Reuters journalists and select media industry giants attending the World Economic Forum in Davos have become "mobile journalists" by reporting from behind the scenes at this invitation-only meeting of the world's top business and political leaders....The theme for this year's annual meeting is The Power of Collaborative Innovation, and Nokia and Reuters have equipped delegates such as Sir Martin Sorrell, CEO of WPP and Tom Glocer, CEO of Reuters with specially formulated "mobile journalism" toolkits installed on Nokia N82 handsets. Participants have been challenged to capture compelling images, and the toolkits have enabled them to file stories, photos and videos to Reuters.com directly from their handsets. Mobile journalist stories, photos and video are available on Reuters.com at: http://blogs.reuters.com/davos2008/ In October of 2007, Nokia Research Center (NRC) and Reuters introduced a mobile journalism application to transform how journalists filed stories in the field. The mobile application allows reporters to file and publish multimedia news stories from handheld devices, rather than laptops."The strength of journalism is that it offers access to news events and newsmakers," said Nic Fulton, Chief Scientist at Reuters. "At Davos, the delegates themselves have the ultimate access, and through this initiative with Nokia we are providing a unique insider's perspective of this influential forum."
Through an ongoing trial that started last summer, select Reuters journalists around the world made use of the mobile journalism application in their everyday work to edit, combine and file text, images, sound and live and recorded video streams, producing and publishing multi-media stories of broadcast quality without needing to return to the studio or office. Reuters journalists have filed stories from events ranging from New York's Fashion Week to the Edinburgh Film Festival to the U.S. Presidential campaign. News material from the trial has been used on Reuters.com sites and by Reuters news agency feeds. Sample stills and video can be seen online at: http://reutersmojo.com. "The World Economic Forum is a great place to continue showcasing the long term research collaboration between Nokia and Reuters," said Tero Ojanpera, Executive Vice President, Nokia. "Not only are Nokia and Reuters practicing The Power of Collaborative Innovation, but together we are empowering others to do the same with an easy-to-use solution for mobile devices."The mobile journalism application uses the multimedia capabilities already available in existing converged devices and combines them to produce a toolkit that is both intuitive and easy to use. The toolkit combines multimedia capabilities, text editing tools and live video streaming and is accessed using an innovative user interface. Metadata facilities automatically combine every piece of information the device already has about the context for the story - location, time, date and so on. Reuters has already developed a mobile editorial interface that links the toolkit developed by NRC to the in-house editorial process, allowing stories to be published almost instantly from the field.
[Source:Nokia Press Release]
Through an ongoing trial that started last summer, select Reuters journalists around the world made use of the mobile journalism application in their everyday work to edit, combine and file text, images, sound and live and recorded video streams, producing and publishing multi-media stories of broadcast quality without needing to return to the studio or office. Reuters journalists have filed stories from events ranging from New York's Fashion Week to the Edinburgh Film Festival to the U.S. Presidential campaign. News material from the trial has been used on Reuters.com sites and by Reuters news agency feeds. Sample stills and video can be seen online at: http://reutersmojo.com. "The World Economic Forum is a great place to continue showcasing the long term research collaboration between Nokia and Reuters," said Tero Ojanpera, Executive Vice President, Nokia. "Not only are Nokia and Reuters practicing The Power of Collaborative Innovation, but together we are empowering others to do the same with an easy-to-use solution for mobile devices."The mobile journalism application uses the multimedia capabilities already available in existing converged devices and combines them to produce a toolkit that is both intuitive and easy to use. The toolkit combines multimedia capabilities, text editing tools and live video streaming and is accessed using an innovative user interface. Metadata facilities automatically combine every piece of information the device already has about the context for the story - location, time, date and so on. Reuters has already developed a mobile editorial interface that links the toolkit developed by NRC to the in-house editorial process, allowing stories to be published almost instantly from the field.
[Source:Nokia Press Release]
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