Blog posts by year and monthMarch 2011
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The case of the disappearing newspaper campaign
The relaunch of one of Russia's most prestigious newspaper titles has been beset by a mystery surrounding a provocative advertising campaign which may be further evidence of a rift in the country's political establishment. The Moscow News began life in the 1930s as an English-language newspape...
Twitter for journalists: beyond gathering and distributing content
Twitter has just celebrated its fifth birthday. As the most immediate and ephemeral of the social networks, it's becoming clear that it presents opportunities beyond newsgathering and distributing content. Journalists are experimenting with ways to show the context in which Twitter reflects e...
French media embrace Sarkozy's Libya action
Nicolas Sarkozy has not had it this good for years. Despite his dismal personal poll ratings, more than 66% of French people approve of their president's Libya initiative, and the media are mostly behind him too. Christophe Barbier, editor of L'Express, said: "Nicolas Sarkozy will be the pres...
The new frontline is inside the newsroom
The emergence of a new frontline raises big questions about how we practise our journalism and how we train and look after our journalists.
Protest numbers: How are they counted?
How do you know how many people are at a march or rally? It can be an important judgment politically, as at Saturday's rally against the spending cuts. This BBC News article sheds some interesting light on the subject. It turns out there are a couple of methods for estimating the number of...
Facebook tightens grip on mobile market
The growth of Facebook has been given another boost by the social network's acquisition of mobile start-up Snaptu for an undisclosed sum. No big deal, you may think, but, as images by Facebook engineering intern Paul Butler show, people accessing the social networking site via their mobiles ar...
How to produce and direct a documentary
Producing and directing a documentary is a bit like conducting an orchestra or being a circus ringmaster, says Martin Small: you don't necessarily do much yourself but "your job is to get the best out of the people you're working with". Small is currently producing a programme for a forthcomin...
Preparing the ground for a career in journalism
At the age of 15, my week's work experience stretched ahead of me forever. And that's what I wanted. I'd made a beeline for our local radio station. Instead of going to school, I jumped on the bus to see what working life would be like - minus the wearisome responsibilities my parents were of...
Tweeting the Budget: a BBC hashtag experiment
Anyone who followed Budget Day on Twitter may have noticed the BBC trying something a bit different. As an experiment, we used the hashtag #BBCBudget to aggregate the best of our content on the story and engage with our audience. It was something that wasn't welcomed by all and I can understan...
Video: Elections and Referendum Briefing
Ric Bailey, the BBC's Chief Political Adviser, and David Cowling, Editor, Politics for Political Programmes, Analysis and Research, gave a Journalism Programme and Analysis and Research briefing on the upcoming UK-wide elections on 5 May. They discussed what Bailey called "the trickiest set o...
