Rachel Bonnetta, a Canadian sports journalist and smartphone addict, is helping her network keep up with soccer fans’ relentless appetite for World Cup coverage.
The 26-year-old Bonnetta (“I’m on Twitter 24-7”) hosts 21st Century Fox Inc’s “World Cup Now,” a daily recap of what’s happening at the month-long soccer tournament in Russia. Unlike other shows filmed by Fox Sports, Bonnetta’s programme streams live on Twitter, a first for the social-media site. What’s more, “World Cup Now” is the centrepiece of the World Cup’s largest-ever social-media blitz – a campaign that also includes highlights on Snapchat and in Google search results.