Digital First News Coverage

Steve ButtryJournalism, Leadership & Management Conference

June 21, 2013#jlmc13

Live coverage• Use liveblogging tools: ScribbleLive,

CoverItLive, LiveblogPro, Twitter widgets• Livetweet & Tout from events, breaking

news scenes• Livestream video• Crowdsource• Curate social media (Storify, Spundge)

Multi-platform coverage• Create content for digital platforms (web,

email, SMS, social, mobile)• Produce print & broadcast products from

content on digital platforms

Verify, verify, verify• Speed matters, but …• If you don’t get it right, you didn’t get it

first• Seek verification from the community• Read before you tweet (beware of typos

& autocorrects)

TCU’s digital-first news

(slides courtesy of Andrew Chavez)