What role is MOJO playing in journalism in the 21st century?

MOJO refers to ‘Mobile Journalism’, which is a form of new media storytelling in which reporters use smartphones to gather, edit, and distribute news.

As I have discussed in my previous blog posts – MOJO is the way of the future. MOJO utilizes the brilliant and powerful technology we carry in the palms of our hands every day – our smartphones.

Smartphones allow MOJO’s to stay connected 24/7, to maintain an active online presence, and to assure their input and output of news is current.

This brief YouTube video features Mobile Journalist T.C. McCarthy, who explains what MOJO is and what type of role it plays in the field of Journalism. Although this video is from 2011 I feel like it does a great job at showing the basics of MOJO reporting.

In 2016 – MOJO is giving more traditional forms of Journalism a run for its money. Print, television, and radio are quickly become outdated platforms. MOJO also gives rise to “Citizen Journalists” who are not trained Journalists but are still able to share content and have it consumed by the masses. This is usually made possible through blogs, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube – just to name a few.