Categories: OLD Media Moves

Behind the scenes of CNBC’s Facebook Live show

Jessica Davies of Digiday chronicled the day of CNBC International’s social media editor Cristy Garratt during its first Facebook Live show.

Here is an excerpt:

9:45 a.m.: It’s time for my second hit with Gemma. This time, we reveal the poll results (they thought David Cameron was humming out of relief, by the way) and chat about Nintendo’s massive increase in share prices thanks to Pokémon Go. Viewers weigh in, saying they wish they’d bought Nintendo shares sooner!

9:50 a.m.: Comment, comment, comment.

10:00 a.m.: We did it! Time to end the live stream, thank viewers for joining us and invite them to chat along with us again tomorrow.

10:15 a.m.: After the show, key players regroup in the svp of international news and programming’s office. Here, we discuss how the show went technically and editorially. One of the most helpful tools we have in this process is Facebook’s new engagement graph, which shows us where we peaked and declined in engagement. This helps us pick out stories viewers seemed particularly engaged with. For example, after good engagement around Pokémon Go in our ad break on Monday, we actually decided to incorporate an entire segment into “Street Signs” on Tuesday. The power of live feedback from your audience!

Read more here.

Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.

Recent Posts

Star Tribune seeks a business editor

The Star Tribune is seeking an accomplished, motivated and versatile journalist and leader to shape…

11 hours ago

Newsday seeks a deputy AME for biz coverage

The Deputy AME-Business is responsible for the development and planning of coverage on all Newsday…

11 hours ago

CNBC.com promotes two news staffers, hires one

CNBC.com managing editor Jeff McCracken announced Friday the following promotions: In San Francisco, Ari Levy has…

11 hours ago

Newsday seeks a reporter to cover commercial real estate

This Newsday reporter will cover Long Island’s commercial real estate market and the region’s evolving…

11 hours ago

NY Times seeks a business feature and beat reporter

The New York Times is looking for a versatile editor to edit enterprise and feature…

12 hours ago

Lamers departing Marijuana Business Daily

International editor Matt Lamers is leaving Marijuana Business Daily. He has been there for seven years. Lamers…

12 hours ago