
Poynter Big Ideas live blog at http://www.coveritlive.com/index2.php?option=com_altcaster&task=viewaltcast&altcast_code=8499815c51&width=550&height=550&template=poynteronline
Everything is edited before being published, but the lag time is still less than 10 minutes. Multiple reporters can contribute, with blog posts connected by common tags and similar heads.
One key: “Through frequent training of reporters and editors in the finer points of blogging — blog style, linking, tagging, etc. — we drive the point home repeatedly: We are serious about not just competing in, but winning, the breaking-news struggle with TV, radio and the Associated Press.”