NYT to host Google+ Hangouts On Air with Olympic athletes

The New York Times will today host the first in a series of Google+ Hangouts On Air with US athletes who will be travelling to the UK for the Olympics.

The video chats will be broadcast live on Google+ and on the London 2012 section of the New York Times site, where the conversations can be replayed.

The six Olympics hangouts will be hosted by New York Times journalists and "select fan participants", according to a Google+ post. Other fans can submit questions via Google+ and Twitter before and during the events using the hashtag #london2012hangout.

The first hangout is today (11 July) at 6pm New York time (11pm UK time) and they run until 17 July.

The New York Times has been experimenting with Google+ Hangouts, with the opinion team and others using the video chat option to engage with audiences.

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