Live Reporting, Live Blogging and Live Chats
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Tips, tricks and tools for live reporting and live chats using Twitter, liveblogs and more - given at the New Haven Register on May 22, 2012.
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Live Reporting, Live Blogging and Live Chats
- 1. Live Reporting Mandy Jenkins @mjenkins #CTSocial, May 2012
- 2. Why We Go Live Immediacy Tracking a long-term story Traffic Community engagement Saving time writing for various formats
- 3. Liveblogging Situations Breaking story Meeting Event (festival, march, concert) Trial Daylong (Election Day, weather) Sporting event Reporting long-term stories
- 4. Liveblogging prep Get names, titles in advance when possible Set scene & your role Describe your circumstances, vantage point: At event, watching on TV, curating tweets
- 6. Try It Now: #CTSocial
- 7. Live Tweeting Mix play-by-play with context, background Pass on quotes, who is there, add in photos Use tweets as your notes for later Note significant pauses and stops Check facts before you hit “tweet” Take questions, respond when possible
- 9. What Livetweeting Can Do Feed tweets into your site in place of a breaking story Serve your audience on social media – and reach a new one Helps staff communicate Start writing a story in-office from reporters’ live tweets
- 12. Say what you don’t know
- 13. Link to fresh content
- 14. More Live Reporting Formats Updates in (time-stamp, reverse-chron order) in your blog or story template
- 15. CoveritLive
- 17. Video/Chat Options Ustream Livestream Qik Google+ Hangouts on Air Couple it with a liveblog or chat format to take questions or include text
- 18. Tips, techniques Short, frequent takes Liveblog becomes notebook for story Promote before, during and replays Curate live tweets to be viewed later
- 19. Live Coverage Team Develop a hashtag (if there isn't one) and be sure everyone uses it If your staff is tweeting, pull in their tweets to your site Determine who posts and edits the liveblog Get photogs aboard early
- 20. Team Liveblog Roles Play-by-play Commentary Live-tweet (#nocalsocial) Find & add links for context Photos and video Moderate questions, comments
- 21. Live Chat Tools CoveritLive/ScribbleLive Your existing blogging platform Twitter
- 22. Live Chat Technique Panelists need not be in person You approve questions Add in polls, links for background (prepare in advance) Group related questions together Preview questions coming up
- 23. Live Chat Ideas Newsmakers, politicians Host chat w/ community bloggers (dining, sports, entertainment) Reporters on recent big stories, recurring issues, topics of expertise
- 24. Twitter Chats Set time, promote it to followers long in advance Take questions in advance Use a hashtag to tie tweets together Choose questions to answer, retweet them with order ID. Ex: Q1 Preface answer with corresponding answer (A1)
- 25. THANKS! Mandy Jenkins mjenkins@digitalfirstmedia.com @mjenkins Blog: Zombiejournalism.com These slides & more at slideshare.net/mandyjenkins
Editor's Notes
- Talk about HuffPost and TBD liveblog approach
- Ask, get a program CONFIRM SPELLING
- Cite long Beach example, or Reds parade coverage