1.Digital and Social Tools forElection Coverage

2. Live Campaign Coverage 3. On Liveblogging Short, frequent takes Curate content from a variety of sources Can be short or long-term Promote liveblog before, during andreplays on site & social media Make it interactive 4. Think Beyond Text Videos Audio Photos Tweets Slides Source Social Media documents Polls Maps 5. CoveritLive/ScribbleLive 6. Use What You HaveUpdates in (time-stamp, reverse-chronorder) in your blog or story template 7. Live Event Prep Get names, titles in advance whenpossible Set scene & your role Describe your circumstances,vantage point: At event, watching onTV, curating tweets Get background materials 8. Live Tweeting Mix play-by-play with context, background Pass on quotes, who is there, add inphotos Use tweets as your notes for later Note significant pauses and stops Check facts before you hit tweet Take questions, respond when possible 9. #Hashtags can Group tweets from the same event Expand your audience Tap into a national conversation 10. Add Readers Voices Into Your Story Can pull in tweets, Youtube videos, Soundcloud audio, public Facebook comments, photos from Flickr & Instragram Curate local reaction to national events Combine local and national materials 11. Tracking the Campaigns 12. Search for Conversations Search.twitter.com/advanced Use keywords, location, hashtag 13. Organize Your Twitter StreamMake sense of incoming tweets 14. Build/Follow Twitter ListsMake sense of incoming tweetsLists to build: Local/national campaigns Campaign reporters Local politicos, tastemakers 15. Finding who to list By subject/location: Twellow.com,Wefollow.com Muckrack.com (for findingjournalists) Check out others Twitter lists Listorious.com 16. Facebook Search 17. Build Facebook Lists Follow politicians and campaigns withoutfanning pages Group pages however youd want 18. Reader-ContributedCoverage 19. Google Docs Gathering info usingForms Results flow into ashareable spreadsheet Can do surveys 20. Collect Reader Contributions 21. Crowdsourced map: MapaList 22. Crowdsourced audio: Soundcloud