The phrase “phoning it in” generally has a negative connotation, but in broadcast journalism it has a different meaning altogether. Phoning it in means you care so much about your story that you want it on the air in whatever form… as soon as possible. I probably don’t have to tell you that today’s technology makes it possible to phone in a story in some pretty amazing ways.
I’ll discuss options for over-the-phone electronic news gathering in future posts, but just as a teaser I am including the post below as I originally sent it with my iPhone when I was setting up this site. I used the WordPress iPhone app to tap out the basic story and include a picture. I did some tweaking after I got on the computer, added a caption, cleaned up some spelling errors, etc., but the fact is the experiment worked and the post was published.
So what follows is a post sent via an iPhone:
My dogs were excited to be with me as I was outside doing some quick yard work. Now they’re bored as I begin the long list of tech work I have put on my list.
First up… domain transfer for a website we’ve been involved with for a few years now.
- Gee dad, is this all you do all day?