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Bilingual and mad about news? World Service has work experience ‘extra’
An exciting new work experience scheme from BBC World Service Languages, called Future Voices, aims to get people in the UK who are fluent in two languages through the doors of BBC News.
Why any pollster would be a fool to call the general election now
Pollster Ben Page delves into electoral history to show that almost every outcome you can imagine for next year's general election will break some kind of record or set a new precedent.
Citizen journalism meets old-style investigation in Madagascar #smsnyc
Internet and TV journalists, and even print journalists, do not always agree on how best to cover the news. But the rivalry between online and traditional journalism is becoming increasingly futile.
Censorship in Burma: ‘one cage opens’ but caution remains
Once infamous for locking up journalists, bloggers and poets, Burma has seen unprecedented new media freedom, but more reform is needed.
Questions asked about media freedom in India
India scores poorly in international reports about media freedom. Recent resignations have led to more questions about editorial independence.
What's Pashto for ‘googly’? Why Afghan cricket fans won’t be stumped for long
The challenge was to choose a Pashto alternative to cricketing terms which would not only deliver the correct meaning but reflect action in the game.
And the winner is: 10 tips on covering showbiz awards
In the build up to the BAFTAs and Oscars next month, here are 10 tips on reporting from the red carpet.
An experiment in remote learning: If it’s fun, it works
A session about coding for BBC staff was also a chance to test ways to facilitate remote learning using the Lync system
Cyber security for journalists: Secure communications
While it’s acceptable to use unencrypted email for general use, it’s a good idea to set up a more secure option just in case you need it.
My tabloid work wasn't journalism - just entertainment within pre-defined narratives
Public figures may rightly have complained to the Leveson Inquiry about weeks of looking from inside their homes to see reporters camped along the driveway, but, as any coalface hack would care to add, it's even less fun huddled on the outside looking in. Even in the relative comfort of the news...
Why doesn’t BBC let other people use its local output for free? #localjournalism
William Perrin argues that local journalism would be enriched if the BBC allowed local media, whether commercial or otherwise, to reuse its content for free, in return for attribution as BBC material.
A simple truth about women bishops
Explaining religion to a secular society is often difficult, but the fractious debate in the Church of England about women bishops makes our duty of accuracy and impartiality a particular challenge.
Keith Waterhouse's evidence to Leveson
As the Leveson inquiry resumes its hearings, I'm sorry that the great columnist Keith Waterhouse did not live long enough to give evidence. We can guess what he would have said about the excesses of the red tops, since he made his views pungently clear in his book Waterhouse on Newspaper Styl...
Which of the three came out top? (Stewart, Boulton or Dimbleby)
The BBC debate last night was by far the classiest of the three - a Rolls-Royce to ITV's Ford Focus and Sky's shiny red Porsche. The Great Hall of Birmingham University provided a suitably impressive venue for what was an historic event - far better than the studio settings chosen by Sky a...
If you lived in the 'most deprived estate’ in Wales, would you let the cameras in?
Producer Nicola Porter describes her battle to gain the trust of the women of Lansbury Park, Caerphilly, in order to capture life on the most deprived estate in Wales for a BBC One documentary.
BBC journalism fellowships 2016-17 now open for applications
BBC journalists are again invited to apply for prestigious fellowships at the University of Oxford and the University of Michigan. They are designed to enable experienced people to develop new insights by stepping out of their day job.
Social Media Summit report - Editorial issues: verification, referral, privacy
Various reports from the BBC Social Media Summit.
Focus iPhone, record and send - instant video hit from storm-lashed Sardinia
The day before I’d been in the BBC Brussels bureau listening to advice from College of Journalism trainer Marc Settle on how to get the best out of your iPhone. So it was all fresh in my mind.
So you want to work for BBC News? Applications open today
The BBC Journalism Trainee Scheme - now in its sixth year - is open for applications from today. For a brief two weeks every year, we stand back and wait to see who from the many runners and riders will make it to the finish line.
How Leveson came to the crunch on press regulation
When David Cameron announced a full public inquiry into the press following the phone-hacking affair, he said he believed its regulation should be under a new system entirely.
