Week 1 b - real time reporting

Digital Skills – Week 1

Real-time reporting exercise

What we’re doing

• Simulating real-world conditions

• Using common tools

• Learning how to use what you have produced to turn out a story under deadline

So why real-time reporting?• The equivalent of

the old-time “News Flash!” – gives immediacy to the story

So why real-time reporting?

• Increasing consumption of our news product on mobile devices

• Use as “Second Screen” during live televised events

So why real-time reporting?

• Gives audience a chance to respond (via Replies, ReTweets, Shares, Comments, sending reporters questions or their own materials)

• Drives traffic from the real-time account to the final story and analysis

• Can really boost reporter’s social-media profile

• Gives reporters a way to quickly turn notes into stories

Tools for real-time reporting

• Storify

• Twitter

• CoverItLive

• 24LiveBlog

• Google+ Hangouts

• Facebook

Notable uses:

• Awards shows -http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/08/25/emmys-2014/

Notable uses:

• Sports events -http://q.usatoday.com/2014/06/12/nba-finals-game-4-live-blog-heat-spurs/

Notable uses:

• Tech events -http://live.gizmodo.com/our-wwdc-liveblog-starts-monday-june-2nd-at-12pm-et-1-1582090802

Notable uses:

• And, as in today’s exercise, politics…