Poynter’s Mobile Media Blog: Worth a Daily Stop

Twitter feeds have only upped the high blood pressure quotient of following the news business news. One quite timely addition to our daily Romenesko reading is Poynter Institute’s new Mobile Media blog, ably edited by Damon Kiesow, managing editor for online at the Nashua Telegraph, and Regina McCombs, a Poynter faculty member. The blog launched earlier this year — just in time for tabletmania. Great daily point of reference on the news biz and all things not PC.

As Kiesow wrote near launch:

“Needless to say mobile is the next big thing for journalism and the Web in general. Many of our posts so far have been focused on the iPad, Kindle and the coming war between Apple, Google and Microsoft. The first one to hire Arnold Schwarzenegger to go back in time to destroy the original iPhone prototype wins.

We are also looking for examples of media companies (large and small) doing cool things with mobile devices. This could include streaming live video from a cell phone, writing stories with a Blackberry, using location-based social media or creating a great mobile ad sales strategy. Basically anything journalism (or news revenue) related that does not involve a desk and a PC”.

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   Steve Myers says:

   April 22, 2010 at 8:01 pm

   Thanks for the props, Ken. We’ve gotten excellent response to the blog in the last few months. Julie Moos, who runs Poynter Online, is part of the equation too, working with Damon and Regina to make sure they make the connection between the technology and media.

   Steve Myers
   Poynter Online