Perhaps more than any other device, smartphones encourage cross-platform creativity and digital innovation.
Photos, videos, audio and graphics can be created and edited on the phone and uploaded to newsroom servers, online and social platforms direct from the device. You can also respond to audience queries and contacts via chat apps, social messaging and email.
Because journalists typically own a smartphone, they can develop skills like video journalism, radio journalism, podcasting, photography without the expense of traditional high-cost equipment. In a fully ‘mojo’ newsroom, this can break down silos between different departments such as the social media desk and the video production desk.
And, of course, your smartphone is a telephone – so you can use it to line up interviews and record calls.
Once you understand and adopt this mindset, you can get the greatest value from your phone as a production studio in your pocket.