1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9U4Ha9HQvMo
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2. Challenge 6:
Liveblog
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3. 3 themes
• Preparing for liveblogging events
• Software and hardware
• Verification, ethics and law
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4. What is a liveblog?
"A more iterative approach that breaks
out updates as individual stories as they
develop. The steady stream of updates
helps keep the homepage from looking
stagnant, which is what readers expect."
http://www.niemanlab.org/2011/08/traffic-report-why-pageviews-and-engagement-are-up-at-latimes-com/
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7. Beginnings
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8. Endings
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10. Why?
• Sticky: “Increases dwell time 20-fold” Paul Gallagher, MEN
• Traffic: 300% more views, 233%
visitors (Guardian). 219% > galleries
• Engagement + User input
• Compete with broadcasters
• Speed
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11. Side project or core?
• ITV: whole operation is liveblog
• BBC: team alongside other coverage
• Guardian: reporter feeding into
coverage
• Involved: community managers, social
media editors, key personal accounts
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12. The lead up...
Preparing for liveblogging
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13. Liveblogging: your notes
• Background facts and quotes on key
characters/settings
• Bookmark useful links
- e.g. Delicious.com/royalwedding
• Anticipate questions and answers
• Prepare material to fill gaps - analysis
• Key contacts on and offline - Twitter list/s
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14. Social bookmarking using
Delicious/Pinboard etc.
• Bookmark relevant webpages in advance
• Tag effectively: people, organisations,
topics, type of document
• E.g. paulbradshaw, report, stats,
liveblogging, dublin
• Combine, e.g. delicious.com/paulb/
liveblogging+tools
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6a_KF7TYKVc
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15. A quick runthrough
• Sign up at Delicious.com
• Bookmark a useful page - e.g. profile,
document, stats, report, explainer
• Add short tags: people, organisations,
topics, type of document
• Try to add the bookmarklet ... repeat
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16. ‘Sources’ = not just contacts
• Talk to the community, recruit contributors,
set up lists, groups, photo pools, tags etc.
• Cover the lead up on multiple platforms
• Where might you get video, photo, audio?
• SEO/SMO - key phrases, ideas
• What will the community need?
• Do what you do best, link to the rest
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17. http://blog.ouseful.info/2010/12/09/an-appropriate-use-of-technology/
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20. The recce
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Wifi map, 3G recce - don’t forget 2G/SMS
Scheduled post with embedded viewer
Network: where are you publishing?
Automation: IFTTT syndication?
Collaboration: Google Doc?
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21. Video: live multiplatform election coverage (PBS)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQrH1OuhPjk
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22. "We increased the reach of the NewsHour's live-stream by
having it hosted elsewhere including the Sunlight
Foundation and Huffington Post. We also hosted a map with
live AP election data on our site and combined it with our
map-centric Patchwork Nation collaboration. We used
CoveritLive to power a live-blog of results, analysis and
reports from the field. Extra, the NewsHour's site for
students and teachers, solicited opinion pieces.
"Many of the tools we experimented with to cover the 2008
election -- Google Docs, Twitter, Facebook -- have since
matured as newsroom resources. Except for a few
momentary hiccups, Twitter was as stable as we could have
hoped on Election Day."
- Dave Gustafson, PBS
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23. The event.
Adding value
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24. Same choices, but faster.
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Twitter stream?
Liveblogging?
Photo updates and gallery?
Streaming video?
Google map?
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25. Where is the need?
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Document?
Aggregate?
Analyse?
Enrich?
Verify?
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26. “The adrenaline was running by now. So
I turned [the flash] on and took five
pictures. I realised they were important
and I saw another guy shooting video on
his phone.
“So I got him into a taxi and we went
back to AP’s offices in Camden.”
- Matt Dunham, AP, in The Guardian
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28. Live tweeting tips
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Use existing hashtag(s) - or make one
Engage all the senses - and media
Use direct quotes - or RT them
Write as if an intro summing up
Tweet when things change
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31. There’s still a story...
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Characters, setting and movement
Human stories vs wider impact
Feel the pace and change it
Step away for polls, questions,
profiles, scene-changing, roundups,
new voices etc.
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32. Streaming tips
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Test, prepare, recce, schedule
Auto-tweet upon streaming
Steady camera
Narrate if sound is not close
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33. Liveblog this podcast
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34. Too busy on social media
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8g3AFnT_Hk
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35. The kit.
Hardware, social media
Too busy on software, infrastructure and mindset
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8g3AFnT_Hk
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36. Kit: possible hardware
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Smartphone with good data plan
DSLR/Kodak/Flip, etc. (not HD)
Digital dictaphone/Zoom
Portable mic and spoffle
Gorillapod or tripod
Bluetooth keyboard
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37. Kit: power & connectivity
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Batteries - including phone
Mifi unit (or tethering - battery?)
Extra SIM cards - EyeFi?
Free memory - and extra cards
Extension lead & chargers
Power gorilla, solar charger
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38. Liveblogging services
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Your website CMS
Twitter, Facebook page (hashtags?)
CoverItLive, Scribble Live, Liveblog Pro
Storify, Flipboard - curation tools
(Probably more than one)
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39. Related services
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Video streaming: Qik, Bambuser, Ustream
Twitcam, TwitCasting
Mapping: Google Maps, Crowdmap,
Crowdsourcing: Google Forms, Polldaddy
Audio: Audioboo, Spreaker
Tracking: Tweetdeck, Hootsuite, Newsle
Linking: IFTTT
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40. Verification and law
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41. "People shouldn't see this as a Twitter mistake; rather it was a
reporting mistake that could have occurred on any platform."
- Andy Carvin, NPR
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43. http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2011/01/26/verifying-information-online-content-context-code/
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44. Level 1: Content
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47. Level 2: Context
http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2009/10/16/how-to-spot-a-hoax-twitter-account-a-case-study/
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48. Level 3: Technology (Code)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlUQ2sUti8o
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49. http://whois.domaintools.com/genewscenter.com
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http://whois.domaintools.com/genewscenters.com

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51. Tools
BackLinkWatch.com
Google search by image, TinEye or Bing
for images
http://regex.info/exif.cgi
ErrorZilla plugin: Whois, cache, archive
Hvr.me or Identify plugin
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52. Ethics
Is deleting an incorrect tweet after the
fact a lack of transparency?
Live tweeting: spammy?
Taste & graphic nature: Neda
Non-declaration (Mayhill Fowler)
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53. Legal considerations
• Libel, contempt, copyright still apply republishing is publishing
• Hosts responsible if notified of hate
speech, incitement, discrimination
• Have/change policies and lead by
example
http://onlinejournalismblog.wordpress.com/2012/11/22/7-laws-journalists-now-need-to-know-from-database-rights-to-hate-speech/
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54. Streaming and other curiosities
Streaming = broadcast (apologise),
archived = publication (edit)
Privacy and trespass
Giggs injunction vs privilege
Sally Bercow *looks innocent*
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55. Grey areas
Is deleting an incorrect tweet after the
fact a lack of transparency?
Live tweeting: spammy?
Taste & graphic nature: Neda
Non-declaration (Mayhill Fowler)
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56. Links
OnlineJournalismBlog.com/tag/liveblogging
Delicious.com/paulb/liveblogging
Delicious.com/paulb/mobile
Delicious.com/paulb/twitter+tools
Delicious.com/paulb/verification
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57. Lab
Find or create events
Create content building up to that event
Plan to cover the event live
...Plan to liveblog next lecture
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58. Next lecture
• Panel from the industry critiquing
your work
• You’ll be liveblogging it all!
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