Many journalists already use their smartphones as news gathering and publishing tools, but Mark Briggs of KING5.com in Seattle and the blog Journalism 2.0 says mobile devices can do so much more.
“Few reporters use smartphones as a research device,” Briggs says–a missed opportunity, in his opinion, because smartphones are “location aware.”
As an example, Briggs described how he might use a smartphone as the “Internet in your pocket” to cover a hypothetical breaking news story involving the evacuation of a Las Vegas hotel.
What are Briggs’ three favorite mobile tools for journalism?
1. Twitter
2. Foursquare
3. Google Maps
“Not enough journalists are ‘mobile natives,’” says Briggs,”people who truly know how to use the device for information gathering, tapping into the power of everything you can access.”
Sourced from: Advancing the Story
