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Hamburg: World Editors Forum

I’ll be directing a team of German journalism students who will be documenting in video reports and social media from the floor of the 17th World Editors Forum to be held in Hamburg, Germany, from 6 to 8 October 2010.

I have been working with WAN at these events since 2005 where I presented on tabloid design to editors-in-chief and then joined their live blogging desk to file updates from other speakers.

This 2010 version in Hamburg is a must-attend. WAN-IFRA has a fascinating program which focuses on “why mobile distribution will change the news business.”

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Hamburg: World Editors Forum
Hamburg, Germany
October 06 — 08, 2010

Seminar: How to use free or low-cost Web services to enhance your paper's online reporting and multimedia efforts

How to use free or low-cost Web services to enhance your paper’s online reporting and multimedia efforts.

The latest innovations and tools for everyday multimedia and web reporting. From sourcing, to podcasting, to Google map mashups - engage your journalists and communities with the latest tools and techniques.”
There is so much more that newspapers can do to commit acts of journalism with free or nearly free Web services. Google maps, Del.icio.us, Plazes, RSS feeds, Flickr slideshows, mobile podcasts and more. Robb will update the editors with a tour and live demonstrations of practical real-time Web reporting techniques that will enrich your everyday digital journalism.

It’s a great and popular topic that gets real results.
Sponsored by the Pennsylvania Newspaper Foundation.

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Will anyone use their iPhone 2.0, um, to make calls?

I admit, I rarely use my iPhone to make calls. Not that there is anything wrong with calling or getting calls. It’s just this - do you really need to blah, blah, blah all the time with your voice when there are often more useful ways to connect using SMS, e-mail and Web sites (Like Twitter and Facebook) using the Web browser?

I look at my phone bill and all of those wasted minutes for “Voice” that slip past.
I don’t mind calls, I even occasionally make them but more often I initiate voice calls with my Skype account instead of my iPhone. Esp when I travel - it’s so easy and saves me thousands on roaming charges and all. I like the option to open a chat window and pass Web links while I talk with someone. That multi-channel style is just more natural to the types of conversations I have with clients and friends. We talk about a trend and I pass a link to the research. We talk about a video and I pass a link . . . etc.

How to save money with your iPhone
So here’s my setup for mojo with the iPhone. Get a Skype IN account (Not expensive and gives you a phone number in what area code you like.)

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Why the iPhone may rule the (journalism) world


You know, when the iPhone came out - many people were jealous and quickly showed that their mobile phones also had Google maps, push e-mail and maybe even a touchscreen. OK. Now you can ask them - can you convincingly play the melody to “Chopsticks” on your phone? Or are you in an iPhone band?

Bear with me - this blog is really about the future of mobile journalism
This video above is of a digital piano program, or application, that runs on the iPhone. And it it runs on any iPhone that has been hacked to allow users to install new programs on it. The news is that today may be the last day that you would need to “jailbreak” your iPhone to get new functions like this.

At 10 a.m PST time today Apple is set to allow developers (The people who write software applications) to finally release their wares to all iPhone users. Most of the global digerati press corps I know is on a plane right now to Texas right now to cover the SXSW festival. It’s a shame some of them were not invited to Cupertino to talk with the developers who have been invited to Apple’s famous Building No. 4 to get the lowdown on the new capabilities that will soon be coming to iPhone owners.

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Jailbreaking the iPhone in the name of mobile journalism

Robb’s Hacked iphone has Instant messaging, a direct to Flickr camera and a bunch of other tweaks designed for field journalism.

OK. I finally took the plunge and have successfully downloaded new programs onto my iPhone.
The temptation to be able to use new programs to report from the field with was just too much. More than ringtones, wallpaper and hacks modding an iPhone can put new superpowers in the hands of your reporting staff. I believe that a properly configured iPhone will allow reporters to do more reporting from the field - closer to their community, closer to sources, closer to where they should be doing their best work.

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Video: Extreme Mobile Journalism reporting

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