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Undercover in Syria: How Sue Lloyd-Roberts became a student of Byzantium
We learnt with sadness this week of the death of our colleague Sue Lloyd-Roberts. This is a post Sue wrote for this blog in 2011 about the techniques she used in her extraordinary determination to gain entry to places denied to journalists, on this occasion for an undercover Newsnight film
Local data journalism: Five tips and a few key things to consider
It is at local level that most people interact with their schools, hospitals, councils and police. Damian Radcliffe suggests five considerations for local journalists thinking about investigating using data.
Selling cats to the British public
Our experiment was unique and exciting and we wanted to make sure everyone would hear about what we had discovered - and watch our programme.
Hour of Code: The challenges of training BBC staff worldwide in a single day
The Hour of Code training sessions today give BBC staff a chance to be at the heart of a major BBC initiative for 2015: Make it Digital.
Welcome to the CoJo website
If you're visiting this site for the first time, welcome.The site has existed inside the BBC for three years - but hasn't been accessible outside. From today, it's freely available to all in the UK. The site plays an important role in supporting the College's remit: to design and deliver trai...
Trauma in journalism: What every freelancer at risk needs to know
It is important to know when psychological stress risks becoming overwhelming and how to ratchet down that pressure. And news organisations need to offer more training, mentoring and support.
How to commission a poll
Here are some key questions to ask yourself - before you ask people to ask other people your polling questions.
Backlash against the media in Turkey
Part of the reason for the escalation of the protest movement in Turkey was the resentment of those thronging Taksim Square in Istanbul at the sluggish response of the Turkish media. It quickly became another sign of the increasing authoritarianism of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
How I found criminals who are happy to be filmed - and are heading to the Olympics
I am in Barcelona with my film crew and I am about film a gang of pickpockets.
Journalism innovation: try the 100% solution
In a time of contraction in the news industry, and of diminished expectations in the workaday world of professional journalism, we need counter-cyclical measures that broaden our ambitions.
Freedom of Information (FOI): Useful tool that’s failed to live up to our hopes
In the decade since the Freedom of Information Act was passed, the BBC has used FOI to unearth hundreds of stories. Martin Rosenbaum describes some of the hurdles and hard lessons learned.
Behind the scenes on tomorrow morning’s BBC Breakfast show
My challenge is to let you into the making of BBC Breakfast, a programme that broadcasts for more than three hours on BBC One, 365 days a year.
Telling the typhoon story from a tent pitched on the moon
Covering Typhoon Haiyan and its aftermath has challenged news teams in practical, personal and professional ways. Andrew Roy gives a snapshot of the challenges BBC journalists have faced in the Philippines this week.
Is Google culture right for news journalism?
The forward-thinking crowd at News Rewired was rightly excited by the possibilities of technology as it transforms journalism, both in its practice and its consumption.
