Blog posts by year and monthSeptember 2016
Posts (13)
How I joined the suffering people of Yemen to tell their story
Nawal al-Maghafi is one of the first journalists to expose the scale of starvation as a result of the civil war in Yemen. We asked her how she produced her shocking reports and why this story has been so little reported until now.
Where we are with live-streaming: content, technology, data, ethics
Journalists are exploring Facebook Live. Mark Frankel considers issues raised at a US conference and says responsibility for use of the platform must be shared between Facebook and the publishers and broadcasters who use it.
Disruptive influences, 'uncomfortable voices' at Radio Festival 2016
Media disruption was debated at the 2016 Academy Radio Festival, ranging from social media and new distribution models to political upheaval and partial news.
Can’t get enough of the US election? Listen up…
In addition to mainstream media, there’s plenty of well-informed comment on the US election on a range of podcasts.
Trust Me I’m a Doctor: The results
In a previous post, Alex Freeman described the complex production cycle behind BBC Two's Trust Me I’m a Doctor. Here she answers questions about on-air results and off-air response.
Trust me I’m a Doctor: Anatomy of a primetime medical series
Trust Me I’m a Doctor is unusual. The BBC Two programme doesn’t just report on science, it does its own medical research. We asked Alex Freeman for an insight into the job of running a science research unit as well as a popular TV series.
In search of an urban legend: the man who squeezes muscles
How the BBC tracked down the truth about the Liverpudlian legend known as Purple Aki.
Personalised cookery show from BBC R&D is a piece of CAKE
Cook-Along Kitchen Experience (CAKE) is a prototype production from BBC Research & Development that uses ‘object-based’ broadcasting to create a personalised, IP-delivered cooking experience.
It’s social media but not as we know it, with 1Mbps of download power
In her latest post from the Falkland Islands, video journalist Federica De Caria describes how the battle for scarce a wi-fi connection demands a very different approach from using social media.
What does iOS10 have to offer journalists? A look at new capabilities in video and other areas
In a previous post, Marc Settle looked at Apple’s new mobile operating system iOS 10, especially at how changes to photos could affect journalists using it for reporting. Here he looks at changes to video and other areas.
