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How we built a new tool for journalists in 12 hours
Tech-minded journalists met journalism-minded techies at City University London for a BBC-sponsored hackathon. The participants were challenged to develop a digital product for news.
What’s the word for God in Bengali? A journalist’s linguistic balancing act
Bengali is one language with many variations that present BBC Bangla journalists with some hard choices. A BBC Academy website in Bengali aims to curate and update some of the linguistic sensitivities.
Sharing knowledge: how Hausa got its hooks
Most journalists can assume that when they are at a computer, they will be able to find keys for each of the letters in their language, together with keystrokes that produce any accents required.
Snow business: heading into a story?
Looking at the cracking pictures Andy had got, we knew we had all the elements for a good report. Especially his shots of a young woman, covered in snow, walking home down a country lane after her car had broken down.
Let's see a more rounded picture of MPs and others in authority
The details of some expenses claims by MPs were truly shocking and deserved to be probed and reported.
Transgender issues in the media: ‘Improving picture, still a way to go’
In a 2010 survey 70% of transgender people found media representations of people like them to be overwhelmingly negative. Five years later the picture has changed.
Turning experts into journalists: Two years of The Conversation
The Conversation is an online news and comment service written by academics with the help of a professional team of journalist editors. Two years after its UK launch, its editor reports on progress.
Journalists in danger: Threats, torture and censorship in Pakistan
Ahead of a major London conference on the safety of journalists, BBC regional editor Aamer Ahmed Khan assesses the specific threats to journalists in Pakistan.
Israelis talk to Iranians on live BBC Persian TV special
Putting Israelis and Iranians together on a live television show feels just as frightening as it is exciting.
Komla Dumor’s legacy to journalism was to make Africa ‘like anywhere else’
The Africa of Komla Dumor was a continent where the bad, the ugly and brutal happens but also a continent with a bright future and strong economic prospects.
LBC could be the winner after Clegg's 'chipper, unexciting' debut
Rather than Incredible Hulk, the recent irritable appearances by the Deputy Prime Minister have been more Incredible Sulk.
UKIP’s new friends? Part 2: A guide to the anti-establishment parties in the new European Parliament
UKIP is the biggest of a number of anti-establishment parties elected to the European parliament. This guide gives the background on the others, from France, Italy and elsewhere
Citizen journalists report for the price of a text
Mobile phones offer an affordable, accessible channel for dialogue and connect people even in areas with few resources.
Reporting technology: Resist the PR machine, grab your slice of gadget heaven
As a technology reporter I feel it’s my duty to try out as many gadgets as possible. It’s great fun too of course but it’s only about 10% of the job.
Ukrainian TV’s partisan coverage of conflict belies its bold new journalism
In their coverage of the conflict in Ukraine’s turbulent east, the country’s major television channels are like a choir in which no performer sings out of tune.
