Deborah Wenger from the University of Mississippi discusses the use of free streaming apps for live reporting, highlighting the ease of platforms like Periscope and Facebook Live. She emphasizes the importance of preparation and interaction during live broadcasts while addressing legal considerations and best practices. The document also encourages educators to integrate live streaming into their teaching to better prepare students for real-world journalism opportunities.

1. BEA
Deborah Wenger
University of Mississippi
Learn How to Teach
Live Reporting Through
Free Streaming Apps

2. Live, Local & Legal
Deb Wenger (@dhwenger)

3. Not Really New?
 UStream and others have been around for years
 Clunky, not easy to use
 Meerkat & Periscope
 Ridiculously easy!
 Live to Twitter
 People view and comment through app – Interactive
Live Shots
 Caution: Data plan killer!
 Facebook Live
 New iteration – bigger audience – same issues

4. Who’s Streaming?
CNN Politics
Washington Post
Stephanie Wei
(PGA)
Buzz Feed
Saturday Night
Live
Katy Perry
Red Bull
Jimmy Fallon
Spotify
Mountain Dew
GE

5. How Many Stream?
 Periscope now has two
million ACTIVE daily
users, watching 40
YEARS of broadcasts a
day
 More than 12 million
total users for Meekat &
Periscope combined

6. What’s Possible?
Get people thinking:
How could your school use live
streaming?
What about a popular local
business?
What’s the advantage to a local
newspaper/TV station?
For you, personally?

7. Periscope Star

8. 3 Folks to Follow on Periscope

9. Facebook Live
 Facebook is the big driver of traffic
for TV stations – more valuable than Twitter-
based apps?
 No way to download to camera roll?
(You can download videos from FB:
https://youtu.be/YYmywYAsOog)
 More intrusive than a Twitter link? Might work
best with a class Facebook rather page than
having students use their own FB accounts.

10. Producing Live Shots
1.Prepare
2.Practice
3.Review

11. Step 1: How To Do ‘Live’
Before you begin
Gather info/limit facts
Create a keyword outline

12. Step 2: How To Do ‘Live’
When you’re live
Say who you are, where you
are & why
Interact with or narrate
environment
Avoid speculation
For apps: Respond to Qs

13. Step 3: How To Do ‘Live’
After you’ve gone live
Save stream to camera roll
ID one thing to do better next
time

14. Assignment Results
Traditional Live Narrator

15. What’s Legal? What’s not?
Public place is generally OK
Reasonable expectation of privacy?
Copyrighted content = problem
Concerts, Sporting Events, Movies
Commercial use adds complexity
News exception

16. Let’s Go Live!
In teams of two, prepare for a 30-second
“live shot”
Review the tip sheet to be sure you’re
using live best practices
Save your live shot to the camera roll
Tweet link to @dhwenger

17. Re-purpose the “live”

18. Let’s Review!
What did you like about going live?
What would you do differently next time?
Name one thing you are thinking about
covering live for your next assignment?

19. What Works!
 “Real-world assignment” – NDs routinely tell
us that our students don’t get enough live
reps before arriving in newsroom – here’s a
solution
 Opportunity to help students look at “new”
apps differently – considering journalism and
branding applications should be routine
Teaching Materials: http://bit.ly/WJECLiveStream

20. Stay in touch!
 Deb Wenger
Associate Professor
University of Mississippi
drwenger@olemiss.edu
 Twitter: @dhwenger
 Website:
AdvancingTheStory.com