Help us plan our 2012 election coverage: Birmingham Newsroom

Visit: http://birminghamnewsroom.com/2012/03/help-us-plan-our-2012-election-coverage/

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Birmingham City Council Press Office use a standalone blog-style site to provide materials for media, and engage with their audiences. In this post, they ask for feedback and ideas on how to cover the results of the local elections via social media:

As we did last year we plan to carry the results on a live blog – using CoverItLive

We’ve spoken to the Elections Office about speeding up the process this year, so hopefully you’ll get the results in a more timely fashion.

The blog will also incorporate your Twitter commentary, using the hashtag #brumvotes12

via Dan Slee

for more examples and tips