Mediatwits #85- Live Events Special- Texas Tribune on Senate Filibuster; Vox Media on Live-Blogging

Published: June 28, 2013, 7:22 p.m.

This week’s episode focuses on the role of live coverage in the media ecosystem. When does it work? When does it not? How do you balance speed and accuracy? How does it pull in readers? We’ll talk to some of the leading minds in breaking news journalism and how their live coverage has meant big bucks. First up, Texas Tribune’s Rodney Gibbs talks about live coverage of Wendy Davis’s state senate filibuster. Then, we’ll talk to Vox Media CEO Jim Bankoff about the popularity of live-blogging on Vox sites. MediaShift’s Mark Glaser hosts, along with Ana Marie Cox from the Guardian, Mónica Guzmán from the Seattle Times and GeekWire, and Andrew Lih from American University.