Here are liveblogging examples I used in my April 21 webinar for the American Society of News Editors:
Liveblogging unfolding news stories
Virginia Tech massacre on Collegiate Times
Northern Illinois campus shootings at rrstar.com
Liveblogs using Twitter
Gazette liveblog on holiday travel
Gazette’s Cecelia Hanley from the inauguration
Gazette’s Chris Doty on Black Friday shopping
Wichita Eagle courts reporter Ron Sylvester’s Twitter feed (he is off work for surgery, so go back to March for court Twittering)
Liveblogging sporting events
Richard Pratt liveblogs Iowa state volleyball tournament
Syracuse Post-Standard’s Mike Waters liveblogs basketball game using Twitter
Gazette’s Jeff Johnsons liveblogs RoughRiders hockey game
Liveblogging news events
New York Times liveblog of Roger Clemens hearing
Gazette’s Adam Belz liveblogs supervisors meeting
Gazette staffers liveblog Gov. Chet Culver’s State of the State speech
Palm Beach Post liveblogs a trial
Gazette’s Trish Mehaffey liveblogs from a federal court trial
ABA Journal writes about Judge Mark Bennett’s decision to allow Gazette to liveblog
Destin Log’s Fraser Sherman liveblogs city council coverage
New York Times liveblog of President Obama’s address to Congress
Live chat examples
Gazette live chats the week of the six-month anniversary of the flood
Gazette’s Mike Hlas leads a pre-Super Bowl live chat
Colorado Springs Gazette hosts chat about arts in the community
Other links to liveblogging resources
Steve Buttry’s liveblogging tips
Steve Buttry liveblogging questions, with answers from journalists in comments (12 at this writing, more welcome)
Steve Buttry’s slides from ASNE webinar
Live chat from ASNE liveblogging webinar
The different styles of live blogging by Daniel Marren of BeatBlogging.org
I also led an ASNE webinar on using Twitter. You can find the tips and links for tha webinar in an earlier post, Leading your staff into the Twitterverse.
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