Blog posts by year and monthMarch 2017
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360 video: Editing in the round
How do you edit 360 video? It's easy enough once you discover how to work with the correct files.
360 video: Filming in the round
What can you learn in your first experiments with a 360 degree camera? It's all about where you place the camera, and how to avoid making your viewers sea-sick.
Fake news: How CrossCheck is debunking false election reporting
An international fact-checking project has brought together 37 publishers, including the BBC, to investigate possible fake news in the run up to the French elections. We asked BBC News social media editor Mark Frankel how the CrossCheck experiment is playing out.
Why evocative sound comes first in radio storytelling - Hugh Sykes
BBC correspondent Hugh Sykes has been telling stories on radio for four decades. Kris Bramwell joined his workshop at the recent Leicester Storytelling Festival for tips on using sound creatively to engage a radio audience and bring important world stories to life.
BBC Academy launches sites in Bangla, Kyrgyz, Somali, Spanish and Ukrainian
The BBC Academy has this week launched websites in Bangla, Kyrgyz, Somali, Spanish and Ukrainian. It’s a step closer to a goal of providing all BBC World Service language teams with linguistic support and training, delivered in the languages in which their journalists broadcast.
How has social media changed in the Middle East since the Arab Spring?
Where Twitter once held sway, Facebook video, visual platforms like Instagram and private networks like WhatsApp are now the social media of choice in the complex Middle East and North Africa region. It might be time to reset some old assumptions, says Damian Radcliffe.
My Mind & Me: How young people inspired a BBC Radio mental health campaign
My Mind & Me is inspired and driven by the issues that young people told BBC Radio 1, 1Xtra and BBC Asian Network they most wanted to talk about. Two months into the stations’ year-long mental health campaign, Louise Kattenhorn assesses that direct input.
Has the ‘Goldwater Rule’ been Trumped?
The ‘Goldwater Rule’ ethically restricts what psychiatrists in the US should tell the media about a person’s mental state. Now its validity is being challenged in a public debate about the psychological wellbeing of Donald Trump.
Can serious journalists have fun with Brexit? As long as the facts stand up
BBC Radio 4’s Brexit: A Guide for the Perplexed mixed humour, music and sound-effects with genuine expertise to get to grips with this most complex of political issues in a very different way. Chris Morris explains how.
