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Roy Sekoff, the president and co-creator of Huff Post Live laid down the challenge at the start of the session on how to fill 12 hours of live programming every day without falling into the cable news trap.
Burma’s media in transition but self-censorship still strong
While filming interviews in Burma we encountered many of the everyday issues that journalists face in this transitional period.
Reporting local politics: paperwork, leg work and casual questions
Local councils and councillors were in the national spotlight this month when voters delivered some of the most dramatic local election results in recent years.
The BBC brings a local Question Time to Egypt and Tunisia
''It took me more than 300km to come here and ask my question. And so I will.'' These were the words of a young Tunisian student taking part in Saat Hisab, the Arabic version of the BBC's flagship Question Time. In Tunisia, the BBC World Service Trust and BBC Arabic produced the show in pa...
When the floods hit, a trusted voice was as vital as an update on Twitter
In a digital age where news and information is constantly updated, is local radio still ‘the place to turn to in a crisis’? In response, I'll say two words: "Storm Desmond".
Producing Aung San Suu Kyi: bitten nails and goose bumps
When I walked into the Radio Theatre at the BBC's Broadcasting House, there were many 'unknowns'. Would there be enough people in the audience? Would the main guest be able to join us? Would John Simpson be arrested? We were about to play the first Reith Lecture in the 2011 'Securing Freedom' ...
Being comfortable with digital isn’t a generational issue - it’s an attitudinal one
It's time we stopped making jokes about older people being incapable of dealing with technology - because it's not funny and it's not true
New Russian TV ad law sees indie joke about becoming a shopping channel
Independent Russian media are subject to increasing restrictions. Here's how one TV station warns about a ban on pay TV taking ads
News priorities: Why is the US not for us?
It is still more than ten months until the US presidential election. But for some of us the obsession began last year. It is like being a fan of a reality TV show. One that is all too real. We've got to know the candidates. Watched them rise and fall. Seen YouTube star Herman Cain take the cam...
The bilingual future of BBC foreign reporting
As someone who has been involved in the training and development of staff in the BBC's Language Services over the past six years, I have long believed the talent there is one of the Corporation's untapped assets. At a time when BBC Newsgathering is having to reduce and in some places withdraw...
Blurring the line between editorial and advertising in the Netherlands
Bart Brouwers, 50, has been at the forefront of the quest for a new business model for journalism ever since he started working at Spits, the Dutch free daily newspaper. Last year Brouwers left his job as Spits' Editor in Chief to create a network of hyperlocal sites. But Splits' parent group,...
My 9/11: I missed the second tower being hit - the phone line didn't reach the door
I was on the ground floor of the South Tower when the first plane hit the North Tower. It sounded like a huge skip of concrete falling from a great height. Some dust or smoke came through the lobby and people started rushing through urging us to get out. I fumbled on the floor for my MiniDisc an...
Reporting from North Korea: push the boundaries, keep your eyes open, do what you can
Stephen Evans made a rare reporting trip into North Korea as the country marks the 70th anniversary of its ruling Workers’ Party.
Web searching and the art of asking the right questions
Here are some strategic tips and tools for digitising three of the most asked questions in journalism: who, where and when?
