Given the right skills, a smartphone can be a fantastic mobile newsgathering device capturing compelling moments as they happen
With submissions from every continent, competition winners and entrants show just how versatile mobiles are as reporting tools
Yusuf Omar used mobile journalism to produce a moving report on the enduring nightmare of sexual violence in South Africa
Torera Idowu, a young journalist from Nigeria shot a short film on an iPad 3 about the slums of Lagos and beat entries from other more experienced journalists in 2014
Winners get to attend an annual two-day MojoCon conference in Ireland, the world’s first conference devoted purely to mobile journalism
Thomson Foundation is at the forefront of unearthing new talent in the field of mobile journalism – or “mojo”. In partnership with RTÉ MojoCon Ireland, the foundation runs an annual competition to find the world’s most creative mobile journalists. The competition provides encouragement and a platform for the world’s best image-led storytellers.
Dublin, Ireland
RTÉ MojoCon Ireland
2014
Ongoing
Mobile journalism; Ireland
"While mobile devices are disrupting journalism and has enabled many more people to create content, there still needs to be a strong story to cover or an eye-catching image to photograph. This was perhaps exemplified by Torera Idowu [Mojo winner 2014]"