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In Chapter 5 of Journalism Next which is titled “Going Mobile”, Briggs addresses the importance of the technological developments and how they have revolutionized the way the news are reported.
He focuses on the smart phones in particular.

Smart phones features such as digital and video cameras have now replaced photographers and camera crew, and enabled professional journalists as well as amateur bloggers to inform their audience within minutes of the event .

This ability, along with apps such as Twitter , Facebook and Pinterest created a whole new field, known to us as mobile reporting. “Journalists can report in any medium, from anywhere, anytime and their deadline is always the same: right now.”

Mobile reporting enabled us to have access to a variety of information. It eliminated gatekeepers, therefore anyone can become a reporter with just a few clicks. This also has its negative aspects. It is becoming increasingly difficult to distinguish legitimate information from false statements from unreliable sources. Images now also can be manipulated, which creates the necessity to carefully examine each photo.

This chapter provided me with a variety of tips on how to become an effective mobile reporter and how to improve, in case you are one already. It also listed several publishing options which i found very useful.