live blogs
Streaming text coverage
Live blogs are real-time news coverage formats where journalists post frequent updates to a single continuously refreshed page.
Used heavily for breaking news, sports events, and political developments: Follow our live blog for election results as they come in.
Each update is timestamped, with newest posts appearing at the top.
The verb form follows naturally: We'll be live blogging the trial.
- updatesNewly provided information
- eventsThings that take place
- streamingReal-time digital delivery
- eyewitness accountsReports from direct observers
- newsReports of recent events
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- live datadata streams, telemetry, push notifications, notifications, alerts
- digital journalismonline journalism, online news, digital media, digital platforms, e-newspapers
- newsnews, headlines, breaking news, headline, news alert
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