App of the week for journalists: CoveritLive
App of the week: CoveritLive
Devices: iPhone/iPad, Android
Cost: Free
What is it? An app that allows you to liveblog using the CoveritLive liveblogging platform
Nominated by: @chitchatjourno,
How is it of use to journalists? CoveritLive has been around for a while as a liveblogging platform. It started life at the same time as ScribbleLive and has been joined this year by Ocqur and Gen Live Desk, both newcomers in offering liveblogging tools.
CoveritLive, which recently switched to a paid-only service, is regularly used by journalists, whether reporting from events, elections or conferences.
The app, which allows you to add text, photos, audio and video, also allows you to manage comments from readers of the liveblog and add and filter tweets.
Journalism.co.uk has used CoveritLive to cover our news:rewired digital journalism events. We’ve found it works well to use the app in conjunction with a laptop, typing in updates and using the app to post photos, video and audio.
In nominating the app, @ChitChatJourno said:
It’s great for when you want to interact with people live. You can also link your Twitter to the app which makes it great to promote yourself as well.
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