Smartphones are powerful tools for creating audio-visual stories that are optimised for online and social media. But they are also unique tools for tackling prejudices within newsrooms that can hold s...
Susan Newhook
J School University of King’s College
Susan Newhook teaches video, mobile and television reporting at the University of King’s College School of Journalism in Halifax, Canada. Sue worked for many years as a news and current affairs journalist at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. She has also freelanced for domestic and international media outlets on all platforms. As a university teacher she has moved almost all the hands-on work in her introductory reporting courses to mobile-only. She also teaches a mobile journalism course at the graduate level; in this course, students study their own mobile consumption and production practices as a way to understand how we all relate to our phones.