World reporting ‘ LIVE’
Live streaming

Word of mouth has been the first medium of journalism before the invention of printing presses. The messengers, people traveled long distances to deliver their messages, information, and news. But the mediums have transcended with the leap of time. with the development of the mediums, the speed, accuracy of the news has always developed.
Journalism has evolved from personal communication to newspapers and presently the digital media is the best and most favorable presenter for the profession. Digital media is not a platform for an individual or is owned by an individual. With the introduction of Social media or SNS ,internet, today is not just about browsing but communicating. There are more than 60 social networking sites with more than 3 billion users worldwide. With the development of the various networks, the users of each also increase per hour.
Facebook being the father of social networking has 2,23 billion active users worldwide, along with other companions like Twitter, Snapchat, and Instagram. All these digital media platforms have updated themselves with the feature of the live streaming video. Facebook was the first to introduce this and has been at top of the game as a new journalism medium to broadcast live events, happenings, and news.
The feature of live broadcasting in the social media applications is not just an informal or casual medium of communication but also is used by the professional communicator, journalists to broadcast their news. Every news channel, group, newspaper, and magazine have their online sites and pages along with each of them with their page on the social media sites. The news there is broadcasted with all multimedia contents making it prompt and accurate.
The live feature is something that is trending among the professional journalists today. not only do the reporters cover the clips for the references on the channels but also host the interviews, vox pops, cover a full story through the same.BBC has been using the Facebook live (https://www.facebook.com/pg/bbcnews/live_videos/?ref=page_internal)for a long time, and very much active on facebook with the live coverings and video every week. Even Nasa provides the live streaming of the activities from the space at its youtube channel.
Unlike other traditional journalism mediums, the live streaming is a two-way road where the audience can give their opinions and react to the news being a part of the event with the live streaming. With the introduction of MOJO and citizen journalism, it has given the opportunity to the people to show that they see and explain their perspective. With live streaming today the common public broadcasts the news even before the professional public.
But like all technologies, the live streaming to has its dark side, that has degraded the content and quality of journalism. the live streaming on social media has turned into a no filter zone of presenting the contents that are either unappropriated to be publicised or ceasing the privacy and confidentiality around. Social media sites encounter the live streaming of violence, attacks, and abuse all around
Though social networking is now termed as the contemporary medium of journalism .they still have a long road ahead to understand the ethics and values of the profession. Live streaming is transforming journalism with evolving the techniques of news gathering, amplifying the speed and accuracy.
Reference-
https://theconversation.com/what-facebook-live-means-for-journalism-72233