Although Facebook Live offers publishers an immediate way to connect and engage with audiences, many are hesitant to focus on it as a main part of their output because of the uncertainty around what content they should be broadcasting and how they should be doing it.

In this week's podcast, we speak to Yusuf Omar, mobile editor at the Hindustan Times, who has led a team of journalists to produce over 315 Facebook Lives in the last 10 months.

He tells us how his journalists have been trained to take every story they cover live, why the technology has enabled them to engage with audiences like never before, and gives his top 10 tips for newsrooms looking to improve the look, reach and engagement of their streams.

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