Ramaa Sharma
is a multimedia journalism and production trainer for the BBC College of Journalism International. Twitter: @ramaamultimedia
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Google Hangouts - a new tool for journalism?
A Google Plus Hangout is a video conferencing facility within the Google+ platform.
Happy birthday World Service
This is my pick of the celebrations for the 80th anniversary of the BBC World Service, using Storify. The event also marked the BBC's moving out of Bush House:
Google Hangouts - a new tool for journalism?
Skype it's not... A Google Plus Hangout, for those of you who don't know, is a video conferencing facility within the Google+ platform which allows up to ten people to talk to one another in the same space at the same time. (See this in action in the video.) The integration of this Skype-ty...
Facebook changes are big news
Last week I was asked to present a few thoughts on some new tools I have been experimenting with, for a #bbcwssocialmedia awayday - a day which brought together interactive editors and senior managers from the BBC World Service. I had intended to present findings on some of the new web curatio...
Web curation tools for journalists
Do we need curators sitting alongside our journalists in newsrooms so that in the event of a breaking news story one writes/updates while the other curates public and other media opinion?
So what can Google+ do for journalists? Good question...
I think, to be frank, it's probably too soon to say (but when has that ever stopped a blogger). I've been on Google+ since the day it was launched and it feels like we (the extra keen ones) are all still taking the temperature and having a good ol' play. The difference however is that, unli...
Personal or professional on Twitter? It's not actually about you
The private/professional identity conundrum has been knocking around the social media sphere for some time.
Personal or professional on Twitter? It's not actually about you
It's not easy for a journalist to come to terms with being social and personable online and an impartial producer or reporter, all at the same time. The private/professional identity conundrum is not a new one and has been knocking around the social media sphere for some time. However, despi...
Social media: the theatre critic argument
Rusbridger described the social media/online/collaborative world as an "open media" construct.
#bbcsms: The theatre critic argument
It's now been a few days since the BBC Social Media Summit. As a social media trainer, I've been thinking about what tangible ideas and examples from it could be used in my courses. I think one which came from Alan Rusbridger, Editor in Chief of Guardian Newspapers, could help reluctant journa...
Pocket-size video journalism
About almost a year ago now, I came across a pocket-size video camera that was going down a storm with youngsters in the US. The camera was the Flip Mino. Now, as I'm bit of a tech enthusiast, I was drawn to it by its simplicity and also by the fact that it didn't appear much bigger than a mat...
