Press release
SEPTEMBER 14, 2023
Enter the ‘Academy Awards’ of Mobile Journalism
The search is on to find the best mobile stories produced by reporters with smartphones. Winners receive valuable prizes and have their work screened at international festivals.
CALL FOR ENTRIES
https://filmfreeway.com/MobileJournalismAwards
Mobile journalists are invited to submit short form videos and films to the #MojoAwards competition.
Mobile Journalism Awards Categories
• Documentary
• Crisis Reporting
• Mobile Journalism
This is the fifth edition of the Mobile Journalism Awards and the festival attracts entries from international journalists, media students, journalism educators, and others who have a talent for non-fiction storytelling in film.
Past winners have included broadcast reporters, student journalists and freelancers.
SMALL CAMERAS, BIG STORIES
“This competition showcases the best stories and mobile storytellers each year.”
“Reporters are telling big stories with small cameras. The judges are amazed at how the quality of the films improves each season.”
“By raising the standards for mobile journalism and hosting public screenings, these mobile film awards help journalists increase the impact of their non-fiction storytelling.”
Robb Montgomery
Chair, Mobile Journalism Awards
PRIZES
Winning films are screened at the NABShow in Las Vegas and the International Festival of Journalism each April.
Each journalist who has a film selected as a finalist will also be awarded a $500 gift certificate from the Smart Film School.
Category winners also win mobile filmmaking gear from a prize pool donated by sponsors including: Røde, IK Multimedia, Shoulderpod, and Shure.
The best stories from this annual competition are curated in a permanent collection at the Smart Film School.
A list of previous winners can be found here.
JURY
The judges for the Mobile Journalism Awards visual journalism professionals and educators from respected journalism institutions.
Marta Machado, Thomson Reuters Foundation, London
Marcela Kunova, Journalism Co UK
Becky Beamer, Photo Journalism Professor, Oslomet University, Norway
Robert Stewart, Emeritus Director, E. W. Scripps School of Journalism
Kim Fox, Professor, The American University Cairo
Jacques Rosselin, Head of the EFJ School of New Journalism, Paris
Naila Hamdy, Director, The American University Cairo
INTERNATIONAL ENTRIES
The #MojoAwards competition receives entries from reporters in United States, India, Brazil, United Kingdom, Mexico, China, Italy, France, Canada, Russian Federation, S. Korea, Egypt, Germany, Iran, Chile, Jordan, Bulgaria, Dominican Republic, Hong Kong, Ireland, Qatar, Sudan, Tunisia, Switzerland, and Israel.
FESTIVAL PARTNERS
USA
E.W. Scripps School of Journalism
Visual Editors non-profit
Broadcast Educators Association
National Association of Broadcasters
Society for News Design
LONDON
Journalism co.uk
PARIS
EFJ School of New Journalism
CAIRO
The American University, Department of Journalism and Mass Communication
BUENOS AIRES
Latin American Congress of Mobile Journalism
VISUAL EDITORS
The #MojoAwards are a project of Visual Editors, NFP, a Chicago-area 501(c)(3) non profit that supports visual journalism scholarship.
CALL FOR ENTRIES
https://filmfreeway.com/MobileJournalismAwards
CONTACT
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