Blog posts by year and monthMay 2013
Posts (17)
Shooting for screen: cultural associations create subtle differences
Moving pictures on television or on a computer screen can be shot in two main ways: progressive and interlaced. The difference is in how the individual frames (25 per second) are each made up of two video fields
Russia's public service TV channel launches under fire
The first public service TV channel in Russia, OTR, which began broadcasting on 19 May, has received mixed reviews. The channel has been characterised, for instance, as "a fat not-so-young opera diva playing a light-footed youthful heroine" or the elderly Mr Burns from the US cartoon The Simpson...
Data journalism: let the audience explore for themselves
As a programmer, I am very comfortable with data. So I am excited by the prospects for greater access to interesting data and the move towards more data-driven journalism. It is a brave new world in which everyone is a potential data journalist.
Digital diplomacy: here to stay and worth the risk?
The popular stereotype of a British ambassador abroad is a linen-suited gentleman gazing at the sunset, gin and tonic in hand, on the veranda of a grand residence in a far-off land.
Mobile and social countering dip in Newsbeat radio listeners
About 18 months ago I got a call from Radio 1. They wanted to know what the future of news is, for their audience. No big deal then.
How to succeed locally on Twitter without really trying
Almost two years ago I became interested in how Twitter accounts could act as channels for instant communication to a self-selected audience. I wanted to see whether I could create audiences without spending hours - or rather seconds many times over - doing all the tweeting.
News start-ups need to ‘cut through the noise’
It looks like it's easier than ever to start a media company. With the digital tools available, anyone can do it. But for that very reason it is very difficult to make money.
Journalists in danger: signs of a breakthrough?
In this oppressive landscape for free expression across large parts of the world, I found signs of hope while taking part in the UN meeting to mark World Press Freedom Day and in a debate at the Frontline Club in London, on Stamping out Impunity.
Reporting local politics: paperwork, leg work and casual questions
Local councils and councillors were in the national spotlight this month when voters delivered some of the most dramatic local election results in recent years.
Grooming trial: ‘I’ve lived and breathed this case, in court and out’
In the second of two blogs by BBC journalists who covered the traumatic Oxford grooming trial, Alex Forsyth of BBC South describes how the experience affected her.
