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A project of the University of Nebraska, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and Northwestern University.
Mobile Me&You is an annual journalism and technology conference about storytelling on mobile media platforms. It highlights new and innovative techniques and teaches best practices for communicating to mobile-media audiences.
Mobile Me & You 2025 Speakers
Oct. 9 and 10 at the University of Iowa, Iowa City
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Anthony Adornato, Syracuse University
Christopher Alan Ball, University of Illinois
David Cohn, Advance Local
Brant Houston, University of Illinois
Damon Kiesow, University of Missouri
Jacob Ohara, The Wall Street Journal
Ryan Restivo, YESEO
Elite Truong, formerly American Press Institute
Jason Webb, Syracuse University
Mitra Kalita, URL-Media
Zach Wade, CNN
An annual journalism and technology conference about mobile media and digital technology best practices
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Since its inception in 2015, Mobile Me&You has helped more than 800 journalists and students learn how to better use mobile and digital tools in reporting.
Sponsored by the Knight Chair in Investigative Reporting at the College of Media, University of Illinois, the College of Journalism and Mass Communications at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Richard and Leslie Frank Center for Leadership and Innovation in Media, Mid-America Press Institute, and Investigate Midwest, with funding from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.
Storytelling
Understanding we can’t tell stories with mobile media using the same techniques we did online or in print
Personalization
Using techniques that make
mobile media unique, like geo-targeting
Audience
Reaching the audience of the future that doesn’t use traditional media
Content
Discussing best practices for mobile multimedia news gathering and editing, and using drones, bots, sensors, VR, 360 video, artificial intelligence, voice control and audience dynamics
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