live blog
Real-time event coverage
A live blog is a running online account of an unfolding event, updated continuously as things happen.
News organizations use live blogs to cover elections, trials, sports matches, and breaking news: Follow our live blog for updates on the hurricane.
Entries appear in reverse chronological order, with the newest at top.
As a verb, to live-blog is to provide such coverage: She live-blogged the entire hearing.
Journalist covering distant events
- reporterOne who gathers news
- updatesNewly provided information
- newsroomMedia gathering hub
- coverageExtent of inclusion
breaking · developing · verification · source · eyewitness · fact-check · correction · editor
Newly provided information
- timestampsRecorded times of events
- entriesItems logged or submitted
- postsPublished online content
- refreshRestore energy or newness
scroll · thread · feed · ticker · minute-by-minute · chronological · embed · multimedia
Game between opponents
- electionOrganized public voting
- conferenceOrganized meeting for discussion
- concertLive musical performance
- trialJudicial examination of claims
ceremony · launch · debate · tournament · summit · keynote · awards · premiere
Spoken or written reactions
- reactionsResponses to events
- Q&AInteractive inquiry session
- pollsOpinion surveys or voting sites
- submissionsItems offered for consideration
moderation · engagement · verified · contributor · eyewitness · crowdsourced · community · hashtag
correspondent
Journalist covering distant events
coverage · breaking · developing · verification · source · eyewitness · fact-check · correction · editor · wire service
updates
Newly provided information
- timestampsRecorded times of events
- entriesItems logged or submitted
- postsPublished online content
refresh · scroll · thread · feed · ticker · minute-by-minute · chronological · embed · multimedia · timeline
match
Game between opponents
- electionOrganized public voting
- conferenceOrganized meeting for discussion
- concertLive musical performance
trial · ceremony · launch · debate · tournament · summit · keynote · awards · premiere · protest
comments
Spoken or written reactions
submissions · moderation · engagement · verified · contributor · eyewitness · crowdsourced · community · hashtag
- live datadata streams, telemetry, push notifications, notifications, alerts
- news medianews agency, newspaper, documentary, article, news photo
- online newsnews site, news feed, news app, web article, breaking news
- tech mediaCNET, Wired, product review, news article, TechCrunch
- newsnews, headlines, breaking news, headline, news alert
- journalismreporters, interview, editors, student editors, school paper
live blogretrospective
Reviewing what came before
recap · post-mortem · summary · wrap-up · historical account
live blogfinished article
Completed manufactured good
feature story · essay · documentary · book · monograph
live, blog, lives, lived, living, alive, lively, livelihood, blogs