VeriCorder in the Outback

VeriCorder products in use, on the other side of the world.

VeriCorder provided both software, hardware components, and knowledge for this project. The Australian government project is to train and enable local mobile journalists to document the life, stories, and places of the people in the Northern Territories. This is a region predominately populated by the indigenous peoples of Australia.

“NT Mojo is a pilot project that seeks to give Indigenous people from remote Northern Territory communities the skills and technology to tell their stories using specially equipped iPhones to a dedicated website.

The 13 Mojos from six communities were chosen in community after a thorough selection process that involved local elders, existing media centres and outlets and Government Business Managers and Indigenous Engagement Officers.

The Mojos, and six support people who were chosen to accompany them, then attended a week-long intensive training course at the Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education (BIITE) in Batchelor, NT. For many, it was the first time they had visited Batchelor, though many had heard about it or knew people who had attended the Institute in the past.

At training, the Mojos were taught the basic journalistic skills of story telling as well as the technical skills to shoot, edit and upload their stories to the NT Mojo website. They were also given training in good journalistic practice including the importance of seeking releases from the people they interview.

Following training, the Mojos returned to their communities and the executive producer, Ivo Burum, and two BIITE media trainers visited all Mojos to assist and support them in their story development and production.

The NT Mojo concept was developed by Ivo Burum of Burum Media Pty Ltd and auspiced by the Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education through Head of Media, Lynda McCaffery.”

The project will go live in May, 2011.