladet saw the writing on the proverbial digital wall 10 years ago and has repositioned to deliver news across four platforms in a complex web of traditional news values and digital delivery. (more…)