digital storytelling (especially liveblogging)
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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: [email protected]• These tips, tools & examples:
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