{"id":150859,"date":"2015-09-12T06:30:31","date_gmt":"2015-09-12T06:30:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=150859"},"modified":"2015-09-11T18:17:50","modified_gmt":"2015-09-11T18:17:50","slug":"journalists-get-facebook-livestream-capability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/09\/journalists-get-facebook-livestream-capability\/","title":{"rendered":"Journalists get Facebook livestream capability"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Journalists and other public figures can now offer live video to their followers on Facebook, which announced plans Thursday to broaden the streaming service.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As of Thursday, anyone with a verified Facebook profile will be able to use Facebook Mentions, an application made available earlier this year to actors, musicians and other celebrities to connect with their fans.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cPeople love reading articles from and connecting with their favorite journalists and public figures on Facebook,\u201d the social network announced in a blog post.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cToday, we\u2019re making Facebook Mentions and Live available to public figures with verified profiles to help them engage their followers and interact with their peers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The move will allow journalists to report live from a news scene and host questions from followers on Facebook.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The users may choose who gets to see the live video stream.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cWhether you\u2019re sharing text, links, photos or something else, Mentions lets you choose the audience you want to share with,\u201d the blog post said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cFor example, you can share a post so only your followers see it in News Feed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Facebook began offering the service amid competition in live streaming from Twitter\u2019s Periscope and the independent Meerkat app, both of which launched this year.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Source: AFP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Journalists and other public figures can now offer live video to their followers on Facebook, which announced plans Thursday to broaden the streaming service. 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