He’s received accolades from the Canadian Prime Minister, dominated the Twitterverse and even covered Bowie. And Monday, after five months aboard the International Space Station, Canadian astronaut-cum-superstar Chris Hadfield returned to earth. As would be expected with the return of any celebrity, his safe landing in Kazakhstan was covered in real-time with pomp and circumstance. Here’s a round-up of some of that coverage. (more…)
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Tuesday, May 14th, 2013Rivalry on ice, teamwork in the newsroom
Monday, May 13th, 2013The Boston Bruins and Toronto Maple Leafs are preparing for a battle tonight that will begin golf season for the losers. And while the players are at odds with each other on ice, newsrooms in their home cities are using syndication to work together and report on the series in real-time.
From the first game, Boston.com syndicated out their coverage of the Bruin’s first round in the NHL playoffs through the Scribble Market. Seeing their coverage, the Toronto Star wanted to reciprocate the favour by offering their coverage to their southern Stanley Cup rivals through Scribble’s LiveSyndication.
Using raw feeds, the two organizations have been sharing content with each other without having to syndicate in every chirp and insult. The two organizations are able to pick and choose which of one another’s elements to pull in, including photos, text posts and social media aggregation.
Here are some screenshots of the coverage thus far:
Tech Alert: SoundCloud
Tuesday, May 7th, 2013People often think of online content in terms of visuals: riveting text, stunning photos, unbelievable graphics. But what about sound? ScribbleLive customers are always finding new and innovative ways to use the platform and many have expanded into the audio realm (I even wrote a blog post about it). And one of the easiest ways to get your audio files into a liveblog is by using SoundCloud.
Tech Alert: Scribd
Tuesday, April 16th, 2013Covering a story that’s heavy on documents and light on action? Want to make a lot of paperwork available to people in an easy-to-consume way?
Use Scribd to get those documents into your liveblog.
Scribd is a digital documents library that allows users to publish, discover and discuss original writings and documents in various languages. It’s website says it’s the world’s largest online library, with an audience of 90 million monthly readers.
It’s collection boasts a huge supply of works, from books and legal documents to school papers and presentations. Historical documents. Scientific data. Infographics and comics. (more…)
ScribbleLive Spotlight: Top Five Events of the Week
Monday, April 15th, 2013Fancy knowing about some of the best events our clients have been running recently? We thought you might.
After a short hiatus, our liveblog spotlight series is back, sharing live coverage best practices. Each week, we’ll pick five of the most interesting events and chats, so if you’re looking for some inspiration for your real-time strategy, you’ve come to the right place!
It’s a pretty cosmopolitan bunch this week, as our real-time odyssey takes you to exotic lands such as Venezuela, Australia and the deep South (via Switzerland ).
- Martin Kilian travels across the USA by Tages-Anzeiger
Tech Alert: Google
Tuesday, March 26th, 2013Of course you’ve heard of Google. Do we really need to toot its horn?
Yes.
Google has a plethora of tools, features and resources, and many can be embedded into your Scribble events.
Check out this event, where I’ve embedded a number of Google iframes:
Tech alert: Zeega
Tuesday, March 19th, 2013At ScribbleLive, we’re passionate about storytelling, and we’re especially enthusiastic about being able to tell each part of the story in ways that truly transport your audience to the setting of your story.
That’s why we’re always excited about Zeega, a free platform that combines the slideshow format of PowerPoint with the capability to add interactive Google StreetView pages, Soundcloud embeds, Facebook albums and all kinds of files to each slide. Using a Photoshop-like format and a cool bookmarklet to copy external files to, you’re able to add each component in layers, so that you can fully immerse your audience in the story.
Tech Alert: Map Tales
Thursday, March 14th, 2013Map Tales is a free tool that allows users to “easily create and share map-based stories.” The best part? Those stories can then be embedded on people’s websites – and into ScribbleLive liveblogs.
“Journalists, teachers, bloggers and storytellers (to name a few) use Map Tales to chronicle news events, scrapbook holidays, describe walks, plan campaigns, illustrate literature, recount journeys, and bring historical events to life,” the Map Tales website says.
And I can see why. (more…)
Kwame Kilpatrick verdict draws 70,000 viewers
Wednesday, March 13th, 2013Detroit Free Press readers were glued to the news site’s live coverage of the Kwame Kilpatrick trial verdict on Monday. The former mayor of Detroit was convicted of 24 of the 30 charges laid against him, including fraud and extortion. The live coverage was so successful that when reporter and Pulitzer Prize-winner Jim Schaefer bid adieu to his audience, he also had this to boast: 
So how did they do it? (more…)
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