Comments on: Storymaker 2’s Got your back! https://partnews.mit.edu/2016/02/10/storymaker-2s-got-your-back/ Treating newsgathering as an engineering problem... since 2012! Wed, 10 Feb 2016 15:35:29 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.2 By: Fungai https://partnews.mit.edu/2016/02/10/storymaker-2s-got-your-back/#comment-150118 Fri, 12 Feb 2016 03:52:26 +0000 http://partnews.brownbag.me/?p=7712#comment-150118 This app was designed primarily with citizen journalists in mind and the idea is to capture the action and file the story where and when it happens – hence the mobile approach. The app also leverages tools that mobile phones have, i.e. camera and microphone – with the idea that you capture the footage and process it immediately – so it would not be as effective on desktop devices.

]]> By: adrienne https://partnews.mit.edu/2016/02/10/storymaker-2s-got-your-back/#comment-150062 Wed, 10 Feb 2016 15:35:29 +0000 http://partnews.brownbag.me/?p=7712#comment-150062 This is such a cool product! I can’t wait to see it make its way to iOS.

I’m curious though, why they don’t have a desktop version. In my experience many (most?) journalists work almost exclusively on desktop. Have you used the Android version? How do you feel about the mobile-first approach? Do you think it will still see widespread adoption for establishment types?

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