DStv Mobile has sponsored a project, which is currently under way, that equips journalism students from Wits University and CityVarsity with Nokia N95 “mojo” kits similar to the one pictured below:
The main aim of the project is for journalism students to produce video, audio, and photos that get uploaded to a special mobile broadcasting network, which will initially be accessible to over 20 000 Wits students.
Although news organisations such as Reuters have started to use these kits in their news operations, I’m pretty sure that this is the first time that they will be used in a production environment in South Africa.
This has all been made possible by constant technological breakthroughs and the portability and immediacy of connected mobile devices; it is becoming increasingly feasible for journalists to replace their pens and dictaphones for converged smart phones with exceptional audio/visual capabilities such as the Nokia N95. Add a keyboard, tripod, and an external microphone and all of a sudden you have a portable newsroom and studio in one, which previously was semi-possible with a hefty budget and bulky, professional-grade equipment.
Read more about the project here.
1 Omamegbe.k.Ugiomoh Jul 28th, 2008 at 6:53 pmThis is a long awaited mode of getting information across 2 the appropriate departments. Especially now that the country is looking for ways of reducing crime & corruption in the society. Though i wish it can be allowed by the government in this regards.