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By A.J. Feather
We hear about mobile journalism a lot at the Missouri School of
Journalism. It seems almost every month
someone has figured out how to capture a moment better with their smartphone
than a DSLR or dedicated audio recorder.
It is also moving into the media. An article in Wired last month ventured to explain “How the Smartphone
Ushered In a Golden Age of Journalism.” Judd Slivka, a professor of Convergence Journalism here at MU, argues ‘”Mobile
journalism” is a ridiculous title, like “camera journalism.”’ He says the
equipment does not determine what good journalism is. Good journalism is good journalism regardless
of the means we use to produce it.