{"id":38400,"date":"2013-07-09T23:04:36","date_gmt":"2013-07-09T13:04:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=38400"},"modified":"2020-12-14T16:14:40","modified_gmt":"2020-12-14T06:14:40","slug":"mojos-step-into-the-spotlight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2013\/07\/09\/mojos-step-into-the-spotlight\/","title":{"rendered":"MoJos Step Into The Spotlight"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Project instructor Ivo Burum with major award winners Shantelle Arnold-Georgetown, Jessie Alberts and Robert French<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The Junior Wakka Wakka Dancers performed traditional dances before the awards ceremony<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

July 10, 2013<\/strong><\/p>\n

Cherbourg’s MoJos (mobile journalists) have stepped away from the back of the camera to become the centre of attention at a special NAIDOC Week awards ceremony.<\/p>\n

The end of the first ever Cherbourg MoJo program run by Nurunderi TAFE was celebrated with traditional dancing, a morning tea and the presentation of certificates.<\/p>\n

There was also the “world premiere” of a TV documentary prepared about the project.<\/p>\n

Three students were then presented with major awards to recognise the special skills they have developed during the training.<\/p>\n

The program, run at the Southern Queensland Institute of TAFE’s Nurunderi campus, aimed to develop literacy and numeracy skills through building mobile journalism skills.<\/p>\n

The students learned to shoot, edit and upload video news stories – using only iPhone 5s – under the watchful eye of a professional videographer Ivo Burum.<\/p>\n

Over the weeks, the students created a number of news videos, ranging from a visit to the Wondai Sawmill to a corroboree at the Bunya Mountains.<\/p>\n

Each of the major award winners were presented with their “tools of trade” to own forever … a 16GB iPhone 5 and a MoJo production kit, valued at $1067.<\/p>\n

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The major winners were:<\/strong><\/p>\n