Submitted by Rebecca Hughes on 15 June 2010 - 1:29pm

I think the CfJ needs some shiny new kit that we can slip into our oversized pockets. Imagine the possibilities for online or TV news days…

- We could blog on the bus back from Chatham
- Use it to read our scripts, whilst filming live into the studio on a mobile phone
- Edit photos on to go

Check out Not on the Wires’ video all about the possibilities for journalists using them.

 

Comments

Ian Reeves

15 June 2010 - 2:13pm

And just wait for the Centre for Journalism app, currently under development in an office near you...

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johnsaunders

15 June 2010 - 3:00pm

Very very very tempted to get one now, purely because of that.

'Hey what apps that?'

'Oh, just the one for my undergrad course.'

'Woah! That must be the best journalism degree in the world'

*gives job*

Rebecca Hughes

15 June 2010 - 3:35pm

No more bad George Clooney impersonations in this one please...

Ian Reeves

16 June 2010 - 9:46am

Bad impersonations? It actually is George Clooney pretending to be his favourite journalist. He's a very good actor, remember.

 

CfJ app test 2 from Ian Reeves on Vimeo.

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TimLuckhurst

16 June 2010 - 10:43pm

 And the app looks fairly interesting as well. Tell us more. 

Daniel May

15 June 2010 - 3:05pm

I bet combined the HDV-30s and the Edirols cost more than an iPad, can we not include them on the kit register? How cool would it be to go to Ian's office and say 'Can I check out an iPad?' I'm sure the BCTJ would be mightily impressed. 

Ian Reeves

15 June 2010 - 3:19pm

They'd be even more impressed if you called them by their correct name. The BJTC. Ahem.

Unless of course you're referring to the Brilliant Club for Taste in Jazz. Or the Bootiful Council for Turkey Joints.

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Daniel May

15 June 2010 - 3:43pm

All this NCTJ local government revision has warped my fragile little mind. I'm now assuming every abbreviation follows this :( 

robhayes

15 June 2010 - 5:50pm

Getting your hands on an edirol last year (this year if you're a first year :P) was hard enough... Nick will just sign them all out anyway.

The iPad for journalists