Sports liveblogging tips

I led a discussion of sports liveblogging at the Oakland Press Tuesday. I asked on Twitter and facebook for some advice and examples. I got a few helpful responses, which I have collected here:

My Facebook friend Lisa Deeley Smith responded: “Stay on top of it! The Boston Globe is almost at least usally an inning behind. Don’t know how the blog posts get to the web site.”

“	This HardballTalk blurb (http://bit.ly/qzQhUw) is EXACTLY what we @theOPSports will be talking about with @stevebuttry later.
	matthewbmowery July 19, 2011

“	@stevebuttry Treat live blog like you do Twitter. Also, tell me something I can’t tell from watching game myself. Be a reporter first!
	bpmoritz July 19, 2011

“	Have them folo @skjensen & @darrenrovell “@stevebuttry: I’ll be discussing sports liveblogging soon with @theOPSports. Tips? #liveblogtips
	journtoolbox July 19, 2011

By email, Phil Heron, editor of the Daily Times of Delaware County, Pa., responded: “Our best results on live sports blogging often involves local high school action. We developed a big audience for the state high school hoops championships. There was no TV and games were played at State College, meaning a lot of local people could not make it. We got big audiences  – and a lot of reader input — in our live blogs.”

Can’t make it to Penn State for the Chester game? Check out the live blog The Chester Clippers took care of business Wednesday night and will now face Mount Lebanon in the PIAA Class AAAA championship game Saturday night.If you can’t make the ride up to the game (or even if you do), make sure to interact with our live blog throughout the night.

Here’s the livestream of the liveblogging discussion (which also covered social media).

“	@SteveButtry and @theOPsports crew discuss liveblogging #JRC http://t.co/FOcGhME
	TheOaklandPress July 19, 2011

I discussed liveblogging in a workshop at the Macomb Daily Wednesday. I should add that liveblogging wasn’t even the topic of the workshop, just something we discussed. And I’m pleased to report immediate results.

“	@stevebuttry — Thanks for the visit to the MD today. You inspired our 1st storify #detroittigers http://bit.ly/pr6qRc
	cstrawser1 July 20, 2011

This is the Saratogian’s liveblog of results from the state rowing championships.

Live results, chat from Fish Creek state rowing championships Barbara Lombardo is the managing editor of The Saratogian. A weekly update of Spa City business news and trends, with the occasional bit of education news thrown into the mix. This blog aims to supplement the daily coverage published online and in the paper. Stan Hudy is a sportswriter for The Saratogian and Community News.

If you have further sports liveblogging tips and examples, please email them to sbuttry (at) journalregister.com or tweet them to @stevebuttry. My slides below are for a liveblogging workshop that deals with sports but is not exclusively about sports liveblogging.

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