Journal Hosts Football Debate Live Online

The future of crisis-hit Newcastle United was the topic for debate on the Journal’s first ever live webchat.

Chief sports writer Luke Edwards spent Friday afternoon taking readers’ questions about both on the pitch and off the pitch happenings at St James’ Park.



Joining Edwards was multimedia editor Matt McKenzie, who also gave his views in response to comments and queries from a multitude of Magpies’ fans.

Using CoveritLive liveblogging software, the platform enabled users to put their questions straight to the journalists and encouraged debate about the troubled club.

It included several ad hoc polls, asking the audience to give their verdict on interim manager Joe Kinnear and predict Newcastle’s table position come August.

And the chat also incorporated inbound links to previous Journal articles as well as external links to related sites which were submitted by users.