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Quantity over quality - that needs to be the mindset for mobile journalists, UK online video journalist Adam Westbrook said today at the #media140 conference in Barcelona.

Throughout the session plenty of useful tips and pieces of advice were imparted by the speakers - Ricard Espelt, co-founder of redall.cat and Gemma Urgell, journalist, blogger and consultant for redall.cat - and delegates alike. Here's a collection of some of the thoughts shared...

There are interviews with writer, musician and activist Pat Kane; El Pais journalist Joseba Elola on how the WikiLeaks cables were "something really good for journalism"; and with head of news for Amnesty International Rob Winder who talks about developments in reporting human rights news.

The podcast below features interviews with Catalan journalist and academic Dani Madrid about the media coverage of the Japanese earthquake and media140 founder Ande Gregson, reflecting on the two-day conference.

Throughout media140 so far, when it has come to a discussion of business models for journalism, most speakers seem to be in agreement that there is no single solution, rather the path is multi-directional and a mix is best.

Here at Journalism.co.uk we understand data is one of the buzzwords in journalism at the moment, it is why we have built our news:rewired conference around the topic, and its popularity was certainly clear from the packed room at Media140 today, where journalist and online communications specialist Carlos Alonso spoke on the topic.

"I've never lived something like that and I don't think I will live something again like that," - these are the words of El Pais staff writer Joseba Elola, reflecting on his work on the diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks.

"Conferència Pat Kane, músic, escriptor i teòric de The Play Ethic (l'Ètica del Joc) Pat Kane, es presenta des de la seva doble vessant professional, com a músic i periodista des de fa 25 anys. Això li proporciona una visió estéreo sobre la relació entre els mitjans socials, la tecnologia i el periodisme."