South African journalism students expand Nokia's mobile journalism experiment

Launched on 16 July, their Mojozone site will deliver multimedia news and event information to the mobiles of students on campus using WAP and bluetooth technology provided by South African firm DStv Mobile.

Text, images and video will feature on the site, all created and uploaded using the Nokia kits, which include a Nokia N95 8GB handset, a portable keyboard with phone stand, and a tripod.

Technical support will be provided by Nokia throughout the course, which will end in October for the WITS students.
The initiative will see students trained to capture video and audio using mobile technology, and to use web-based content management systems.

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