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Seven tips to get your smartphone pictures on the news
You find yourself at the scene of a breaking news story. Here are a few easy-to-follow tips that could make a big difference to your UGC video.
My 9/11: 'We were painfully aware we had broadcast live the moment hundreds of people died'
Simon Waldman is the BBC News Channel's Morning Editor. He was just finishing his stint in the gallery on 11 September 2001 and expecting to do the school run as usual at 4pm. The teachers were very understanding when he didn't make it... It had been a humdrum morning on the still relatively n...
The secret world of cookies - and what the EU wants to do about it
The EU 'Cookie' Directive came into effect today, asking all EU governments to pass legislation to make users aware of how web browser cookies store and track data about them. In case you didn't know, cookies are little files that are constantly being sent to and from your computer to the se...
How to make a video succeed on YouTube
How can you increase the chances of your video being watched? Here are a five key issues you need to consider.
McIlroy not the only winner at first digital and social Open
At Hoylake, the R&A, which runs golf, made a world-first foray into digital, with the on-site BBC social media team fully integrated into a major outside broadcast event.
Eyewitness media and news: It’s still a Wild West out there
A study into the use of eyewitness media reveals some dubious practices by news websites and no commonly understood frameworks within the news industry.
Learning to shoot with the army - on Newsbeat’s most ambitious film
Newsbeat’s online documentary about army recruits was an endurance test for its creators – after the two-man team had won the trust of the army.
Virtual reality, 360 video and the future of immersive journalism
What does virtual reality offer journalism? And how do experiments in 360 degree filming help answer that question?
Good luck with the job: New Yorkers' tips for Mark Thompson
The British media seems pretty chuffed that outgoing BBC director-general Mark Thompson has landed a prestigious new berth across the Atlantic, running the New York Times.
Journalists feast on ‘food bank’ stories - some get indigestion
In the early 2000s the term ‘food bank’ was used in stories about asylum seekers or poverty in the US. By 2011 local news outlets from Glasgow to Gloucester were reporting the food bank on their doorstep.
How not to report opinion polls
A thousand people represent only themselves. We can only assume their views represent the whole of Britain if the poll is sampled and weighted in a way that reflects the whole of Britain.
Local news is a product that needs innovators #localjournalism
The local news business is ripe for the kind of innovation that characterises tech start-ups, argues Borders entrepreneur Jasper Westaway.
Arguments for the World Service: hard news and soft power
The author considers the various arguments in defence of the BBC World Service, concluding that its current success among its global audience is the strongest.
Big news from small cameras
Once upon a time, if I had told you that a small camera available from most electrical stores would - in the right hands - provide the BBC's entire Global News division with regular, unique news video footage from around the world, you'd have been within your rights to look sceptical. But ...
Reporting trauma and mental health: We can do more
Three years ago I interviewed PC David Rathband who, as an unarmed policeman sitting in his car, had been shot and wounded by the gunman Raoul Moat. He was blinded permanently by the attack.
Beyond Buncefield: Lessons about duty of care
Ten years on from the Buncefield fuel depot explosion, BBC News makes it clear to contributors that they should not put themselves - or anyone else - in any danger when they film events around them.
The new BBC News app: Love it or hate it, this time it’s personal
The revamped BBC News app is our biggest step yet in the personalisation of news, allowing users to focus on the type of news, topics, local stories and sports that are important to them.
True or false? ‘You’re only as good as your last story’ - and other newsroom cliches
Paul Wiltshire pauses to think about the sayings bandied around newsrooms every day: are they actually true?
We need more nuanced reporting of race from the BBC
There are few topics of conversation as certain to turn ugly and emotional as quickly as that of race. We have, in our society, a paucity of dialogue and vocabulary to describe feelings of identity, ethnicity and belonging. So we over-simplify a debate that is inherently complex and end up unnec...
They pulled me off Mali to report on the Pope
Exactly a week ago, I happened to be scanning the wires as the news from the Italian ANSA news agency dropped via Reuters: Pope resigns. Just two words, but their significance was explosive.
