Talking to your friend on the couch next to you while you watch the Bachelor is not the same as live blogging. Lets be real.
With a 24 hour news cycle, people are constantly searching for information and new ways to be involved in world events. From following along with updates from Sydney journalists camped outside a Lindt cafe during a hostage situation to Twitter updates on the NRL Grand Final, live blogging is simply another way to communicate news instantaneously. Today experienced live blogging for the first time and it was nothing like what I expected. For starters, I was blogging a funeral which made me think of reader diversity achievable through live blogging.
There are many different ways people can live blog whether it's on a social media or news media platform the functionality is the same. Watch/listen and relay.
With a 24 hour news cycle, people are constantly searching for information and new ways to be involved in world events. From following along with updates from Sydney journalists camped outside a Lindt cafe during a hostage situation to Twitter updates on the NRL Grand Final, live blogging is simply another way to communicate news instantaneously. Today experienced live blogging for the first time and it was nothing like what I expected. For starters, I was blogging a funeral which made me think of reader diversity achievable through live blogging.
There are many different ways people can live blog whether it's on a social media or news media platform the functionality is the same. Watch/listen and relay.
Live blogging isn't isolated to notable news events either, a few months ago a woman live-blogged a bad date she witnessed while sitting in a Toronto cafe. Her tweets actually went viral and arguably opened up the possibilities for live blogging.
"I'm writing a screenplay. It's about this guy who never really feels like he fits in. Like he's just different"
— Anne Thériault (@anne_theriault) July 3, 2015
OH NO NOW HE'S TALKING ABOUT HOW HIS FEAR OF HAVING CHILDREN STEMS FROM HIS DADDY ISSUES AND I CANNOT
— Anne Thériault (@anne_theriault) July 3, 2015
Live blogging is still a fairly new area of journalism. Especially with new technology developing and social media platforms becoming increasingly popular around the world, live blogging is a skill of the future.
If you wanted to see how online publications tackle live blogging, here are some links:
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