http://simonwillison.net/2010-05-10T16:28:00+00:00Simon Willison2010-05-10T16:28:00+00:002010-05-10T16:28:00+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2010/May/10/sparrow/#atom-tag

<blockquote cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010/may/10/live-blogging-general-election"><p>If journalism is the first draft of history, live blogging is the first draft of journalism.</p></blockquote> <p class="cite">&mdash; <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010/may/10/live-blogging-general-election">Andrew Sparrow</a></p> <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/blogging">blogging</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/journalism">journalism</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/recovered">recovered</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/andrew-sparrow">andrew-sparrow</a></p>

2010-05-10T16:27:00+00:002010-05-10T16:27:00+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2010/May/10/firstdraft/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010/may/10/live-blogging-general-election">Live blogging the general election</a></strong></p> The Guardian’s ongoing live blogs covering the UK election have been the best way of following events that I’ve seen (yes, better than Twitter). Live-blog author Andrew Sparrow explains his approach. <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/blogging">blogging</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/guardian">guardian</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/journalism">journalism</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/recovered">recovered</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/election">election</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/andrew-sparrow">andrew-sparrow</a></p>