The annual mobile journalism conference took place in Galway from Thursday 4 to Saturday May 6, 2017. Here are the highlights of the sold-out event in 10 Tweets, as pulled together by Clara Hatcher.
1. Breda Graham Tweeting while BBC’s Nick Garnett moderated the Friday session on long form documentary and short films.
"Never ever let anyone tell you that the footage you take on a phone isn't of broadcast quality." - @NickGarnettBBC @MojoConIRL #MoJoCon pic.twitter.com/jjgLGdGcw4
— Breda Graham (@BredaGraham) May 5, 2017
2. Matt Cooke Tweeting during Caroline Scott’s presentation on Android versus IOS systems.
'You CAN produce quality content for audiences regardless of the operating system you're using' says @carolinescott91 #mojocon @MojoConIRL pic.twitter.com/9qBi10N4fa
— Matt Cooke (@mattcooke_uk) May 4, 2017
3. The official launch of MoboPhotoFest.
Official launch of MoboPhotoFest! #MoJoCon pic.twitter.com/kaRK0ZNMTi
— RTÉ Mojocon 360 (@MojoConIRL) May 5, 2017
Official launch of MoboPhotoFest! #MoJoCon pic.twitter.com/kaRK0ZNMTi
— RTÉ Mojocon 360 (@MojoConIRL) May 5, 2017
4. The all-female panel on why there needs to be more women in Mojo.Embed Tweet:
'Support women journalists' need when they come back from maternity leave' #MoJoCon @corinne_podger pic.twitter.com/HES4oaLuOL
— RTÉ Mojocon 360 (@MojoConIRL) May 5, 2017
5. Taragh Loughrey-Grant saying what we were all thinking during the sessions.
'Mojo has been a Godsend!' #MoJoCon @TaraghLG pic.twitter.com/bZGyQnMJp7
— RTÉ Mojocon 360 (@MojoConIRL) May 5, 2017
6. Mike Castelluci revealing that all you need is an iPhone to tell a good story.
Some gr8 messages from this afternoon's #mojocon panel discussion: "Technology changes, but a good story never will." @MikeCastellucci pic.twitter.com/L8yhqVFR72
— RTÉ (@rte) May 5, 2017
7. This 360 video that shows how fun tech can be.
#MoJoCon360 chat with @VirtualSarahJ @SarahMidMO @JebbL @insta360's Max Richter at #MoJoCon pic.twitter.com/CBh5kLwAGb
— Robert @ #MoJoCon (@webjournalist) May 4, 2017
#MoJoCon360 chat with @VirtualSarahJ @SarahMidMO @JebbL @insta360's Max Richter at #MoJoCon pic.twitter.com/CBh5kLwAGb
— Robert @ #MoJoCon (@webjournalist) May 4, 2017
8. Matthew A. Feinberg addressing the great debate of MoJoCon: IOS versus Android.
Matthew A. Feinberg talks to us at #MoJoCon about the choice between iOS and Android pic.twitter.com/ojHREyUXG1
— RTÉ Mojocon 360 (@MojoConIRL) May 6, 2017
Matthew A. Feinberg talks to us at #MoJoCon about the choice between iOS and Android pic.twitter.com/ojHREyUXG1
— RTÉ Mojocon 360 (@MojoConIRL) May 6, 2017
9. Nusaiba Mubarak discussing how to get people’s attention with Snapchat during a passionate panel speech.
'Mobile journalism is important because we live in an attention economy ' @Nusi22 #MoJoCon pic.twitter.com/s1O5rncvWN
— RTÉ Mojocon 360 (@MojoConIRL) May 5, 2017
10. Finally, when Glen Mulcahy decided that MoJoCon is for everyone.
Missing #mojocon? We decided to livestream the main plenary sessions: https://t.co/zNRSBl1sxF
— Glen Mulcahy (@GlenBMulcahy) May 4, 2017
