digital storytelling (especially liveblogging)

Digital storytelling(especially liveblogging)

Steve ButtryHeritage MediaApril 25, 2012#dfmliveblog

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Think of an upcoming story• Event (meeting, trial, game, festival)• Type of breaking story• Enterprise story• How-to blog post• Feature

Ask about each story• What are potential multimedia elements of

your story?• How can a map help tell your story?• How can you engage the community? • Can you cover the story live?• What links will provide greater depth?• Can data provide depth, personal info?• What form will tell this story best?• What content should you curate?

Ask about each story• What are potential multimedia elements of

your story?• How can a map help tell your story?• How can you engage the community? • Can you cover the story live?• What links will provide greater depth?• Can data provide depth, personal info?• What form will tell this story best?• What content should you curate?

Multimedia elements• Photos (individual photos, galleries, time

lapse, audio slide shows, submitted, social, media, panoramic)

• Videos (raw, edited, in story, webcam, webcast, security cameras, user-submitted, social media, link to video)

• Animation (Flash, HTML5)• Audio (alone, w/ photos or videos)• Bring it all together

Maps• Invite users to tell their stories & share their

photos on map• Story unfolds live on the map• Map as database• Map is format for user-guided story• Map in motion• Crowdmap

Engage the community• Crowdsource (investigations, features, events)• Collaborate w/ or curate blogs• Conversation on Twitter, Facebook• Polls• Contests• Hashtags• Sharing tools, ratings• Ask for photos, videos

Live coverage• Liveblog as the story happens (CoverItLive,

ScribbleLive, update story/blog)• Live-tweet (feed into liveblog)• Livestream with webcasts, webcams,

dashboard cam• Feed tweets into blog/story using a widget• Live data• Text alerts

Team liveblog• Play-by-play• Commentary• Live-tweet (#liveblog)• Find & add links• Photos• Moderate questions, comments

Why to liveblog• Immediacy• News value• Storytelling• Traffic• Community engagement, loyalty • Interactivity• Saving time

Liveblog formats• Update (time-stamp, reverse-chron) in

blog or story template• Use CoverItLive• Use ScribbleLive• Live-tweet (on Twitter or feeding blog)• Video stream (w/liveblog)• Raw, edited or moderated

Tips, techniques• Short, frequent takes• Space isn’t an issue; engagement is• Liveblog becomes notebook for story• Consider links, polls, photos, audio, video• Promote live & replays• Tweet links to liveblog & replay• OK to step away for question, video, etc.

Managing liveblog & print• Liveblog is notebook: cut, paste & edit• Note when you know you’ve written

good lead or passage for story• Does summary (w/ web plug) work for

print?• Plug “complete coverage” in liveblog

Liveblogging situations• Breaking story• Meeting• Festival, event• Trial• Daylong (Election Day, heat wave)• Sporting event (can use fans, HS journos)• Live chat

Live chat techniques• Give some questions to guests in

advance (fewer waits while they type)• Phone conversation w/ guests, giving

time to work on questions• Host chat w/ Community Media Lab

bloggers (dining, sports, entertainment)• Group related questions• Preview questions coming up

Liveblogging issues• Accuracy (stress verification, ask

questions, seek links & documentation, correct quickly and candidly)

• Rough copy• Sports credentials• Multi-tasking• Learning curve

Points to remember• Standard of completeness changes;

commitment to accuracy remains• Attribute, hedge, verify, seek verification• Say what you don’t know, too• Conversation, not monologue• Consider tone (is opinion or humor

appropriate in this setting, for this blogger?)

What is curation?Museum curator:• Studies topic• Chooses relevant

content (other sources & museum collection)

• Authenticates• Groups related items• Provides context• Presents exhibit

Journalism curator:• Studies topic• Chooses relevant

content (social media, blogs, staff)

• Authenticates• Groups related items• Provides context• Presents collected

content

NPR’s Andy Carvin

“I think curation has always been a part of journalism; we just didn't call it that.” – quoted in The Atlantic by Phoebe Connelly

Curation tools for journos• Google & other search engines• Twitter Search (advanced)• Other Social media search• Storify, Storyful, Chirpstory

Follow up• Send links of your digital stories &

liveblogs to: sbuttry@digitalfirstmedia.com• These tips, tools & examples:

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