Tutorial: Live Blogging & Curation

News Event 1

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/covid-lateral-flow-omicron-ihu-latest-b1987116.html#post-537116

The development of this live blogging started with the issue of PCR test rules that will be relaxed next week because staffing crisis forces surgery delays and schools shut. The doctor stated that it is too late to enforce any meaningful COVID restrictions while the NHS boss supports ending PCR follow-ups only if science permits it. The length of each post in the live blogging is around three to six paragraphs. A post is published in around 15 to 30 minutes. The multimedia elements used in the story are mainly photos and videos. The news is balanced as it includes the comments of both parties who agree and not totally agree with the changing of PCR test rules. Furthermore, the information in the news is also provided by verified sources such as the Health Minister, chief executive of the NHS Confederation, medical director, UK Health Security Agency and others.

If I am asked to curate the content, I would interview more parties from different aspects, for example, teachers and parents to ask their comments on the school shuts and how schools shuts affecting them. I would also interview some doctors on how serious the issue of surgeries is delayed. In addition, I might also interview some experts about their opinions on Covid testing rules being relaxed to solve staff shortage. From that, I can also get professional information on whether this is the best solution for staff shortage. Besides that, I will also attach some Twitter posts that are related to the issue into the live blogging as extra information for the readers. I would also share on some social media platforms such as Instagram, Facebook and Twitter. There are varieties of readers in social media so it is crucial to curating the content by adding some additional information and narrowing the scope.

News Event 2

https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/amazon-down-outage-disney-venmo-b1971845.html

This live blogging is about Amazon Web Services, the shopping giant’s internet infrastructure arm, experiencing technical issues that are echoing across much of the rest of the internet. The development of the story started with the incident of the Amazon Web Services being hit by technical issues, affecting a variety of websites and services which include many of the world’s biggest apps and services. After a day, the main outages have been restored but Amazon Web Services remain slow. The length of each post in the live blogging is around two to four paragraphs. There is a post published in around half to an hour. The multimedia elements used in the story are mainly photos, videos and some embedded Twitter posts. The news is balanced and verified as it includes the statements of Amazon Web Services sourced from their status page and the customers’ comments by embedding some Twitter posts as proof.

To curate the content, I would interview experts in the technology field to seek their opinions on this issue, for example, what are the possible factors to cause this issue and how should it be solved. Instead of just embedding the Twitter post, I would interview some of the customers to gain more detailed information about the impacts of this issue. I might also interview the workers in Amazon Web Services because they are the ones who are more clear about what is happening. I could also put a poll or question on social media to gain the information of who is affected and how serious is the impact so I will have additional information to produce the news. After that, I would publish this live blogging on social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram and Twitter as this is an issue that may impact a large number of people. After curating the content by including more perspectives, more readers will be attracted to read it.