Mobile Journalism
This is one of the news items that came across my eyes today, and while it doesn't speak towards mobile ministry in the sense of how many think of ministry, I learned from the SilentImages.org website that many times, giving a voice to those who do not have one is indeed a ministry effort that deserves to be taken up.
Considering the ability of devices and people, now is as good a time as any for both citizens and journalists to take up a role towards making others aware of the states of our human condition. One does not even need this much of a solution to get started. A mobile device, a means to type content, and the ability to upload to a website or send a MMS/email should be all that is needed.
One of the questions that I have to answer in posting something like this "why is this relevant?" Considering the differing opinions on the role of tech in our lives, I cannot make the case that this is relevant to everyone. But I can make the case that if you are in the business of identifying those who might be in need of the Light of Christ in their lives, then this is not only relevant from the point of what tech can do, but also how we can respond with tech in a way to bring light to darker issues.
...NokiaRead the rest of this press release, then check out the Reuters Mobile Journalism website and mobile journalism toolkit.
(NYSE:NOK) Research Center (NRC) and Reuters are working together on a mobile journalism project that could transform the way journalists file news reports when on the move. The new mobile application is the first project to be showcased from a long term research collaboration that has been established between NRC and Reuters. It centres around a lightweight toolkit that provides everything journalists need to file and publish stories from even the most remote regions of the world.
Through an ongoing trial that started this 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...
Considering the ability of devices and people, now is as good a time as any for both citizens and journalists to take up a role towards making others aware of the states of our human condition. One does not even need this much of a solution to get started. A mobile device, a means to type content, and the ability to upload to a website or send a MMS/email should be all that is needed.
One of the questions that I have to answer in posting something like this "why is this relevant?" Considering the differing opinions on the role of tech in our lives, I cannot make the case that this is relevant to everyone. But I can make the case that if you are in the business of identifying those who might be in need of the Light of Christ in their lives, then this is not only relevant from the point of what tech can do, but also how we can respond with tech in a way to bring light to darker issues.
Labels: mission, mobile, mobile accessories, Nokia, tech, usablity
posted by Antoine @ 10/23/2007 06:33:00 PM
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Hey MMM,
I believe this is relevant in this way: Churches do not like to be the "early adopters" of tech. If a newsgroup uses hand held devices for reporting from Africa, or anywhere for that matter, then Churches may follow suit in the "me too" category.
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