Blog posts by year and monthMay 2012
Posts (9)
How has social media changed the way newsrooms work?
BBC News, like all major news providers, has been transformed by technology and the opportunities it has offered over the last 20 or so years. Social media is the latest tectonic plate to move and change the landscape.
Twitter in the live reporting of #stephenlawrence
Twitter was not the only source, but it was my primary source of breaking news.
Covering trials on Twitter
I found that thinking for Twitter helped to focus my mind: it made me work harder on choosing the words to sum up forensic evidence, for instance.
A wide range of training for BBC journalists
The BBC offers a wide range of courses and other training opportunities, some of which are also open to those outside the Corporation.
Google Hangouts - a new tool for journalism?
A Google Plus Hangout is a video conferencing facility within the Google+ platform.
Going back to basics to measure the value of tweeting
Follower numbers surely give some index of the impact and recognition of the tweeter?
Politics, technology and the media are all pointing to the local
Why current momentum suggests that citizen-led content will continue to grow.
24-hour news or 'never wrong for long'?
'Never wrong for long' has added impetus in the age of Twitter as some of the media become more desperate to be first with the news.
Walking the local TV tightrope
Damian Radcliffe looks at some local IPTV providers, their plans for the future and whether the Government's plans for local TV will work for them:
