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Journalism & Media vocabulary · Online and Digital Media

Live blog

Meaning in journalism & media, with examples

nounCommon term

In journalism & media, live blog means: A single web page that a news site updates continuously during a developing event, adding short timed posts, quotes, photos and videos.

In Turkish: canlı anlatım, canlı takip, canlı blog

How it is used

Used for elections, major sports events, storms, trials and breaking news. Journalists run, update or follow a live blog. Live is also a verb here: we live-blogged the whole match.

Example sentences

  1. Follow our live blog for the latest updates on the storm.

  2. Two reporters took turns running the live blog during the trial.

Common collocations

  • run a live blog
  • follow our live blog
  • live blog updates
  • live-blog an event
  • breaking newsNews about an important event that is happening right now or has only just happened, reported as soon as it is known and updated as more details come in.
  • follow-upA new story that reports later developments of an event already covered, such as the results of an investigation or how people's lives changed.
  • newsletterA regular email, or sometimes printed sheet, that sends a selection of news, articles or updates directly to people who have signed up for it.
  • coverageThe way the media report an event or subject, and how much attention they give it, in print, online or on air.

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