More and more newspapers in the UK are attempting to produce live, blog-style coverage. Following the Liverpool Daily Post's blog coverage of its editorial processes, the Lancashire Evening Post streamed live video yesterday, for a feature story on the state of the UK's pub industry.

Featured prominently on the home page, the Post featured live video interviews with customers of The Black Horse pub in Friargate.

The newspaper used technology from live streaming service Qik and shot video footage on an N95 Nokia mobile phone.

Readers were able to submit questions live and add their comments.

For this experiment, three staffers were sent to the pub, including digital editor Martin Hamer, a features writer who produced a story for the print paper, and a journalist who oversaw the camera work.

In the newsroom, a moderator monitored posts and comments by users.

"If this goes well, we can show the rest of the industry that there is potential for live video in the near future," said Hamer.

"With a handful of people over a two hour period, we can produce something that is exciting, dynamic and innovative, but at the same time of great interest to the public."

Until now, newspaper digital editors have remained divided as to the future of live streamed video.

Source: journalism.co.uk