I hope many of you who use our websites have been finding their way onto the two live blogs we are running at the moment, on the world economic crisis and on the Rhys Jones trial.
As regular visitors to liverpooldailypost.co.uk will know, we have been experimenting with live blogs for some months now - one of the many pioneering innovations we have brought you. Now I'd like to hear what you think about them.
I think it is a great way for us to interact with our audience, pretty much instantaneously, as events unfold. From the Liverpool Sounds Concert and La Machine to a day in the life of the production of our newspaper, we've found it a great way to keep you updated and informed, answer your questions and bring events to life for people who can't be there in person. They are still online, too, as a lasting reminder of some pretty exciting days.
In terms of the world economic crisis, we've pooled resources with some of the other Trinity Mirror morning newspapers around the UK's major cities to bring you news and expert analysis, and a platform for your own comments, questions and concerns.
The Rhys Jones trial is attracting understandable and widespread interest, and our online, up to the minute coverage will ensure that nobody who wants to follow the case will miss any of the developments. In this case, because of the legal rules we have to observe, we can't throw it open by publishing your comments and questions during the trial, but do please still send them to us. We can respond privately to your questions, and will look to publish some of the most interesting comments when the trial is over.
I would also really welcome feedback from you on how useful or engaging you find our live blogs, and what you would like to see us do to improve them. Just fill in the comment box at the bottom of this article and send it in. It would help us with our efforts to give you the website you want, and I would be delighted to hear from you.
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Richard Price wrote...
The Rhys Jones coverage is a great idea. Closest thing I've seen to actually sitting in court as a reporter - and a great way of giving readers every cough and spit so they can draw their own conclusions.
As for the global financial crisis I don't really see the point of the Post live blogging on it. Most people will be looking to national titles such as the BBC for that information. Even pooling Trinity Mirror's resources can't come close to the coverage offered by the big boys, because you need a co-ordinated effort rather than forcing already overstretched hacks to provide yet more content.
Finally I plead with you to drop some of your more pointless blogs - Malmaison and Down the Allotment to name but two redundant examples. Even the excellent Brocklebank blog becomes pointless if it isn't more regularly updated.
This is a good website which shows great promise, so please get rid of the amateurish elements.
Posted by: Richard Price | October 9, 2008 5:42 PM