Live blogging is a big part of my role as a digital journalist at Get Reading, getting the atmosphere across to readers using Periscope, AudioBoom, Twitter video, pictures and description is key. Here is a sample of some of the tweets I posted during my coverage of Black Friday in Reading.
Roads into town are fairly quiet, almost ghostly this morning. Are shoppers choosing bed over #BlackFriday sales action? Or online in#rdguk?
— Meg Fisher (@MegRoseFisher) November 27, 2015
Arrived in #rdguk, not much busier than a normal morning. Broad Street Mall is eerily quiet for #BlackFriday pic.twitter.com/t6CEx7pzHn
— Meg Fisher (@MegRoseFisher) November 27, 2015
LIVE on #Periscope: John Lewis opening https://t.co/6ksxdNnzqe
— Meg Fisher (@MegRoseFisher) November 27, 2015
Jen from @johnlewisretail tells me they're hoping for a bigger turn out than last year and #BlackFriday is an exciting and new thing for UK
— Meg Fisher (@MegRoseFisher) November 27, 2015
Looking as if most shops opened their doors at 8am but some completely empty #BlackFriday #rdguk pic.twitter.com/C0DlsSx0vp
— Meg Fisher (@MegRoseFisher) November 27, 2015
Staff at Game have been working since 6am, very tired but still smiling on #BlackFriday #rdguk pic.twitter.com/U6PUv3FAPy
— Meg Fisher (@MegRoseFisher) November 27, 2015
People milling about not too many #BlackFriday shoppers though in #rdguk this morning pic.twitter.com/3Y8XretMgL
— Meg Fisher (@MegRoseFisher) November 27, 2015
LIVE on #Periscope: One shopper preoccupying himself https://t.co/XhmrqVPz47
— Meg Fisher (@MegRoseFisher) November 27, 2015
All bargains are packed in tight, hopefully crowds will be able to squeeze around these later #BlackFriday @rdguk_ pic.twitter.com/kSiC24PhFJ
— Meg Fisher (@MegRoseFisher) November 27, 2015
Shoppers still unconvinced by #BlackFriday it seems https://t.co/cK0WfQkbcI
— Meg Fisher (@MegRoseFisher) November 27, 2015
LIVE on #Periscope: Salvation Army band https://t.co/xp8ilYQVY7
— Meg Fisher (@MegRoseFisher) November 27, 2015
Overall #BlackFriday seems to have slightly underwhelmed shoppers and staff this morning in #rdguk
— Meg Fisher (@MegRoseFisher) November 27, 2015
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