A pré-história do mobile journalism

A utilização de telefones satélite para transmitir informação foi um primeiro passo para o MoJo. Um relato da CNN na primeira pessoa.

"Satellite Newsgathering Crosses the Digital Divide
By Eli Flournoy, CNN
Eli Flournoy is a Senior International Assignment Editor for CNN, the first 24 hour global news network. Here he presents powerful examples of how CNN has crossed the digital divide to bring late breaking news from remote locations to the public.

New Millenium Breakthroughs
The date was December 31, 1999. I was an International Assignment Editor doing night duty at CNN when I first realized just how revolutionary the ability to digitally transmit video using satellite phones was going to be for newsgathering.

After months of planning, CNN's millennium coverage was up and running. Live reports were coming in on the hour from every time zone. Combined with the worries about Y2K bugs and threats of terrorism, those 24 hours represented one of the most intense reporting efforts in CNN history."

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