Comments on: The strikes and the rise of the liveblog http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2011/11/30/strikes-rise-of-the-liveblog/ A conversation. Fri, 25 May 2012 00:29:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: De kunst van live bloggen | vanderlubben http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2011/11/30/strikes-rise-of-the-liveblog/#comment-232182 De kunst van live bloggen | vanderlubben Thu, 08 Dec 2011 10:57:57 +0000 http://onlinejournalismblog.com/?p=15481#comment-232182 [...] vliegen om je oren, de live blogs. Het was mij tot ongeveer een half uur geleden een raadsel waarom we het niet gewoon met radio [...] [...] vliegen om je oren, de live blogs. Het was mij tot ongeveer een half uur geleden een raadsel waarom we het niet gewoon met radio [...]

]]> By: Bill Bennett http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2011/11/30/strikes-rise-of-the-liveblog/#comment-230385 Bill Bennett Wed, 07 Dec 2011 05:49:03 +0000 http://onlinejournalismblog.com/?p=15481#comment-230385 Live-blogging works well when a story unfolds. It's brilliant for cricket and good for other sports coverage. Court coverage, Parliamentary debates and the like. It was great in the recent NZ election campaign - although for some odd reason the papers here would stop their coverage at 4pm. What was that about? In my experience it doesn’t work so well for unstructured news, especially if the person in the hot-seat is under-resourced. I've watched sites where there's a confused mishmash of disconnected material flying in from all parts. This probably isn't an issue for a UK newspaper, down here, it can end up being a dog's breakfast. Live-blogging works well when a story unfolds. It’s brilliant for cricket and good for other sports coverage. Court coverage, Parliamentary debates and the like.

It was great in the recent NZ election campaign – although for some odd reason the papers here would stop their coverage at 4pm. What was that about?

In my experience it doesn’t work so well for unstructured news, especially if the person in the hot-seat is under-resourced. I’ve watched sites where there’s a confused mishmash of disconnected material flying in from all parts. This probably isn’t an issue for a UK newspaper, down here, it can end up being a dog’s breakfast.

]]> By: ScribbleLive Official Blog | Liveblog live blogging http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2011/11/30/strikes-rise-of-the-liveblog/#comment-224084 ScribbleLive Official Blog | Liveblog live blogging Fri, 02 Dec 2011 20:47:15 +0000 http://onlinejournalismblog.com/?p=15481#comment-224084 [...] a post for Online Journalism Blog, Paul Bradshaw examines the UK public sector strike and the role [...] [...] a post for Online Journalism Blog, Paul Bradshaw examines the UK public sector strike and the role [...]

]]> By: Teaching liveblogging | Online Journalism Blog | journalism blog http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2011/11/30/strikes-rise-of-the-liveblog/#comment-223781 Teaching liveblogging | Online Journalism Blog | journalism blog Fri, 02 Dec 2011 16:24:55 +0000 http://onlinejournalismblog.com/?p=15481#comment-223781 [...] the final part of a trilogy of articles on liveblogging I wanted to talk about a recent experiment I conducted in teaching [...] [...] the final part of a trilogy of articles on liveblogging I wanted to talk about a recent experiment I conducted in teaching [...]

]]> By: 10 liveblogging ideas (and 30 liveblogging tips) | Online Journalism Blog http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2011/11/30/strikes-rise-of-the-liveblog/#comment-222027 10 liveblogging ideas (and 30 liveblogging tips) | Online Journalism Blog Thu, 01 Dec 2011 12:39:27 +0000 http://onlinejournalismblog.com/?p=15481#comment-222027 [...] my previous post about the rise of liveblogging, I wanted to provide a simple list of ideas for student journalists wanting to get some [...] [...] my previous post about the rise of liveblogging, I wanted to provide a simple list of ideas for student journalists wanting to get some [...]

]]> By: Patrick Smith http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2011/11/30/strikes-rise-of-the-liveblog/#comment-221654 Patrick Smith Thu, 01 Dec 2011 08:35:57 +0000 http://onlinejournalismblog.com/?p=15481#comment-221654 Liveblogging gives a live experience and lasting artefact and it's the only format that can work for both. People read things as they happen and then watch the whole thing from the start. Sport was the driver behind its evolution - cricket and football reporters have been doing this for the best part of a decade and it's only in the past 2/3 years it's become a mainstream news tool. One other reason it works for me: reporters are these days tweeting too much. The Leveson enquiry has been impossible to follow just through Twitter, it's a deluge. I don't want to know every last thing Hugh Grant has to say, I just want the edited news and none of the filler. Liveblogging gives a live experience and lasting artefact and it’s the only format that can work for both. People read things as they happen and then watch the whole thing from the start. Sport was the driver behind its evolution – cricket and football reporters have been doing this for the best part of a decade and it’s only in the past 2/3 years it’s become a mainstream news tool.

One other reason it works for me: reporters are these days tweeting too much. The Leveson enquiry has been impossible to follow just through Twitter, it’s a deluge. I don’t want to know every last thing Hugh Grant has to say, I just want the edited news and none of the filler.

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