The BBC incorporated live blogging and mobile phone technology into its coverage of the local UK elections on May 1.

The BBC blogger team included Newsnight and BBC News 24 presenter Emily Maitlis, along with leading political bloggers Iain Dale, Luke Akenhurst and Alix Mortimer.

"It's become increasingly clear that the web has something extra to offer on election night. An elaborate network of opinion formers, activists and analysts collide online producing fact, rumour, and mood not found anywhere else," writes Craig Oliver, editor of BBC News at Six and BBC News at Ten.

Not only the national media players used web tools to offer up-to-date coverage; Liverpool Daily Post (see image) and the Liverpool Echo both had reporters on the ground updating a live blog on the papers' websites.

Source: Journalism.co.uk