Mobile journalism forum slated today

The print media has to evolve to cope with the demand for fast information in this age of the Internet.

Newspapers are  more interactive, using social networking media like Twitter and Facebook, and making content available online in websites and special digital editions.

Cebu Daily News with its partner Cebu Holdings Inc. is sponsoring a forum  at 9:30 a.m. today on how  community journalism is going digital.

The forum is scheduled at the Marcelo Fernan Cebu Press Center in  Sudlon, Lahug.

Javier Vicente “JV’ Rufino, director of Inquirer Mobile, is the main speaker  for a limited number of students and business clients .

Cebu Daily News’ digital edition was launched last June and became a part of the menu of the Inquirer Digital Edition for iPads, iPhones, iPod Touch devices, Android tablets and smartphones.

The digital editions have benefited local and overseas readers who can’t avail of the actual  newspaper.

Going digital is one way of making news and information available in several platforms  reaching  users at any time, anywhere.

Today’s forum will also discuss how journalists and mass communication students can benefit from  recent trends.

Mobile journalism is not yet taught extensively in colleges and universities offering mass communication subjects.

The forum seeks to explore a new dimension of journalism beyond traditional  means of news reporting. /Reporter Marian Z. Codilla