BLOGa website containing a writer’s or group of writers’ own experiences, observations, opinions, etc., and

often having images and links to other websites.

BLOGGINGLIVEa uniquely digital format that has evolved in a

way that is native to the web.Has rapidly became THE DOMINANT FORM

for breaking news online.

does this mean thatlive blogging is the

death of journalism?journalism

LIVE BLOGGING

Posts significant development quickly than news articles which require dozens of editing and re-editing.They allow readers to link to related coverage.They include comments from social media.They allow the display of multimedia.They include readers through the comments.

LIVE BLOGGING

ALL THESE IN ONE PLACE!

“It's a form that's charming in its directness; at its best it generally does away with any writerly conceits, and demands the author just

get on with telling you what's just happened.”

-Neil McIntosh of Wall Street Journal

BUT

“You are more or less providing readers with raw material rather than telling them a story. You also tend to get swept up in the rush of events, and don't have nearly as

much time as you'd like to think about what's happening and

make connections, or write any sort of news analysis.”

-Robert Mackey of New York Times

BLOGGINGLIVErequires CAREFUL, continuous signposting

curating and managing of HUNDREDS of commentseditors can deploy stories in unsuitable format

BLOGGINGLIVE“need a lot of content … , big enough audience… ,

and don‘t need someone curating content and telling what’s important.”

– Benjamin Cohen of Channel 4 News

BLOGGINGLIVE

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“Live blogs don't work for everything, they give an

instant reaction but they're not authenticated like website

news stories. When it does work it makes web pages

come to life.”

despite its drawbacks…

the best elements of live blogging – how it is so transparent about

sources, how it dispenses with false journalistic fripperies and embraces

the audience – are so strong that, rather than foretelling the death of journalism, the live blog is surely

the embodiment of its future.