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Live Reporting Mandy Jenkins @mjenkins
#CTSocial, May 2012
ImmediacyTracking a long-term storyTrafficCommunity engagement Saving time writing for various
formats
Why We Go Live
Breaking storyMeetingEvent (festival, march, concert)TrialDaylong (Election Day, weather) Sporting eventReporting long-term stories
Liveblogging Situations
Get names, titles in advance when possible
Set scene & your roleDescribe your circumstances,
vantage point: At event, watching on TV, curating tweets
Liveblogging prep
Try It Now:#CTSocial
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
Live Tweeting
Feed tweets into your site in place of a breaking story
Serve your audience on social media – and reach a new one
Helps staff communicateStart writing a story in-office from
reporters’ live tweets
What Livetweeting Can Do
Say what you don’t know
Link to fresh content
Updates in (time-stamp, reverse-chron order) in your blog or story template
More Live Reporting Formats
Livestream/Video Chat
Video/Chat Options
UstreamLivestreamQikGoogle+ Hangouts on Air
Couple it with a liveblog or chat format to take questions or include text
Short, frequent takesLiveblog becomes notebook for storyPromote before, during and replaysCurate live tweets to be viewed later
Tips, techniques
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
Play-by-playCommentaryLive-tweet (#nocalsocial)Find & add links for contextPhotos and videoModerate questions, comments
Team Liveblog Roles
CoveritLive/ScribbleLiveYour existing blogging platform
Live Chat Tools
Panelists need not be in personYou approve questionsAdd in polls, links for background
(prepare in advance)Group related questions togetherPreview questions coming up
Live Chat Technique
Newsmakers, politiciansHost chat w/ community bloggers (dining,
sports, entertainment)Reporters on recent big stories, recurring
issues, topics of expertise
Live Chat Ideas
Set time, promote it to followers long in advance
Take questions in advanceUse a hashtag to tie tweets
togetherChoose questions to answer,
retweet them with order ID. Ex: Q1Preface answer with corresponding
answer (A1)
Twitter Chats
Mandy Jenkins
[email protected]@mjenkins
Blog: Zombiejournalism.comThese slides & more at
slideshare.net/mandyjenkins
THANKS!