Today, we’re publicly launching Liveblog Pro, a liveblogging tool that simplifies the process of live coverage, making it equally usable by a lone blogger to a journalist reporting from a mobile device in the field.
As of today you can sign up for a free basic account as well as an enterprise level package that’s more suitable for businesses and teams working together. If you’ve helped us out by being an early tester - your login is valid and you can just sign in straight away.
Last year, myself, Jonathan Frost and Andrew Fairbairn revealed the first iteration of what at the time was called Ocqur.
It was a rough and ready liveblogging tool that shied away from bells and whistles and focused on trying to get to the crux of what journalists wanted when producing live coverage.
Since then, we’ve come through two rounds of valuable user testing, including journalists from the Guardian, the Times and Trinity Mirror.
We’ve also added more features - greater Twitter functionality, a flexible set of tools for organisations and a social media embedding system that eliminates the need for code.
During our time in stealth mode, we’ve been privileged to host some great coverage.
Politics Home have run some fantastic liveblogs, covering the Leveson Inquiry, Prime Minister’s Questions and others. We also worked with Columbia Journalism Review back in November, where we partnered with them to provide coverage of the US election.
All in all, we’re really excited to show all of you Liveblog Pro for the first time - other members of the team will be posting their thoughts here over the coming weeks.
If you’ve any queries, we have a full support area and knowledge base here, or you get in touch on Twitter, either via the @liveblogpro account or mine,@JosephStash.
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