I love seeing The NYTimes.com pick-up our story from VentureBeat this week!
As readers seem to expect more and more live news coverage, a Toronto startup called ScribbleLive has been developing a fast, collaborative way for news organizations to keep up. Co-founder and chief executive Michael De Monte said the latest version of the service, which launched today, lays the groundwork for what he’s hoping will be a new kind of news article.
ScribbleLive, which is based in Toronto, recently launched the next generation of its content-management tools, which add a number of different ways of getting content into the live blog or news discussion. In addition to pulling in Twitter accounts or keywords automatically (which can be filtered to include or exclude specific phrases), the software also allows reporters to contribute their comments via email, SMS, voice-mail or the ScribbleLive web interface, which can be accessed via an iPhone or BlackBerry app.
ScribbleLive is a Content Management System (CMS) that allows journalists to rapidly share content in real time via story-specific HTML web pages. Because journalists can upload content to story pages and add to a developing story at the push of a button, ScribbleLive makes breaking story coverage more interactive and timelier. Text, audio, video, pictures, and even story comments can all be quickly added to a story page to provide the complete story as it develops.
But in this latest version, updates to a ScribbleLive story can be done via email, Twitter, SMS, or even by leaving voicemails that will be posted on the site. The wide range of upload options give flexibility to journalists in the field who might be writing about a convention, a natural disaster or even a sports event where using a computer right then and there would be impractical.
…we’re curating some of the most important Twitter voices in the race on our page using the Toronto-based live-blogging tool ScribbleLive.
Visit us on the official Scotiabank Nuit Blanche Share Your Night website, in the Night Navigator mobile app for iPhone, Android or Blackberry, or at any of the Info Centers around the city. Or follow along with the National Post as their reporters descend on the city. Basically, it might be scary how many places you’ll see us tonight 
See you on the streets!
(Photo by perrralta)
Tomorrow night kicks off Toronto’s fifth year of the Scotiabank Nuit Blanche contemporary art event. If you’re not from the city, artists do massive art installations all across the city all throughout the night. Last year over 100,000 people took part, and it looks like this year will be another huge event.
ScribbleLive will be powering the complete Share Your Night experience. If you tweet, email, txt, or think about Nuit tomorrow, we’ll be pulling it into dozens of massive screens around the city. Look for us at any of the info centres (Yonge and Dundas is my personal favourite).
To participate:
TWEET: use #snbTO
TEXT: text key word “nuit” + your message to 212121
EMAIL: send messages and photos to share@scribblelive.com
LINK: Use your mobile or home computer to send comments and photos – scotiabanknuitblanche.ca/share
UPLOAD: send your photos through the Night Navigator app or drop by any of the main Scotiabank Info Centres and upload your photos in person
See you on the streets!
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