We used it at The Rapidian as well. As a volunteer reporter, I started using it <a href="http://therapidian.org/live-blogging-sunday-soup-9-holiday-potluck-edition" rel="nofollow">to cover a local microgranting series</a>. The community would give $5 for a vote and a bowl of soup, and while they were supping, candidates would go over their proposal for a community benefit or arts-based project. Since the number of presenters could range from one to five, it was <a href="http://therapidian.org/voters-give-proceeds-sunday-soup-8-music-collective" rel="nofollow">too much to capture in a news story</a>, so CoverItLive was a good solution to capture all the excitement without sacrificing for word count.

In addition, I recruited a few other community members as reporters, and we all contributed to it. It was so easy that <a href="http://therapidian.org/sunday-soup-14-kicks-fall-soup-season" rel="nofollow">others have adopted Sunday Soup as their Rapidian beat</a>. A word of caution, though: When taking photos, make sure the settings are for low resolution so they upload to CoverItLive quickly. <a href="http://therapidian.org/live-coverage-sunday-soup-11" rel="nofollow">Long lag times are a bummer</a>.