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These are slides for a workshop for Madison SPJ.
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Mobile Newsgathering
Steve ButtryMadison SPJ
October 17, 2014
Mobile standards● Getting it first or getting it right = false choice
(if you don’t have it right, you don’t have it)● Say what you don’t know● Ask the community (within reason)● Tweets = tips, not verified facts● Connect witnesses w/ reporter on the scene ● Ask “How do you know that?” (they)
Mobile Community● Ask people to call or connect w/ reporter at
the scene● Ask for community photos, videos● Use & encourage hashtag● Twitter advanced search (holy shit, WTF)● Also check Facebook, Instagram, YouTube● Geofeedia, Banjo, Yik Yak
Mobile workflow● Newsworthy verified fact = update● Reporter livetweets● Editor sets up liveblog● Reporter and/or visual journalist post photos,
videos● Crowdsource● Editor verifies & curates community content
Event coverageLivetweet & liveblog everything:● Sports events● Meetings● Trials● Festivals
● Press conferences● Breaking news● Daylong (weather,
election)
Live engagement● Berkshire Eagle murder trial: 25K
engagement hours● Gettysburg 150, 96K engagement minutes in
a day● Dorner manhunt: 4.7M engagement
minutes
Liveblog 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
Tips, techniques● Space isn’t an issue; engagement is
● Liveblog becomes notebook for print story
● Consider links, polls, photos, audio, video
● Use hashtag (check & engage)
● Promote live & replays
● OK to step away for question, video, halftime ...
More tips● Don’t transcribe; observe & report
● In sports, mix play-by-play & commentary
● OK to pause for checking facts, names
● Fun interludes, exchanges, anecdotes
● Check facts before you hit “tweet”
Live coverage issues● Accuracy
● Correct quickly and candidly
● Rough copy; stress writing skills
● Sports credentials, court access
● Multi-tasking, learning curve
● Add public tweets or not?
Liveblog on your site● Embed in story on your site (w/ intro)
● Feed in your staff members
● If using hashtag, monitor & police
● Remember to turn it off
● Can you livestream video (yours or from event organizer)?
From live to print or TV● Will a brief suffice (plugging live coverage?)
● Ask crowd what’s important for newscast, print story
● Reporter writes faster
● Bring back “rewrite” editor?
● Plug newscast coverage in liveblog
Read more about it● stevebuttry.wordpress.com● @stevebuttry● [email protected]