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Live-streaming mobile video is an emerging medium. Few have measured how this new form of production is contributing to civic engagement or broadening the public sphere by circulating visual footage of community interest. Here I explore the overall trends in production of live-streaming mobile video from producers around the world, and focus more narrowly on the motivations and practices surrounding the production of civic content. Informing my study are mobile videos on Qik.com, a popular web service for live-streaming mobile video. I offer a quantitative content analysis of 1,000 videos, summarizing general trends in content production as well as analyzing the motivations behind the production of civic content, based on qualitative interviews with frequent producers. Results indicate that production is higher among those who self-identify as activists, journalists, community leaders or educators, suggesting this new medium can be best appropriated by those who are already civically engaged.