This story first appeared on RJI’s Futures Lab. Reporting by Haley Reed and Rachel Wise.
This week we look at how news organizations can make the most of Facebook Live. Mashable and KXLY TV4 in Spokane, Washington, share a few ways they have been experimenting with broadcasting live on social media.
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- Earlier this year, Facebook announced it had tweaked its News Feed algorithm to give preference to Facebook Live videos. And according to a report from the Wall Street Journal, Facebook has also partnered with about 140 media companies and celebrities to offer more than $50 million as incentive for producing Live content.
- But for many publishers, the reward for using Facebook Live “comes not in cash but in the form of increased user reach,” which Poynter put to the test.
- Facebook offers tips for using Live — encouraging users to engage in conversations with followers, write compelling descriptions, have a strong wifi connection and broadcast often.
- After two months of using Facebook Live regularly, NPR’s Scott Montgomery, head of digital news, shares four lessons he and his team have learned.
- As more news organizations experiment with Facebook Live, concerns regarding ethics and logistics continue to emerge. Poynter’s Al Tompkins outlines 10 questions journalists should ask themselves before going live.”
Rachel Wise is an editor at the Futures Lab at the Reynolds Journalism Institute and co-producer of the weekly Futures Lab video update.
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