At first, we didn’t know what “news” was. But soon we discovered what made a story “news” and we dived into Story Telling and Journalism. We read the story of the “Little Red Riding Hood”, yet also current news such as the Covid-19 pandemic and worked them into news; in doing this we found out that the WE, WHO, WHAT, WHERE, HOW play a huge role into making a news story and that upside down pyramids are a big thing!

We looked into responsible reporting and what the role of fake news has been in migration, integration, and inclusion. We analyzed how to fight fake news and discovered the concept of Trust Chains. We put our knowledge into action and looked at how a true news article can become fake news!

We discovered that our smartphone was truly smart, and we created videos using video editing applications to promote on social media. In the process, we revealed technical skills we didn’t know we had!

We thought it was easy to talk to other people, but we never quite realized how difficult it was to conduct an interview. We interviewed each other and learned some Latin along the way by making a Vox Pop! We discussed how the Voice of the People (Vox Populi) can be reflected in accurate and inclusive journalism that can be used to promote stories of integration.

And as our Mobile Phone Journey progressed, we discussed how to effectively use different social media from TikTok to Instagram and from Facebook to LinkedIn and how stories would look like in each and every one of these. We talked about audience and age, the role social media might play in forced displacement and how it helps in integration. We created some short videos and discovered application tools and effects in the process!

We learnt that editing was easy on our mobile phones and started telling stories, our stories, others’ stories, fun stories, sad stories, all types of stories.

And as the workshop came to an end, we realised that we had all become MOJOS and were now ready to Raise our Voices for Social Inclusion through our own stories.