Starting with tonight’s UK-Lamar game at Rupp Arena, we’re going to try out the Cover It Live format with the liveblog.
It’s an enhanced liveblogging tool that is growing popular with publications and web sites which blog live at events.
The image to the right gives you an idea of what it will look like on your screen.
I think it will promote more discussion during the game. I can get to your comments easier and post them faster. It’ll also make it easier to answer any questions you have during the game, or comment on your comments.
It also has the capability of posting poll questions, pix, etc., as the game is going on.
Best of all, you don’t need to refresh the page. It has an automatic scroll that continues much like IM messages throughout the live event, as my comments and your comments are posted, so you can just leave the page up and follow along.
I’ll be interested in your feedback both during and after the game.
If you want to more know about Cover It Live, you can find its website here.
John Clay is a sports columnist for the Lexington Herald-Leader. A native of Central Kentucky and graduate of UK, he covered UK football for 13 seasons before being promoted to columnist in 2000. He lives in Lexington with his wife and two sons. You can e-mail him at jclay@herald-leader.com.
CoverItLive is a fantastic tool. Glad to see you’ll be using it! Hopefully you’ll be able to offer more frequent updates as well in a way that the blog format might restrict you from doing as easily.