Wednesday, July 30, 2014

How to cover breaking news live with mobile devices

Journalists, members of Digital First Media and pretty much everyone else who wants to - are going to be taking part on the weekly Twitter chat at noon, Eastern Time.

Today we're talking about covering breaking news, live while at the scene, with mobile as the focus. What are the basic steps reporters should take when covering braking news? What are the essential tools? What works? What can enhance the breaking news coverage? And what can the desk do?

But, most importantly, what are the simplest, most effective ways to cover news live?

Join us and bring your #realtalk, your pro-tips and your links!


The feed is posted below. You can also check out past chats over here And Tweetchat is back, if that's what you prefer.
If you want to chime in, post a comment in the container or a tweet with the hashtag "#dfmchat" so it can automatically appear below.