Posts Tagged ‘beat reporting’

Live-blogging a big trial: Journalism’s equivalent of long-haul trucking?

By Jake Batsell When a high-profile trial hits town, today’s Web readers expect real-time coverage. But what does that mean for the courts reporter who also has to absorb, interpret and report the fine points of the case? Last week in my Digital Journalism class, I led a Columbia University case study examining the Bakersfield […]