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The Morgan MOJO Lab was created in 2010 at Morgan State University in Baltimore, which became the first historically black college in the country to teach students how to be mobile digital journalists. The site was created by journalism program coordinator Allissa Richardson. When she moved to Bowie State, student work was housed at a new site, mojomediaworks.com.
Project Updates
- Morgan Gets Its MOJO ” - The mobile journalists of Morgan MOJO Lab have written and filmed more than 50 hyperlocal news pieces about Baltimore and formed a content partnership with Baltimore Brew, a daily online journal. They turned iPods into recording devices to cover the city using pilot equipment from VeriCorder, and edited the footage with the iPod app 1st […]
- Morgan Gets Its MOJO ” - After months of planning, Morgan MOJO launched a beta version of New Content Providers. In the beginning of our project, Jan Schaffer advised us not to rely solely on students for content. She was certainly right! Our students, while excited about the MOJO Lab, often had to distribute their time between school, work and the Lab. Even […]
- Morgan Gets Its MOJO ” - Publicity from winning a New Voices grant in 2010 placed The Morgan State University MOJO Lab on the map, noted professor and lab director Allissa Richardson. At the same time, she and her team remained focused on developing an editorial strategy and distribution partnerships. In the first 90 days of the grant, Richardson worked with […]
