CoJMC to co-sponsor Mobile Me&You Conference

Sunday, August 14, 2022 - 7:45am

The UNL College of Journalism and Mass Communications will co-sponsor the annual Mobile Me&You Conference at the UNL Student Union, Thursday to Saturday, Oct. 20 to 22, 2022. 

The theme of this year’s conference is the arrival of 5G capabilities and what that will mean for journalism, advertising and public relations. Experts from The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, CNN, USA TODAY, Syracuse University, UNL CoJMC and others will talk about gathering and distributing information on mobile media platforms like TikTok and Snapchat and will discuss augmented reality, virtual reality, voice assistants, texting the news, using drones, targeting ultra-local information with geolocation technology and other topics.

MobileMe&You provides national experts to discuss best practices for cutting-edge mobile media technologies and platforms. It’s one of the best gatherings in one place of mobile media experts. As such, it’s an easy way to expose your students to influential, knowledgeable guest speakers at the top of their careers. It’s also an excellent opportunity for students to network with professionals.

Mobile Me&You is an annual conference co-sponsored by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Northwestern University. Learn more and register for Mobile Me&You here.