{"id":454,"date":"2009-03-29T10:41:37","date_gmt":"2009-03-29T16:41:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chrissniderdesign.com\/blog\/?p=454"},"modified":"2009-03-29T10:41:37","modified_gmt":"2009-03-29T16:41:37","slug":"online-breaking-news-checklist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chrissniderdesign.com\/blog\/2009\/03\/29\/online-breaking-news-checklist\/","title":{"rendered":"Online breaking news checklist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-458\" title=\"3282644551_4d160134f6\" src=\"http:\/\/chrissniderdesign.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/3282644551_4d160134f6-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"3282644551_4d160134f6\" width=\"192\" height=\"144\" \/>It&#8217;s difficult to remember every possible tool you can use when <a href=\"http:\/\/chrissniderdesign.com\/blog\/2009\/03\/01\/how-to-break-news-online\/\">news breaks<\/a>, which is why we have a breaking new checklist to follow at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.desmoinesregister.com\">DesMoinesRegister.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>We don&#8217;t do everything on the list in every situation, but it&#8217;s a good reminder of the many tools that are available, both to <strong>promote the news<\/strong> and to <strong>enhance the reader experience<\/strong> around the news.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a list to help you start your own breaking news checklist <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chrissniderdesign.com\/assets\/pdf\/breakingnewschecklist.pdf\"><b>Download as PDF.<\/b><\/a>:<\/p>\n<h3>Promote the news<\/h3>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Post to Twitter (and have staffers post to their Twitter accounts)<\/li>\n<li>Post to Facebook<\/li>\n<li>Send breaking news text alert<\/li>\n<li>Send breaking news e-mail alert<\/li>\n<li>Send a message to MySpace friends<\/li>\n<li>Create a widget so others can add news to their site<\/li>\n<li>Buy keywords on Google\/Yahoo\/Facebook<\/li>\n<li>Send to Drudge, Reddit, Digg, Fark<\/li>\n<li>Send info to bloggers\/sites who cover that topic<\/li>\n<li>Post info in forums related to that topic<\/li>\n<li>Put together a print promotion plan<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<h3>Tools to use on your site<\/h3>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Use an alternative home page design<\/li>\n<li>Create a poll<\/li>\n<li>Start a breaking news blog<\/li>\n<li>Should any of your staff bloggers promote on their blog?<\/li>\n<li>Are there community members who can blog about this topic?<\/li>\n<li>Link to blogs outside your site<\/li>\n<li>Start a discussion forum<\/li>\n<li>Ask readers to submit photos<\/li>\n<li>Create a live chat<\/li>\n<li>Create a hastag for Twitter\/Flickr\/etc.<\/li>\n<li>Ask readers for YouTube videos<\/li>\n<li>Ask readers what questions they have\/what info they know<\/li>\n<li>Add a Google locator map<\/li>\n<li>Create a Google map that allows readers to add content<\/li>\n<li>Create a searchable database<\/li>\n<li>Q&amp;A with reporter or editor or source<\/li>\n<li>Ask Twitter followers for feedback or help<\/li>\n<li>Add links to more coverage elsewhere on the web<\/li>\n<li>Create a site that captures social media conversation on the topic<\/li>\n<li>Aggregate content from other sites onto our site<\/li>\n<li>Create an RSS feed for continuing content<\/li>\n<li>Allow readers to subscribe to that RSS via e-mail<\/li>\n<li>Post large photos online (in a blog or story)<\/li>\n<li>Offer print pages for sale<\/li>\n<li>Highlight the best comments from readers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Don&#8217;t forget<\/h3>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Take screengrabs<\/li>\n<li>Alert advertising department so they can sell ads around the news\/content<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chrissniderdesign.com\/assets\/pdf\/breakingnewschecklist.pdf\">Download this list as a PDF document.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>What other tools should be on this list? 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