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Politics, technology and the media are all pointing to the local
Why current momentum suggests that citizen-led content will continue to grow.
Engaging the local population - online
Journalists can learn a great deal from some politicians in terms of engagement, collaboration and co-production. With more than 1.1 million Twitter followers, 51,500 Facebook 'likes' and 1,000 YouTube subscribers, Cory Booker, the mayor of Newark, New Jersey, provides a great illustration of ...
How I reported from Syria with a smartphone
I was not in Syria for a TV reporting assignment, so all I had with me was my smartphone.
BBC Pop Up’s US road trip: In search of the stories people really want told
In part two of his blog, Matt Danzico reports on specific challenges and lessons for the small team behind a mission to find new stories and new ways to tell them.
Snapchat Discover: Mobile-native, snackable, sadly not shareable
I’m a twentysomething Snapchat native and news junkie, and I spent some of the last week sampling Snapchat Discover, the eagerly awaited software update released on 27 January.
The audience will be the co-host
Chris Moyles left the Radio 1 Breakfast Show after eight and a half years last week, and in addition to his standard reach (as measured by RAJAR) of 7.5 million, social media extended his audience to millions more.
My journey from boffin to broadcaster and the struggle to ditch the sub-clauses
The New Generation Thinkers scheme is a collaboration between BBC Radio 3 and the Arts and Humanities Research Council to find academics capable of sharing their knowledge with radio and TV audiences. It launched Sarah Dillon into broadcasting and a balancing act between two worlds.
A stripped down telling of some of the world’s toughest stories
Cartoon characters and comic strip art are being used to make complex and emotional global stories accessible.
Nepal earthquake: Why truth was a casualty in rush to formulaic coverage
From Haiti to Haiyan, from Nargis to Nepal, it is, quite literally, the same old story: the international media arrives in herds and hunts in packs.
Digital interaction? Make sure it’s a two-way street
What we really mean by digital interaction is the act of getting the viewer, reader or listener to give something back as they consume our media. The play for eyeballs, clicks and time has become a complex sport.
The future is video, but not on TV
On YouTube, the ‘copy-and-paste’ style of video isn’t ideal for a compelling video or audience experience
Does our audience still need us? The TV news reporter in the age of social media
It used to be so much simpler. Remember those good old golden days of newsgathering? Thirty years ago when I started reporting for the BBC in West Africa, we typed our news copy on clattering telex machines, hand-carried TV tapes to London, and used a mutter box.
What the press coverage of Prince Harry tells us
The UK press has declined to print pictures of Prince Harry naked in a Las Vegas hotel room. What does this say about British media in the midst of the Leveson Inquiry?
Viewing shocking eyewitness media is ‘as traumatic as frontline reporting’
A study by Eyewitness Media Hub sheds new light on the extent of secondary trauma suffered by journalists exposed daily to disturbing material on social media. Its lead author samples the findings and suggests some solutions.
Inaccuracy can do more harm than intrusion in ‘death knock’ reporting
Journalists-turned-academics Sallyanne Duncan and Jackie Newton have spent many years researching the reporting of death and bereavement. Here they offer advice on interviewing people who are grieving.
Mark Tully: Too much detail for London; too simplistic for India
The normal role of the foreign correspondent is to live-abroad and report on events for the audience at home. Mark Tully, as BBC bureau chief in India, found himself catering for a much larger audience than the one in Britain. His reports for home were also broadcast on the BBC World Service to ...
