Washington Post technology reporter Drew Harwell spoke with Nieman Storyboard editor Mark Armstrong about a story he wrote on a Twitch user who has streamed her life for three years and covering technology.
Here is an excerpt:
On being livestreamed while reporting:
All of my interviews with her were streamed. So [during] my preview calls with her, I could see the chat watching my questions to her in real time, and I would ask a question and somebody would say, ‘Oh, that’s a stupid question.’ … And I’m like, oh my God, I shouldn’t even watch this.
There’s actually one moment where she stepped away to go to the bathroom, and I was just kind of sitting at her desk and the camera was on me. People were watching me just kind of sit there by myself, and I was watching the screen and they started talking to me. So I was like, OK, I guess I should be talking back.
I was probably streamed for 30 seconds in isolation, and I could feel my face just getting warm. Like I was flushing. And it was actually great, because I got this understanding of what her life is like 24 hours a day for multiple years.
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