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Mobile journalism reaches a "benchmark"
May 12, 2010
By Nathan Hurst, MU News Bureau
COLUMBIA, Mo. — As the proliferation of mobile phones throughout society continues, media organizations are looking for ways to capitalize on opportunities that mobile phone usage presents. An MU researcher believes he has found a new way for news outlets to take advantage of the mobile revolution.
Clyde Bentley, an associate professor at the University of Missouri School of Journalism, a Reynolds Journalism Institute Fellow, and an expert on mobile journalism, sees many possibilities for mobile phones in journalism, ranging from breaking news updates to long-term projects. He believes a person’s cell phone could be very helpful in explaining confusing geographic stories.
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All the world's a museum ... And the information may be as close as your cell phone
April 28, 2010
By Kris Hilgedick, News Tribune
The idea arrived the way many ideas do: Clyde Bentley, a professor of journalism at the University of Missouri, was taking an outdoors stroll through a Columbia park.
"It had just snowed on this remote bench, when I noted someone had left a fresh flower and a note saying, 'I miss you,'" he recalled. "How can you not be taken aback by that?" The moment helped Bentley understand something important about the little memorial plaques on the park's benches. "These aren't just signs; they are people," he realized.
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Cell Phone Tour of MKT Trail
April 13, 2010
COLUMBIA - MU's Reynolds Journalism Institute and the Columbia Department of Parks and Recreation are joining together to bring visitors to the MKT Trail something new.
On several benches throughout the MKT Trail, there are plaques with names of local people from Columbia. If you have ever been interested in knowing who those people are and the history behind having their names on the bench, a new program, Voices From the Past, makes it simple. It's done through a cell phone.
"We made it possible to dial a number with your cell phone as you're walking by and get a 90-second to two-minute feature story about that person," RJI Fellow Clyde Bentley said.
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