Blogging and liveblogging

Blogging andLiveblogging Steve Buttry The Gazette March 19 , 2012 #gaztrain

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Team liveblog• Play-by-play• Commentary• Live-tweet (#gaztrain)• Find & add links• Photos• Moderate questions, comments

What’s your blog about? (6 words or so)

Factors in blogging success• Idea • Links• Format • Voice• Headline • Writing• Visuals • Conversation

Possible ideas• News • Aggregation• Events • Curation (pro media• Previews or social media)• Buzz • Reaction• Controversy • Reflection• Releases • Story behind the• story Quiz • Notebook• Q&A

Possible formats• Brief • Promotion• Video (w/ intro) • Chart/graph/map• Photo gallery • Q&A• List • Narrative• Review • Poll• News story • Curation

Think beyond writing• Videos • Audio• Photos • Tweets• Slides • Source documents• Graphics • Maps• Curation

Keys to SEO• Relevance• Keywords in headline (what would you search for?)• Keywords in story (best in 1st paragraph)• Understand how people are searching• Relevant links

Reach a wider audience• Effective use of social media (Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Foursquare, etc.)• Relevant comments (w/ links) on related blogs (no spamming!)• Emails/tweets/#hashtags call to attention of influencers

The blogging conversation• Crowdsource (specific questions: “Do you know anyone who …?” “Did you see …?” “Has this ever happened to you?”)• Consider ending post w/ question• Stimulate/continue conversation in social media• Engage with comments

Start a blog post

Why to liveblog• Immediacy• News value• Storytelling• Traffic• Community engagement, loyalty• Interactivity• Saving time

Liveblog formats• Update (time-stamp, reverse-chron) in blog or story template• CoverItLive (can feed in tweets)• ScribbleLive (can feed in tweets)• Live-tweet (on Twitter or feeding blog)• Video stream (w/liveblog)• Raw, edited or moderated

Liveblogging situations• Breaking story• Meeting• Event (festival, march, concert)• Trial• Daylong (Election Day, weather)• Sporting event (can use fans, HS journos)• Live chat

Liveblogging prep• Get names (confirm spelling), titles in advance (ask, get program, etc.)• Set scene, saying what you’re covering & that you’re live-tweeting• Describe your circumstances, vantage point: at event, watching on TV, curating tweets (Andy Carvin)

Tips, techniques• Short, frequent takes• Space isn’t an issue; engagement is• Liveblog becomes notebook for story• Consider links, polls, photos, audio, video• Promote live & replays• Tweet links to liveblog & replay• OK to step away for question, video, etc.

Managing liveblog & story• Liveblog is notebook: cut, paste, write, edit• Note when you know you’ve written good lead or passage for story• Note questions to pursue later• Does summary work for print?• Plug “complete coverage” in liveblog

Live chat techniques• Give some questions to guests in advance (fewer waits while they type)• Phone conversation w/ guests, giving time to work on questions• Host chat w/ community bloggers (dining, sports, entertainment)• Group related questions• Preview questions coming up

Liveblogging issues• Accuracy (stress verification, ask questions, seek links & documentation, correct quickly and candidly)• Rough copy• Sports credentials• Multi-tasking• Learning curve

Live-tweeting tips• Don’t transcribe; observe & report• In sports, mix play-by-play & commentary• Use hashtag (& check to respond)• OK to pause for checking facts, names• Note significant pause (halftime, lunch)• Fun interludes, exchanges, anecdotes• Check facts before you hit “tweet”

Points to remember• Standard of completeness changes; commitment to accuracy remains• Attribute, hedge, verify, seek verification• Say what you don’t know, too• Conversation, not monologue• Consider tone (is opinion or humor appropriate in this setting, for this blogger?)

Read more about it• stevebuttry.wordpress.com• slideshare.net/stevebuttry• @stevebuttry• zombiejournalism.com• https://www.newsu.org/introduction-to- reporting• stephenbuttry@gmail.com

Blogging and liveblogging

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