Question

What types of news stories lend themselves well to mobile reporting? What format should a liveblog follow? When planning to live tweet an event, how should you prepare? While live tweeting, what kinds of information belongs in the first few tweets? How and why should hashtags be used? What are other tips and best practices for live tweeting?

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Answer 1

Smartphones has made it possible for reporters to do part of their job. Mobile reporting is largely dominated by journalists broadcast, including those who use it for audio and work in radio. It helps to record good quality audios and allows to edit and move segments, and send audio from the device to the newsroom. Mobile reporting for news ,the first chellenge is what is shoot and how to shoot it. Many colleges and universities were trained their students in smartphone reporting . Smartphone reporting is very useful than others because they can capture and send back information from anywhere.Smartphones make high-quality video and audio affordable for any newsroom. Poor quality audios can ruin a video story.

Live blogging is posting regular updates as tge event is taking place. If you are attending a event or a conference you would like to provide this to others at the same time while making it as a live. Live blogging requires many preparations. It is necessary for blogging. The most important thing is, internet access from the event. The another thing is that consider before the event, whether you want to live blog everything or, just certain parts of it. Don't take the unnecessary part of the event. It will lead to make time lag between important area of the event. If you are going to a microblogging service there are many things you should keep in your mind. Meke use of hash tags. It will helps to cover a wide area. And get a wider audience.

Preparing for a live tweet an event there are such steps. There are;

Choose the hash tags and promete it. It will gmhelps to get wider audience.

Tweet promoting the event.

Create templates

Set up separate streams

Create a few tweets before the event

Creating hash tags were allows your followers to easy track and keep up to date with your daily live tweets.

Here is an example from Olympian Usain Bolt tweeting during the 2016 Summer Olympics held in Rio De Janeiro using the hashtag #Rio2016.Twitter is the one of the greatest platform for events and breaking news in real time.

Live tweeting can helps to raise awareness, increase engagements, or make attention to the event or news etc. It also helps to make new followers and share many informations promotes awareness to your brand than before. Firstly you should introduce yourself and make relevant factors and be informative. Choose the right hash tags and write and schedule tweets promoing the event. Assign one person to in charge of the social media for the event. Use the event's hash tag in every live tweet. Take the pictures and tweet them. Keep interacting with the followers.

The use of hash tags in social media it connect the contents in the same topic. It also helps to discover the topics and posts. It helps to make attention, organize and promote. It can be used for reached the target audience by using relevant hashtags.

Few tips for live tweeting;

1. Use the right hashtags.
2. Let your followers know.
3. Be interesting to the tweets.
4. Retweet others post.
5. Share the memorable moments with new hashtags.
6. Take pictures from various events.

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