Engaging readers through live blogging
In this course students will consider how balances between knowledge and uncertainty could be maintained for evolving scientific issues or breaking news, during a live blogging news report.
Learning objectives:
- Evaluating techniques used for live blogging during breaking or current news
- Examining different kinds of live blogs
- Reflecting on challenges and best practices for evaluating information in the fast pace of the live blog
Expected outcomes:
By the end of this course, students will:
- Be aware of the use of live blogs in journalism
- know tools that enable live blogging
- learn best practices for using live blog
- create their own live blog for a joint event or speech