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Mobile Journalism Manual: The Guide for Reporters and Newsrooms

Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) (2022)

Other editions: 1st ed. 2018

"Mobile Journalism is more than simply writing texts or producing a story on social media. From data journalism to investigative techniques for social networks as well as different formats of storytelling – mobile journalism is versatile and ever changing. This manual will encourage and empower journalists to learn more about different techniques regarding research and storytelling." (About)
Storytelling: Insta-stories, podcasts & articles – learn journalistic storytelling for different platforms and formats from texts, over audio to photojournalism.
Safe Reporting: Keeping yourself and your sources safe is a crucial aspect of journalistic work.
Digital Investigation: The internet offers many possibilities for investigative journalism. Learn how to use them and investigate social networks from TikTok to LinkedIn.
Fake News & Fact Checking: This chapter offers hands-on tutorials for verification and fact checking from the OSINT-toolbox, as well as a text on the ethical questions about the dealings with fake news.
Data Journalism: From an introduction to data journalism to hands on tutorials about basic data skills – this section shows, that data journalism is more exciting than complicated!
Fields to Watch: Stay up to date with exciting new frontiers in journalism from people that are developing the news-outlets of tomorrow.