Go live
Angelique van
Engelen of ReporTwitters,
and my newest friend on Wired Journalists,
introduced me to a utility that looks like it could be very valuable to online reporters.
Cover It Live is a new
blogging tool to help reporters, well, cover live events.
“Your commentary publishes in real time like an
instant message,” Cover It Live’s web site said. “Our ‘one-click’ publishing
lets you drop polls, videos, pictures, ads and audio clips as soon as they come
to mind.”
I realized the power of live blogging this past fall while
covering a capital murder trial. It’s an easy way to get into the online
conversation. It’s a little unnerving for
those used to waiting until the end of the day to write, and you have to be
good at multitasking. But if we couldn’t do that we wouldn’t be in journalism.
Angelique’s ReporTwitters also seeks to help reporters
figure out how to use Twitter as a professional tool.