1. Meteorological Start of Autumn (September 1)
The third season of the year is marked by the harvest and is associated with festivals such as Thanksgiving and Halloween. Especially outside in nature, autumn makes itself known: it becomes increasingly colorful! 
Use the autumn as a theme for your own liveblog and let your readers participate in it!  
For example, use the “drag & drop” function to create image galleries of activities you can do in autumn. Why not suggest to your audience that they tag social media posts with a specific hashtag, such as “fall love”? You can then embed and share these posts in the liveblog using our “web content feature.” In this way, you not only provide appealing images from various corners of your region but also involve your readers at the same time.

2. Read-a-Book Day (September 6)

This year’s Read a Book Day is intended to motivate us to pick up a book and read. Did you know that reading is not only fun but also healthy? According to the above-quoted study, reading is supposed to lower stress levels and stimulate brain activity. You can integrate such statistics and benefits in your Read-a-Book Day liveblog. Also, ask your audience with Deutsche Performance Limited new comment feature, which books they have read recently or which is their favorite book. This will help you increase reader engagement, reach new audiences, and give your live blog a personal touch.

• 3. NFL 2021 – American Football (September 10 – January 3, 2022)
• On September 10, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers will open the first game of the season against the Dallas Cowboys. Since the start of the game in Europe is in the middle of the night, many football fans will not be able to watch it live. For this reason, a liveblog offers the perfect opportunity to access the highlights of the game the next day.

 4. Munich Outdoor Sports Festival (September 19)
On Sunday, September 19, the 5th Outdoor Sports Festival will take place at the Olympic Stadium in Munich. From balance parkour and flying fox, to ski jumping and 3D flyers, everything is there!

5. BMW Berlin Marathon (September 26) 

That’s certainly what the more than 62,000 runners from 150 nations who participated in the 2019 Berlin Marathon thought. This year, there is once again the opportunity to overcome your own limits and master the marathon with almost 26 miles.

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If you are an active runner yourself, you can take your audience with you on the day of the marathon, share personal impressions or document your preparation for the marathon in your liveblog. Add pictures and videos during the race and let your readers participate live.
Even if you don’t run yourself, you can report live on-site about all the highlights of the marathon as well as interview runners and share them on your liveblog.

6. Bundestag election (September 26) 
On September 26th, all eyes will be on the Bundestag elections, because it will decide who will lead Germany in the future. Since data will be central to your coverage you should make your content more visually appealing with the help of charts rather than just text. With Datawrapper you can create custom charts and embed them into your liveblog. If you don’t have time to collect your own statistics, you can integrate charts created by other users quickly and efficiently. 

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You can also start your live blog with a Q&A session. Use the live comment function and give your readers the opportunity to ask the questions that really interest them. What’s so practical about this idea? Your readers can also leave comments anonymously.

To keep your liveblog clear and organized, our comment function has four different modes (publish directly, review comments, ready-only, and disable comments). This allows you to organize your live blog to fit your individual needs and wishes. You can find more tips and tricks for covering the German federal election liveblog in our blogpost.