CHANGING THE WORLD THROUGH MEDIA
Ivo Burum the author of the Citizenmojo blog been producing mainstream TV for almost 30 years. A panel beater, turned journalist, turned TV executive producer, Ivo is one of the Australian pioneers of the self-shot obs-doc citizen TV genre. Ivo’s interest in citizen participatory journalism comes from his long term commitment to giving ordinary people an opportunity to tell their own extra ordinary stories on TV.
Ivo has experience developing and delivering television content across a range of factual styles of production including magazine, documentary, docu-drama, observational, reality and current affairs. As a producer on the ABC’s flagship current affairs series, Foreign Correspondent, Ivo traveled to over 40 countries and witnessed first hand the repression that results from a lack of free speech.
Ivo’s work in mobile journalism includes the NT Mojo project that provides nine people from remote Indigenous communities in the Northern territory with training, the skills and technology to produce and upload their own stories to the web.
MySchoolMojo © is an iPhone project that gives a group of students in an inner city school the opportunity to produce their own stories about their community.
Mojo has also been introduced to China at Ningbo University, developed for J students at Deakin University and imbedded into secondary schools in the NT.
In 2012 mojo was introduced to mainstream media journalists and photographers at the Sydney Morning Herald and to journalists at The Dili Weekly in Timor.
Mojo workshops scheduled for 2012 will include schools and teachers in Qld, Vic and WA, mainstream media in Denmark and the UK and universities in China.
Citizenmojo will provide regular forums and updates in mobile journalism trends and the practical application of emerging mobile technologies.
As this is my first blog l am really excited to know that you can post your thoughts about this exciting project which is being piloted at Footscray City College with students who have been through the selection process and have committed themselves to learning how to be a Mojo. As a support for Ivo Burum l know l will gain invaluable knowledge and skills. His generosity to teach his journalistic skills after 30 years of experience will be highly respected by all participants.
Good on you Cleo – I’m delighted to be working with you, Bill and FCC students again – we all gain something from making our world more democratic.